It's already December, which means the holidays are fast approaching.
The Pennsylvania Youth Theatre is getting folks into the spirit of the season.
"Jingle Bells" is just one of the musical numbers children sang while at rehearsal for the Christmas City's Holiday Spectacular on Tuesday.
All ages will perform in the show by the Pennsylvania Youth Theatre that starts on Friday.
At the rehearsal, kids learned from adult actors, while students from Moravian College played live music.
Michael Scuotto, who is a young actor, said "It's been great to work with them, they sound fantastic."
The show isn't just about fun it has an important message.
The artistic director, Jill Dunn Jones, said, "It's a really beautiful story and you watch this little girl journey through and you watch her transformation."
Emily Reed plays a girl who has been described as Ebenezer Scrooge because she doesn't like the fact her birthday falls on Christmas, which is something the young actress is familiar with in real life.
Reed said, "I was born on Christmas and I like it but at the same time it is a little hard too."
In the end, her character discovers the true reason for the season.
Reed said, "She does learn a lesson. She travels around the world and learns that her birthday actually in a wonderful time period."
Christmas is not the only holiday showcased in the play.
Actress Katie Conlon said, "There are so many different cultures and religions that are shown in the play. It just all comes together to make. A big spectacular and that's why it's called the holiday spectacular."
Another reason the play is so unique is that the children change costumes several times and they can go from an elf to Santa in a flash.
Actor Dakotah Kuhns said, "There's one change where I have around 30 seconds to one minute just to change."
The kids say the hard work is worth it.
Conlon said, "It's just a little piece of Broadway put into Pennsylvania and it's just totally the best experience of my life."
The play starts Dec. 5 at the Charles A. Brown Historic Ice House in Bethlehem and lasts until Dec. 21.
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