Christmas Musicals – The Complete List

Musicals That Mention Christmas

These musicals mention Christmas in their plot and feature it in a song.

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A Little Princess

Music: Andrew Lippa  Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Songs About Christmas: “Almost Christmas”

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Amazing Grace

Music/Lyrics/Book: Christopher Smith  Book: Arthur Giron

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Songs About Christmas: “Voices of the Angels”

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Annie

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Martin Charnin  Book: Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Songs About Christmas: “A New Deal for Christmas”

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Beehive: The 60’s Musical

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Larry Gallagher

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

Songs About Christmas: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

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Billy Elliot

Music: Elton John  Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Songs About Christmas: “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher”

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BKLYN: The Musical

Music/Lyrics/Book: Mark Schoenfeld, Barri McPherson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Makes Me Cry”

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Black Friday

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim  Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Songs About Christmas: “Deck the Halls”

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Call Me Mister

Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome  Sketches: Arnold Auerbach

Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)

Songs About Christmas: “Yuletide, Park Avenue”

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Caroline, or Change

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: Tony Kushner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Songs About Christmas: “Santa Comin’ Caroline”

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Catch Me If You Can

Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman  Lyrics: Scott Wittman  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year”

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Charlotte Sweet

Music: Gerald Jay Markoe  Lyrics: Michael Colby

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Songs About Christmas: “A Christmas Buche”

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Cyrano

Music: Michael J. Lewis  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Burgess

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

Songs About Christmas: “Autumn Carol”

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Flahooley

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

Songs About Christmas: “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”

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Greenwillow

Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser  Book: Lesser Samuels

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Songs About Christmas: “Greenwillow Christmas”

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Happy End

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht  Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)

Songs About Christmas: “In Our Childhoods’ Bright Endeavor (Reprise)”

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Holiday Inn

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge

Musical Type: 1942 Film / Contemporary Musical (2014)

Songs About Christmas: “White Christmas”, “Holiday Inn”, “Happy Holiday”

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I Love My Wife

Music: Cy Coleman  Lyrics/Book: Michael Stewart

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)

Songs About Christmas: “Lovers on Christmas Eve”

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Irma La Douce

Music: Marguerite Monnot  Lyrics/Book: Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, Monty Norman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Child”

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John & Jen

Music/Book: Andrew Lippa  Lyrics/Book: Tommy Greenwald

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas 1″, “Christmas 2″

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Legs Diamond

Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen  Book: Harvey Fierstein, Charles Suppon

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)

Songs About Christmas: “Speakeasy Christmas”

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Little Women

Music: Jason Howland  Lyrics: Mindi Dickstein  Book: Allan Knee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

Songs About Christmas: “Our Finest Dreams”

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Mame

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman  Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Songs About Christmas: “We Need a Little Christmas”

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Meet Me in St. Louis

Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane  Book: Hugh Wheeler

Musical Type: 1944 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1989)

Songs About Christmas: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

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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”

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Oh, What a Lovely War!

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc.

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Day in the Cookhouse”

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Pickwick

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”

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Pipe Dream

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

Songs About Christmas: “The Happiest House on the Block”

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Promises, Promises

Music: Burt Bacharach  Lyrics: Hal David  Book: Neil Simon

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Day”, “Turkey Lurkey Time”

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Rent

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas Bells”

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Rex

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick  Book: Sherman Yellen

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas at Hampton Court”, “The Wee Golden Warrior”

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She Loves Me

Music: Jerry Bock  Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick  Book: Joe Masteroff

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)

Songs About Christmas: “Twelve Days to Christmas”

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Some Lovers

Music: Burt Bacharach  Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Songs About Christmas: “This Christmas”

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Songs for a New World

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

Songs About Christmas: “Surabaya Santa”

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Starting Here, Starting Now

Music: David Shire  Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Songs About Christmas: “I Don’t Remember Christmas”

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Subways Are For Sleeping

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)

Songs About Christmas: “Be a Santa”

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Music/Lyrics: Carol Hall  Book: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)

Songs About Christmas: “Hard Candy Christmas”

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The Capeman

Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Simon  Lyrics/Book: Derek Walcott

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas in the Mountains”

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The Last Five Years

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Songs About Christmas: “The Schmuel Song”

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

Music/Lyrics: Pippa Cleary  Lyrics/Book: Jake Brunger

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Songs About Christmas: “The Nativity”

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The Story of My Life

Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram  Book: Brian Hill

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Songs About Christmas: “Angels in the Snow”

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The Who’s Tommy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Pete Townshend  Book: Des McAnuff

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Songs About Christmas: “Christmas”

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The Woman in White

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Charlotte Jones

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Songs About Christmas: “The Holly & The Ivy”

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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Barne, Kit Buchan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Songs About Christmas: “Under the Mistletoe”

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Whistle Down the Wind

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Jim Steinman  Book: Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Songs About Christmas: “Annie Christmas”, “Charlie Christmas”

Related Pages

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• Christmas Musical Theatre Songs

• Family-Friendly Musicals

• Musicals About Family

• Religious Musicals

• Winter Musicals