This week, what better way is there to celebrate the season than by taking in a holiday play at one of Charleston’s esteemed theater companies? At the Dock Street Theatre, enjoy the Charleston Stage production of the eternal Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, a Ghost Story of Christmas, or create a new holiday tradition with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. With irreverent humor, PURE Theatre presents the Waffle Haus Christmas, which light-heartedly lampoons our most precious Holiday traditions. It’s a Wonderful Life, the beloved Bedford Falls tale applauding the value of the everyman, is dramatized by The Footlight Players. And The Village Playhouse rock around the Christmas tree with The Winter Wonderettes in a lively ‘60s party with friends and family.