The Post’s exclusive backstage pass to the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular

It takes a Christmas village.

Nothing says the holidays are here in New York City quite like the Radio City Rockettes. Today, more than 72 million people have witnessed the precision dance troupe, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, perform in the Christmas Spectacular.

To transport wide-eyed audience members to a 90-minute Christmas wonderland in the legendary Midtown theater, a ton of work goes on behind the scenes — beginning with a three-day dancer audition process in April — and The Post was recently granted exclusive backstage access to document some of the magical moments normally hidden from the public.

While adults and children alike watch the show’s 16 musical numbers in awe from their seats, backstage, it’s choreographed chaos for the precision dance troupe.

An hour to 90 minutes before showtime, each of the Rockettes — two casts of 42 dancers each — can be found in their designated dressing room, applying their makeup (including their classic red lip, the Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick in shade Always Red), styling their signature French twist hairdo, and warming up their muscles to perform over 200 eye-high kicks in nine different numbers.

For each of their eight head-to-toe costume changes — including a different pair of hand-painted shoes to match each woman’s skin tone for every number — one wardrobe person is assisting every three dancers in the quick-change booths located at the sides of the stage.