Christmas Belles brings a heaping dose of Southern comedy to the holiday season, courtesy of playwrights Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones, and Nicholas Hope. The setup is simple enough: the women of The Tabernacle of the Lamb's Christmas committee just want to pull off their annual pageant without a hitch. Naturally, that's easier said than done, as sibling rivalries, old romances, and grudges nobody quite let go of start unraveling their carefully laid plans right as showtime approaches.

There's a warmth underneath all the bickering and mishaps, the kind of humor that comes from small-town church basements and family dinners where everyone knows everyone's business. Whether the pageant actually comes together or falls apart in a heap of tinsel and hurt feelings is part of the fun of watching it play out. Las Vegas Little Theatre, with its reputation for community-driven productions, seems like a fitting home for this kind of holiday chaos comedy.