The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Paperback – April 12, 2005

Great read aloud book for 2nd to 3rd to 4th graders.

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Terri Hartman

March 28, 2018

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OMG this was coming as a holiday live play locally at Christmas time. I bought the book and started reading it aloud at breakfast on Saturday. Took a break and continued to read another third Saturday afternoon. Finished the story reading aloud at bedtime. When we got to the play the next afternoon the 9 yr old twins were anticipating each scene. They were alert, attentive and actually became critics pointing out the skipped or inserted lines, as the play was adapted from the book and not verbatim. What a great story - great telling of the birth of Jesus, and keeps the kids' attention because of the uniquely crafted kid characters.

Great for kids but interesting reread as an adult

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Sara K

April 21, 2014

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I was sitting in class (seminary) one day and we were discussing the angle of the Lord. I couldn't help but shout out, SHAZAM! People around me looked like I was nuts, until I explained that it was from a great children's book. Since then, I have had to buy a couple copies to give to friends- for them to read, enjoy, and give away or read to the children in their lives. The theology isn't perfect but when is a child's theology perfect? It is interesting to see Christmas to children who have never heard of the story/birth of Jesus. There are things that I too wondered as a kid but was too afraid to ask. Great book to use as discussion about many topics with kids and not just about religion. With so much talk about bullying, this book can lead to many open discussions about the bullies in our lives.

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If you know anything at all about how things are usually done in churches, you'll howl over this.

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February 14, 2014

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This book has been out for years and I still reread it every few years. It's told from the prospective of a young girl, about 10 or 12 years old. Her church has a busybody who runs everything. When the woman gets hurt, they farm out all the things she's got going (the Potluck Supper, etc) to various other ladies. The mother of the girl who's telling the story gets stuck with the Christmas Pageant. Things are going as usual until the Herdmans show up. The Herdmans are the worst kids in the whole history of the world. Things go downhill from there, with hilarious results. But, in the end, everyone is shown a deeper meaning to the Christmas Story; one that they had forgotten in the bustle of busyness. It makes a good book to read and it also makes a good movie to watch. The movie stars Loretta Swit (of M*A*S*H) who plays the part of the woman forced to run a Christmas Pageant perfectly. Both book and movie are classics and old favorites in my family.

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My Favorite Christmas Tradition

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E. Jones

December 29, 2014

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This is a wonderful chapter book we read as a family (kids aged 13, 11, 6, 4, and 2)each Christmas. It's only 7 chapters though they are fairly long. It tells the story of the horrible Herdman children and how they learn about the story of Christmas and help others feel the real spirit of the season by participating in the local church's Christmas pagent. We all find ourselves laughing out loud throughout the story and I (being Mom) always cry at the end though there is still plenty of laughs. Despite the use of the taking of the Lord's name in vain twice (by the Herdmans and immediently frowned upon by the others), I don't think there is another book so funny and enjoyable that teaches so many wonderful life lessons and brings in the real meaning of Christmas than The Best Christmas Pagent Ever.

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Herd mans are very bad kids who smoked and said bad words

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Daniel

January 22, 2017

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Ronan O'Connell
the book takes place at the herd mans house and the church. the book is about a Christmas pageant at the
church. Herd mans are very bad kids who smoked and said bad words. the only reason that the herd mans were even interested in church is because one of them herd that you get food there like chocolate cake but they do not get snacks at ccd the kid was just lying to sound cool to the herd mans witch did not work because the herd mans wanted to join the church so they did then they were in the Christmas pageant and the problem was that all the kids and adults thought that they were going to ruin the Christmas pageant. But in the end they did not ruin it and it turned out to be okay. overall I really liked the book and I would recommend it.

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January 15, 2018

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This is a quick read—fun for adults as well as children. It gives another look at our Christmas traditions with loads of humor. Reading it as an adult, I found it interesting to hear what the Herdman children thought of the story of the Nativity and how difficult it would be to explain it to anyone not having grown up and taught the story from a young age.

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Timeless and hilarious heartwarming story!

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