58 Christmas Musicals – The Full List of Shows
These Christmas musicals put holiday stories, festive music, and wintery moments center stage. The list is sorted alphabetically and includes both full Christmas musicals and shows that simply mention or feature the holiday.
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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 (2002)
Creators: Robert Reale and Willie Reale
Christmas Song: Merry 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”