The six Herdman children are ‘absolutely the worst kids in the annals of the world.’ They rest and take and smoke cigars. They also burned down Fred Shoemaker’s older toolhouse. Now they’re overtaking the Christmas pageant. The Herdmans have never heard the Xmas story before, and they don’t know anything about shepherds or Wise Guys. When Imogene hears about the swaddling clothes, she demands to know why anyone would tie up an infant and put him in a feedbox. Leroy, Claude, and Ollie are preparing to a gift which means much more than silver, frankincense, and myrrh-the ham using their Xmas basket. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, now also a tv movie, has been a preferred of kids and their parents since 1972. As C.J. Critt’s spirited narration catches the lively and outrageous spin how the Herdmans placed on the Nativity picture, listeners will delight in this unusual and refreshing interpretation of Xmas.