Christmas play

Seasonal stage production

A Christmas play is a theatrical performance with Christmas themes, typically staged during the holiday season.

School Christmas plays often feature nativity scenes or holiday stories, with children cast as shepherds, angels, and wise men: My daughter is a sheep in the Christmas play this year.

Churches and community theaters also mount Christmas plays, ranging from traditional pageants to contemporary comedies.

Related

angels · little angel · three wise men · wise men · Mary · Joseph · stable · star · Bethlehem · costumes · costume fitting · rehearsal · forgotten lines · stage · stage fright · children · carols · church

Categories
Opposites
seasonal/holiday timing

Christmas playspring musical

Seasonal theatrical song-and-dance production

summer theater

religious/secular orientation

Christmas playavant-garde performance

Innovative, norm-breaking staged work

talent show · political satire · comedy revue

tone and atmosphere

Christmas playGreek tragedy

Classical dramatic form featuring downfall

tragedy

Family

Christmas, play, Christ, christen, christening, Christian, Christianity, Christlike, Christendom

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G