Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme’s Holiday Show 2025: Queer Joy, Camp Chaos, and the Magic of Chosen Family

If “All I Want for Christmas Is You” needs a worthy rival in the queer holiday canon, it’s not a song—it’s a spectacle. For the eighth consecutive year, drag royalty Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are sweeping their glittery sleigh across North America with The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show 2025, a raucous, radical, and relentlessly hilarious alternative to the usual sugar-cookie fare .

Launching November 12 at Charlotte’s Booth Playhouse and barreling through to December 30, this tour isn’t just a performance—it’s a pilgrimage for LGBTQ+ folks and allies seeking warmth, laughter, and a little subversion in the season of “normativity.” As Jinkx Monsoon herself puts it, “In a world where A.I. can plop out a dimestore ripoff in a matter of moments, I take pride in the annual, painstaking efforts we take to bring our brand new, community driven theatre show, wherever we can. This year, as you can expect, DeLa and I are going hard to combat the daily devastation with magic and mirth” .

There’s a reason The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show has been crowned “the greatest holiday show south of the North Pole”—and it’s not just the high kicks, the quick wit, or the parade of sequined costumes. Since its inception, the production has served as a campy sanctuary where chosen family and queer tradition take center stage, offering an antidote to the isolation and exclusion that can shadow the holidays for many in the LGBTQ+ community .

Every year, Jinkx and DeLa serve up a fresh, wholly original narrative—a carousel of sentient Christmas cookies, Dickensian ghosts, Nutcracker escapades, and meta-holiday hijinks . It’s always new, always queer, and deeply aware of its audience’s hunger for both escape and affirmation.

Fans return not just for the slapstick and sparkle, but for the palpable sense of community. “When they come together it’s so beautiful and their friendship just makes it just that much easier to enjoy the holidays,” one audience member shares in the official tour trailer, their voice tinged with genuine emotion . This is drag as balm, as homecoming, as a reminder that the holidays belong to all of us—regardless of bloodline or binary.

The 2025 edition arrives at a time when queer spaces and drag artistry remain under scrutiny in certain parts of North America. Yet, Jinkx and DeLa’s stage is a defiant explosion of resilience. Their comedy skewers heteronormativity, their choreography is a love letter to queer joy, and their storytelling is as sharp as it is sincere .

The show’s creators aren’t just entertainers—they’re activists in sequins. BenDeLaCreme produces, writes, and directs the extravaganza, with Jinkx Monsoon contributing additional writing. Both queens are at the peak of their powers: Jinkx is fresh off a Broadway run in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical” and will soon take over the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in “Oh, Mary!”—blurring the lines between high art and high camp .

Each performance is “over-the-top camp spectacle, side-splitting gags, brand new songs, heartfelt storytelling, thrilling dance numbers, and iconic costumes,” as the official site promises—and as anyone who’s ever witnessed a Jinkx cackle or a DeLa tear-jerker can attest, it’s the real deal .

For many queer people, holidays can be fraught. But in the world of Jinkx and DeLa, the only requirement for entry is a willingness to laugh (and maybe cry) with your chosen family. The show’s VIP experiences—photo ops, backstage Q&As, commemorative ornaments—are less about exclusivity and more about crafting memories in a space where difference is the dress code .

With each new edition, the show’s cultural cachet only grows. “The production value is kind of unparalleled,” raves a repeat attendee in the show’s trailer. “There is a message always behind it. It’s something new and original every year” . For some, it’s a tradition more sacred than any family dinner.

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show offers a rare blend of escapism and engagement—a campy, cathartic, and unashamedly queer reminder that the season is ours to reclaim. Whether you’re seeking a moment of respite or a full-throttle celebration, this is holiday magic made by, for, and about our community.

So, dust off your tinsel, gather your gaggle, and step into a world where queer joy takes the spotlight—and nobody ever has to spend the holidays alone.