With every other holiday obligation, you deserve this pub crawl. Head up and down Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road to eight participating pubs for drink specials, food specials and a costume contest. Once you’ve checked in (from 4 to 6 p.m.) and received your official “crawler” badge, start hopping to, between… and back to: Baxter’s 942 Bar & Grill, Chill Bar, Flanagan’s Ale House, Highlands Tap Room, Nirvana, Nowhere Bar, O’Shea’s and The Outlook Inn. Check the website to confirm check-in location, as well as the location of the official after party with a special DJ. And don’t forget the Christmas costume contest; the winner will receive $500. —Aaron Yarmuth