‘Wee Singdom’ Celebrates a World of Musical Wonder

For more than 10 years, the “Wee Sing” videos have charmed little children with participatory songs, simple stories and colorful make-believe characters and settings. They are, like “Barney,” a bit too sweet for most adult tastes, but kids can’t seem to get enough.

Now comes the 12th entry in the series, “Wee Singdom, the Land of Music and Fun,” bringing together familiar faces from past videos with new characters, as two children and their kitten play a key role in the success of a music festival in Singalingaland.

As always, visual fun is central, from Chug-a-Long the Engine, searching the skies for the festival’s special guest, to a garden full of musical puppets--a drum-playing dandelion, a marching caterpillar, a tuba-playing tulip, an insect a cappella group and more.

The concert’s surprise guest is a sight to behold, and the music never stops.

* “Wee Singdom, the Land of Music and Fun,” MCA Universal Home Video, $12.98, one hour. At major video retailers.

Christmas Eve Family Fun: The tree is trimmed, the presents are wrapped, Santa’s cookies are baked--but for eager kids, Christmas Day still seems eons away. What to do?

Consider the 37th annual free “Holiday Celebration,” put on by Los Angeles County in cooperation with KCET-TV Channel 28, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. This six-hour, upbeat marathon of chorus, music and dance, today from 3 to 9 p.m., includes a finale with Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Ballet Ollin and musicians of Conjunto Macuilxochitl. Holiday Celebration Hotline: (213) 974-1396.

The Jazz Bakery in Culver City is serving up “Candlelight Carols,” an audience-participatory, family-friendly musical evening presented by the Sing! Sing! Sing! vocal group. The annual event returns for a fourth year tonight at 8, with a program of traditional pop and sacred songs and carols. Song sheets and refreshments are included. Tickets are $12. Information: Judy Wolman, (310) 546-5470.

Step into your favorite holiday tale in “The Living Christmas Carol,” an audience-participatory version of the Dickens classic, today from 1 to 6 p.m., as it progresses through the historical Christmas House Victorian Inn in Rancho Cucamonga. You can interact with Scrooge (played by Lewis Arquette), follow the Spirits and help Mrs. Cratchit in the kitchen.

The show, adapted by Lynn Chaplin-Noe and presented by Capers, is now in its ninth year.

* Adults, $15; children ages 3-12, $5; 2 and under, free. Reservations: (909) 980-6450.