‘Tis the season to be jolly. Thus, if you want to regain the holiday spirit and discover the true significance of Christmas, which is much more than a family dinner or a gathering whose attendees wished they had been anywhere else, you have many options.

For instance, St. Matthews Baptist Church that organizes an all-encompassing play every year, is showing the musical “Four Tickets to Christmas” on Saturday and Sunday evening.

Tim Galyon, the church’s minister of music and worship arts, as well as the drama’s musical director, said that Christmas represents a period when people open themselves more to faith and friendship and that the production is a way of luring devotees and their acquaintances to church so as to take part in a warm performance that aims to spread kindness and honesty.

“Four Tickets to Christmas” tells the story of a family of artists whose Christmas act is suddenly canceled. Therefore, the parents and their two children have no other choice but visit the father’s family, including his estranged dad.

The play, which is due to feature a full orchestra, will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free and child care is available on the second day.

In addition, area church choirs and groups will set up special Christmas musical events that everyone can attend.

St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Lady Lake will organize a nondenominational sevice of “Nine Readings With Carols” at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The traditional service is intended to help people embrace the holiday spirit and “welcome Christmas,” explained Rev. John Hale, the church’s senior pastor.