Christmas

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Experience the Christmas Spirit for One Hour with Sugar Plum Gary

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“Does anyone have a question about Christmas?”

Emmett Montgomery’s Sugar Plum Gary answered this year’s first show’s batch of questions in the sold-out space at 18th & Union on the night of Friday the 15th. The beloved character has returned to the stage to share the true meaning of Christmas as December 25th approaches: the fully gut-wrenching truth only the sole survivor of Santa’s visit to the Rankin Bass Home for Unfortunate Children could fully grasp.

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Christmas Time is Here, at Taproot Theatre

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Christmas Time is Here, at Taproot Theatre

“Doesn’t anyone know the true meaning of Christmas?”

The beloved holiday classic A Charlie Brown Christmas has returned to Taproot Theatre. Director Jes Spencer and a talented cast and crew invite Seattleites to step into the family-favorite cartoon, which opened at Taproot’s Isaac Studio Theatre this past weekend. Audience members of all ages are welcome, and hushed commentary and giggles affirmed the youngest patrons’ enjoyment of the show.

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“Ghosts that change you for the better”

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A Christmas Carol at Harlequin Productions

A perfect way to settle into the Holiday spirit, Harlequin’s last production of the year is a classic retelling of an everlasting Christmas story. Originally written by Charles Dickens in 1843, A Christmas Carol follows a bitter old man, Ebeneezer Scrooge, and four spirits that come to him on Christmas eve. The ghosts of a former business partner and three iterations of the Christmas spirit urge him to follow a path of kindness in his life. This would result in more happiness for those around him and for him as well. A largely popular story, it has never been out of print and has been reproduced countless times for plays, films, operas, television, ballets and others.

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“The Santaland Diaries”

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Patrick Lennon stars in The Santaland Diaries (Joe Mantello’s stage adaption of the David Sedaris essay) as part of 18th and Union’s “Cracked Christmas” programming. The production doesn’t quite live up to the script, but this one-man show is guaranteed to raise the spirits of anyone feeling not so merry and bright this holiday season.

The Santaland Diaries is a sharp and funny account of Sedaris’s stint working as a Christmas elf at a New York City Macy’s department store. Crazy customer requests, a health-nut Santa, and a dwarf coasting on her looks are just the tip of the decorative-snow iceberg. The cynical Sedaris struggles to provide corporate Christmas cheer, but his misadventures will easily make audience members laugh.

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“Sugar Plum Gary”

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Santa sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good. How, exactly? Sugar Plum Gary takes the stage at 18th and Union to answer all your questions about Christmas in this interactive comedy show.

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