25+ Christmas Musicals – A Full List of Shows
Looking to get into the holiday spirit through the joy of musical theatre? You’re in the right place! Keep scrolling down to find a full list of Christmas stage musicals – new and classics!
The following list is broken down into three categories – “Christmas Musicals”, “Musicals That Mention Christmas”, and “Musicals with Winter Vibes”. Each category is sorted alphabetically.
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Christmas Musicals
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens Book: Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Together”, “Christmas Day”
Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Book: Joseph Robinette
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Clark Baxtresser
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Electricity”, “Christmas Day”
Music/Lyrics: Traditional Book: Langston Hughes
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics: Chad Beguelin Book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Songs About Christmas: “In Our Childhoods’ Bright Endeavor (Reprise)”
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Music: Mel Marvin Lyrics/Book: Timothy Mason
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1994)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Miracle on 34th Street (Here’s Love)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Meredith Willson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Christmas: “Pine Cones and Holly Berries”, “That Man Over There”
Music/Lyrics: Nicky Ager Lyrics/Book: Debbie Isitt
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Songs About Christmas: “A Christmas Carol”, “Christmas Children”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: David Ives, Paul Blake
Musical Type: 1954 Film/Contemporary Musical (2000)
Songs About Christmas: “Happy Holiday”, “White Christmas”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Bean
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Christmas: Multiple
Musicals That Mention Christmas
Music/Lyrics/Book: Christopher Smith Book: Arthur Giron
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
When Christmas is Mentioned: Set just before Christmas
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Martin Charnin Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Songs About Christmas: “A New Deal for Christmas”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Gallagher
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Songs About Christmas: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Music: Elton John Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Christmas: “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mark Schoenfeld, Barri McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Makes Me Cry”
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Songs About Christmas: “Deck the Halls”
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Sketches: Arnold Auerbach
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Songs About Christmas: “Yuletide, Park Avenue”
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Tony Kushner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Songs About Christmas: “Santa Comin’ Caroline”
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year”
Music: Gerald Jay Markoe Lyrics: Michael Colby
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)
Songs About Christmas: “A Christmas Buche”
Music: Michael J. Lewis Lyrics/Book: Anthony Burgess
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Songs About Christmas: “Autumn Carol”
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics/Book: E.Y. Harburg Book: Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Songs About Christmas: “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser Book: Lesser Samuels
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Christmas: “Greenwillow Christmas”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Songs About Christmas: “White Christmas”, “Holiday Inn”, “Happy Holiday”
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1977)
Songs About Christmas: “Lovers on Christmas Eve”
Music: Marguerite Monnot Lyrics/Book: Alexandre Breffort
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Child”
Music/Book: Andrew Lippa Lyrics/Book: Tom Greenwald
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas 1″, “Christmas 2″
Music/Lyrics: Ellie Greenwich & Friends Book: Anne Beatts
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)”
Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen Book: Harvey Fierstein, Charles Suppon
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Songs About Christmas: “Speakeasy Christmas”
Music: Jason Howland Lyrics: Mindi Dickstein Book: Allan Knee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Christmas: “Our Finest Dreams”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Songs About Christmas: “We Need a Little Christmas”
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: 1944 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1989)
Songs About Christmas: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Now Is the Time for All Good Men
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Songs About Christmas: “My Holiday”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Joan Littlewood & Theatre Workshop
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Day in the Cookhouse”
Music: Cyril Ornadel Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Book: Wolf Mankowitz
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Christmas: “That’s What I’d Like for Christmas”, “Winter Waltz”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Songs About Christmas: “The Happiest House on the Block”
Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Day”, “Turkey Lurkey Time”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Bells”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas at Hampton Court”, “The Wee Golden Warrior”
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joe Masteroff
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Songs About Christmas: “Twelve Days to Christmas”
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Songs About Christmas: “Surabaya Santa”
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Songs About Christmas: “I Don’t Remember Christmas”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Christmas: “Be a Santa”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Simon Lyrics/Book: Derek Walcott
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas in the Mountains”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Songs About Christmas: “The Schmuel Song”
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Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary Lyrics/Book: Jake Brunger
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Christmas: “The Nativity”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Pete Townshend Book: Des McAnuff
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Songs About Christmas: “Christmas”
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Charlotte Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Songs About Christmas: “The Holly & The Ivy”
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman Book: Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
When Christmas is Mentioned: “Annie Christmas”, “Charlie Christmas”
Musicals With Winter Vibes
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez Book: Jennifer Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Wintery Songs: “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”, “Colder by the Minute”
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.