Christmas Plays: talking reindeer, mistletoe melancholy, Christmas tree blood and more!

Crazy, right? Split between 4 of us and we still couldn’t finish all the candy (Where’s the milkshake, right?)!

As we sled into December, first, a very warm Happy Hannukah or Happy Chanukah (or use one of the other 14 spellings!)! And second, the Christmas Theater season is upon us! Is there a classic holiday play you see every year? Or a new Christmas show you are looking forward to this season? For me, I recently enjoyed A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live On Stage followed by one of those crazy milkshakes shared by 4 of us (check out the pic!)! Nothing says Christmas like tons of sweets, right (Okay, yes, lots of things say Christmas other than sweets! But one must exert some sugar will power around the holidays!)? Next weekend, I’m looking forward to nestling into an historic Dutch church in legendary Sleepy Hollow to watch a one-man show of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The following weekend, I’ll enjoy a one-hour version of The Nutcracker. I love to support theater year-round, but there is something special about seeing a warm holiday show in December!

As much as I love seeing Christmas Drama, I also love writing it! So check out some of my Christmas theater below (a one-act play, a 5-minute one-man show, and several monologues for kids to adults)! Click on the links to read excerpts from all of the holiday monologues or holiday plays or to get the full versions. Enjoy the holiday season!

Two Christmas Trees on their Way to the Great Pyramid of Giza: Dear Tree and Darling Tree have lived the past 8 years side-by-side on the Christmas Tree Farm. But as the family with matching Santa hats and an axe keeps checking them out, they realize: one of them is going to be chopped down. Now. Will they live on together as stumps in the ground, or will they be separated to live for a time as a Christmas Tree in people’s homes? And is there any way they can escape this impending fate? This is a thoughtful piece about our brief time on this earth, what we leave behind, and what we do with the time and loved ones we have. In the voice of two Douglas Firs.

Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen: Take a snowy walk through the child-like magic of Christmas, where reindeer talk, Santa is real, and…does someone want super powers? This is a 30-minute play for 5 actors with doubling or 8 actors without doubling.

Grinching 101: Grinch professors, Sourpuss Fuddy Duddy and Killjoy Cactus Snarl, are pleased to find their Grinching 101 classroom filled with eager elf-students desiring to learn the art of becoming a grinch. However, the class of bright-eyed cheerful students are blatantly failing. Every. Single. Lesson. Can these grinching professors get the class of chipper elves to learn anything about becoming a good grinch? And perhaps along the way, can the grinching professors can learn something from the elves? This is a 30-40 minute play for 16+ actors (16 character roles and unlimited ensemble elf roles with unison lines).

Chaos in a Christmas Snow Globe: When the Christmas Snow Globe gang gets bored with their same routine, Santa uses Christmas Magic to bring them a bit of excitement. But no one expects this excitement to arrive in the form of a Halloween jack-o-lantern inside their snow globe! Can Jack-o-Lantern convince the Christmas friends that it truly belongs with them, or will it be booted back to the dusty shelf? Enjoy this family-friendly ~20 minute play about acceptance and appreciation. Cast is for 11 speaking roles and unlimited nonspeaking reindeer.

Why That Walking Snowman Didn’t Like Me: Madison, a popular IG model, sees a snowman come to life in front of her very eyes. This is an amazing opportunity to boost her social media presence, but why is the snowman not cooperating? This is a 5-minute play, suitable as a solo piece for 1 female teen/young adult actor, but can also have an additional 1-2 non-speaking, gender-inclusive, roles. Cast total: 1, 2 or 3.

Still Standing Under the Mistletoe: This is a 1.5-2 minute comedic/dramatic monologue for a male actor. Larry hopes his ex-girlfriend will listen to him while continuing to stand under the mistletoe…

Begging Blitzen: In this short comedic monologue, Annie asks her new friend, Blitzen (yes, the reindeer) for a favor!

More Than Santa: In this 2-minute comedic/dramatic monologue, it’s Christmas Day and Brandy has to convince her new Mall-Santa-Boyfriend that she’s going to keep on liking him tomorrow, even when she sees him for the first time sans-red velvet suit.

Christmas Superpowers: In this 1-minute comedic monologue, Dylan asks Santa for an unusual gift.

Santa Just Wants You to be Healthy, In this 1.5 minute monologue, Vita imparts some worldly wisdom to her son who complains about the boring ole orange he found in his stocking.

Santa’s Lousy Job: In this short comedic monologue, Lauren tries to set Santa straight after his failed gender-specific gift giving from last year.

Secret Santa: This is a dramatic/comedic 5-minute monologue/one-man play. Dan attempts to justify his poor Secret Santa gift to his co-worker.

Christmas China That Can Only Be Handwashed: In this 1.5-minute comedic monologue, Daphne’s Christmas-Dinner-Preparing love has a limit—and it might be that pile of handwash-only Christmas China.

Shepherd Superheroes: In this short comedic monologue, Sam explains to the Christmas pageant director why having his shepherd’s costume muddy right before the performance is actually a good thing.

Tinsel for Christmas: In this short dark comedy monologue, Stan tries to get someone in the Emergency Room to take his bloodied arm seriously.

Meeting Blitzen: In this In this 30-second children’s comedic monologue, Annie tells her friends of her first magical encounter with a reindeer.

Monologue Packet from Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen: This packet included 19 Christmas-themed Monologues extracted from the one-act comedy for children, Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen. Monologues are for children (or adults playing children) ranging in length from 30 seconds to 3 minutes (most averaging around 1-2 minutes).