"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" starring Loretta Swit is probably best saved to watch during the holidays. However, it had come highly recommended by several friends so I decided to see if I could find it at the library. I did and my spouse and I viewed this hour long video last night. It's based on a novel written by Barbara Robinson.
The six Herdman kids (4 boys and 2 girls) are some of the "nastiest, dirtiest kids" around and, when the Sunday School class is asked to tell what they are thankful for, one boy says it's that the Herdmans don't attend. However, when the Herdmans hear they might find food at the church, they show up just in time to hear about the Christmas pageant. The regular pageant director ends up in the hospital and it falls to Loretta Swit's character to conduct the pageant. It's amazing what one person can do with one tryout and four rehearsals!
The Herdmans show up for the tryouts and immediately grab the major roles without dissension from any of the other children -- much to Swit's dismay! Although they may never have heard the Christmas story before and behave unconventionally, they and the rest of the cast perform a unique rendition of the Christmas Story which has many audience members declaring "it's the best Christmas pageamt ever!"
Perhaps what I liked best was that the Herdman children were allowed by Swit's character to play their roles despite the fact that the performance might not appeal to everyone. And, isn't that what Christmas is about -- inclusion, giving and receiving? pazt
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