SHERMAN — When you think of the holidays, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is people sitting by an open fire, nestling for warmth beneath thick layered blankets. Or maybe you think of family and friends unwrapping presents, laughing as gift wrap and ribbon litter the ground.

Throw everything you know about the holidays out the window. When it comes to Wreck The Halls, which The Sherman Players are presenting through December 20, the hilarious and irreverent holiday musical deconstructs just about every holiday trope in the book.

Wreck The Halls consists entirely of musical numbers, each a short vignette on a different aspect of the holiday season. It takes classic, wholesome experiences many people can relate to, from baking gingerbread cookies to waiting for Santa Claus, and tackles them with catchy songs, fun props, and silly adult humor. As such, this is not a musical for the whole family, and should be reserved for “older elves only.”

That said, between its sharp comedic timing, clever use of props, and magnetic, off-the-wall energy, the Sherman Players production is sure to get a laugh out of even the biggest Ebenezer Scrooge.

The quaint set, featuring streams of gold tinsel, red candy cane wrapping around the stage, and a giant wreath decorated in lights, looks innocuous at first. Don’t be deceived, however. Wreck The Halls really comes to life through its costumes, props, and character acting.

The show features six performers as its signature Hall Wreckers: Bret Bisaillon, Anya Caravella, Kevin McNulty, Diana Peterson, Priscilla Squiers, and Alexis Maximus Vournazos. Each has performed Wreck The Halls at least twice before, and it shows.

With its goofy, unserious approach to the holidays, a show like Wreck The Halls rides or dies on how well its performers buy into each number — they have to try to make the audience have just as much fun as they are on stage.

The Hall Wreckers go all out for every number, no matter what the song calls for. The first number, “Opening/Wreck The Halls” has everyone interact with each other in increasingly entertaining ways, whether its spinning candy canes or bringing a load of wrapping paper from one side of the stage to the other. The zany, high octane momentum continues throughout the show.

Numbers such as “Someone Spiked the Eggnog” see an office holiday party gone wrong come to life. As Peterson sings about how the party got a whole lot more interesting, the three male Hall Wreckers comedically run from one end of the stage to the other in order to get more eggnog. From the song’s bouncy, playful piano to the silly props the cast brings on stage, Human Resources is sure to let this number slide for being a hilarious highlight.

Other numbers like “Where is Rudolph?” see the company dress as the Reindeer Special Victims Unit, with hooves, antler hats, and black vests — and yes, the song includes the complimentary “dun dun” sound effect from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to boot. This charming little song sees the reindeer band together to figure out what happened to their iconic reindeer friend.

There’s some nice choreography with this scene in particular, where everyone is on “high alert” and taking sharp, careful steps on stage, fearing one of their own committed reindeer foul play. They also have to act a little like reindeer, gesturing with their hoof hands or making animal noises, so it’s fun for that reason, too.

Beyond that, everyone gets their own number to shine on stage. Peterson has the aforementioned “Someone Spiked the Eggnog.” McNulty has a fun, passive-aggressive lament in “Black Friday,” when he gets his just desserts after seeing his wife run through his wallet. Caravella gets “Snow-where to Go,” a fun number about how something really needs to get plowed for the winter season.

Bisaillon is joined by the company for “A Broadway Diva Holiday,” and more and more absurdly inflatable props get brought out on stage as he sings about wishing to run Christmas like a Broadway show. Squiers has “Mister and Missus Snowman,” which has a woman read a peculiar children’s book about two snowmen who love each other very much. Vournazos gets “The Nutcracker’s Lament,” which is exactly what it says on the tin — only made more hilarious by the rods Vournazos lifts on his nutcracker suit to show how his owners make him crack nuts.

One would be remiss to not mention “I Wanna Be A Rockette,” where Caravella and Vournazos have very different reasons why they love the Rockettes.

The cast brings the music and lyrics from Wreck The Halls creator Brad Blake, who also serves as the show’s director and choreographer, to life in the best way. As the last number so affectionately says, “Don’t miss Wreck The Halls.”

Performances of Wreck The Halls continue weekends through December 20. For more information, including tickets and show times, visit shermanplayers.org.

Reporter Jenna Visca can be reached at jenna@thebee.com.