Surflight Theatre’s 2019 holiday show is “‘Tis the Season,” is an original, which will run through this Sunday, Dec. 15.

Now, there are a slew of Christmas films, especially if you add the Hallmark Channel’s TV movies. However, the deluge turns into a drip when it comes to popular Christmas plays and stage musicals. There’s the granddaddy of them all, “A Christmas Carol,” and its many derivatives.