The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a 1983 TV special. It was based on the best-selling children's book of the same name, written by Barbara Robinson. Beth Bradley, played by a young Fairuza Balk, narrates periodically throughout the story. Loretta Swit plays Beth's mother, Grace, who is roped into directing the annual church Christmas pageant by her fellow church ladies. When the rambunctious Herdman kids bully their way into the pageant, taking all the lead roles for themselves, everyone is sure that the production will be a disaster. But the results are far from what anyone expected, and the lives of all those involved are remarkably changed.

Cast

 * Loretta Swit: Grace Bradley
 * Fairuza Balk: Beth Bradley
 * Jackson Davies: Bob Bradley
 * Anthony Holland: Reverend Hopkins