Christmas Musicals
The following list includes Christmas musicals, focusing on holiday traditions and the Christmas season. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals That Mention Christmas
Christmas Musicals
The following musicals center around Christmas as their main theme.
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
Notable Christmas Song: “Christmas Together”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette
Notable Christmas Song: “It All Comes Down to Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser
Notable Christmas Song: “Bah Humbug!”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Langston Hughes and Others
Notable Christmas Song: “Joy to the World”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Thomas Meehan
Notable Christmas Song: “A Christmas Song”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Gordon Greenberg, and Chad Hodge
Notable Christmas Song: “White Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason
Notable Christmas Song: “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Colin Escott and Others
Notable Christmas Song: “Run Rudolph Run”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Meredith Willson
Notable Christmas Song: “That Man Over There”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nicky Ager and Debbie Isitt
Notable Christmas Song: “Sparkle & Shine”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Notable Christmas Song: “All I Want for Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
Notable Christmas Song: “I Hate Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Irving Berlin, David Ives, and Paul Blake
Notable Christmas Song: “White Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
Notable Christmas Song: “Santa Baby”
Musicals That Mention Christmas
These musicals mention Christmas in their plot and feature it in a song.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley
Christmas Song: “Almost Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron
Christmas Song: “Voices of the Angels”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan
Christmas Song: “A New Deal for Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Gallagher and Others
Christmas Song: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Elton John and Lee Hall
Christmas Song: “Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Christmas Song: “Christmas Makes Me Cry”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
Christmas Song: “Deck the Halls”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Harold Rome and Arnold Auerbach
Christmas Song: “Yuletide, Park Avenue”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Christmas Song: “Santa Comin’ Caroline”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
Christmas Song: “Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gerald Jay Markoe and Michael Colby
Christmas Song: “A Christmas Buche”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Michael J. Lewis and Anthony Burgess
Christmas Song: “Autumn Carol”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Christmas Song: “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa Claus”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Frank Loesser and Lesser Samuels
Christmas Song: “Greenwillow Christmas”
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Michael Feingold
Christmas Song: “In Our Childhoods’ Bright Endeavor (Reprise)”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart
Christmas Song: “Lovers on Christmas Eve”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Marguerite Monnot, Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, and Monty Norman
Christmas Song: “Christmas Child”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
Christmas Song: “Christmas 1 & 2″
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Peter Allen, Harvey Fierstein, and Charles Suppon
Christmas Song: “Speakeasy Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
Christmas Song: “Our Finest Dreams”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
Christmas Song: “We Need a Little Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and Hugh Wheeler
Christmas Song: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Christmas Song: “My Holiday”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc., and Others
Christmas Song: “Christmas Day in the Cookhouse”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse, and Wolf Mankowitz
Christmas Song: “That’s What I’d Like for Christmas”
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Christmas Song: “The Happiest House on the Block”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
Christmas Song: “Christmas Day”, “Turkey Lurkey Time”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Christmas Song: “Christmas Bells”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
Christmas Song: “Christmas at Hampton Court”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joe Masteroff
Christmas Song: “Twelve Days to Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater
Christmas Song: “This Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Christmas Song: “Surabaya Santa”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Christmas Song: “I Don’t Remember Christmas”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Christmas Song: “Be a Santa”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Carol Hall, Larry L. King, and Peter Masterson
Christmas Song: “Hard Candy Christmas”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Paul Simon and Derek Walcott
Christmas Song: “Christmas in the Mountains”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Christmas Song: “The Schmuel Song”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger
Christmas Song: “The Nativity”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Christmas Song: “Angels in the Snow”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Christmas Song: “Christmas”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
Christmas Song: “The Holly & The Ivy”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Christmas Song: “Under the Mistletoe”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Patricia Knop, and Gale Edwards
Christmas Song: “Annie / Charlie Christmas”