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As crass and rude as I may be from time, I am not gonna hate on the kids. And the reality is, there would be very little to hate from The National Community Church’s version of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Nor is their anything to dislike from the Angel Chorus(313), who performed a number of songs throughout the musical. In fact, in my whole Christmas musical seeing life — which admittedly has not been very prolific — this may have been the best one I’ve seen.

Set in the basement of Ebenezer’s Coffehouse, — ironic no? — the story is one you’ve heard before: “bad” family of kids gets involved in the annual Christmas pageant, chaos ensues, kids learn the true meaning of Christmas. It is based on the book written in 1972 by Barbara Robinson. And everyone involved did a great job, from the producers down to the tiniest tot. And the singing from the Angel Chorus was great.

Since this version was put on by a church, you have to wonder if many of the religious undertones seen in the performance were written into the book. Giving a quick read to the Google Book preview, it seems little was changed, minus a few less offensive word choices here or there. Robinson has also written two sequels, The Best Halloween Ever! and The Best School Year Ever, both featuring the same family of kids.

In the end, this is all good clean fun had by all, and this night in particular was well spent with some friends, enjoying the holiday season.