Fun for actors and audiences of all ages. Mature performers will enjoy portraying themselves and their friends (and maybe an enemy or two). Young actors will get a good workout in character development as they put on make-up, add a touch of gray to their hair, and imitate their grandparents (with perhaps a spoonful of spoof). The plot: Residents of a retirement center wish for an old-fashioned Christmas, and their wish comes true, with unexpected complications: the microwave becomes a wood stove, with a pile of wood waiting to be chopped; the bathroom disappears and an outhouse springs up in the backyard, etc. They eventually decide that today is better. Fun any time of year. Audiences of all ages love it.

One act; set in a Retirement Center lobby at Christmas time. First presented by the Hi Desert Playhouse Guild, Joshua Tree, California.

After Sally Bowman's death, her daughter requested that her portion of the royalty payments from An Old-Fashioned Christmas and Will Santa Ever Ride Again? go to the Salvation Army as a memorial to Sally.

See also: Christmas Plays (Non-Musical and Senior Citizen Theatre