Christmas Plays

Christmas plays produced by community playhouses, schools, churches and large theatres are a popular form of entertainment for a holiday pastime. A variety of Christmas skits and acts can be found among almost every program throughout the country that highlight this special season. Productions that exploit the funny side of competitive shoppers who fight over a special holiday gift are a common topic for many short drama clips. Large, full featured secular play such as the story of Scrooge are produced throughout the country for a traditional entertainment feature offered year after year. Then, of course, drama presentations are abundant throughout churches that offer a glimpse into the real meaning of Christmas with live nativity scenes and singing green trees.

Anyone interested in producing a drama surrounding this special holiday season should know that there are many resources available through online sources that offer various types of products. There are full-length Christmas plays that run between 60-90 minutes for those that need full featured production materials. There are also Christmas skits and dramas that suit 7-10 minute slots appropriate for many venues or that can be inserted within a compiled program. Then there are one or two act dramas that suit a moderately timed production length that is required by many school and church productions. Please test your holiday knowledge by clicking the links above.

There is a wide selection of themes and content materials just about any type of production. There are secular Christmas plays that highlight playful or humorous themes of the season as well as warm dramas that depict some aspect of family togetherness. Many productions are fun for office and home parties and are easy to implement. Then of course, there are religious themed presentations that touch the very heart of what this season is truly about. Some of these types of presentations offer traditional re-enactments of the Christmas story. Complete with a live baby who represents baby Jesus, some of these plays are produced with realistic affects.

The time honored theme of the Christmas story is the most popular of all content chosen by most groups or organizations when producing a real-life drama. Even some of the best Christmas skits display the theme of the season even in humorous depictions of modern consumerism in the light of the true seasonal spirit. No matter what the slant that many productions take on the subject of Christmas, the biblical theme of 'peace on earth and good will toward men' is evident within most holiday plays. "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manager...For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." (Luke 2:7a,11)

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