TY - ADVS AU - Robinson,Barbara AU - Schaefer,George AU - Swit,Loretta AU - Davies,Jackson AU - Holland,Anthony AU - Alexander,David AU - Balk,Fairuza AU - Hellman,Ocean AU - Wright,Janet ED - Television Representative, Inc. ED - Cromwold Productions. ED - Schaefer/Karpf Productions. TI - The best Christmas pageant ever PY - 1986/// CY - [United States] PB - Television Representative KW - Christmas plays KW - Juvenile literature KW - lcgft KW - Children's television programs N1 - DVD release of television program; Based on the novel by Barbara Robinson; Director of photography, Edward R. Brown ; film editor, Andy Blumenthal ; music, John Elizalde ; executive producer, Merrill H. Karpf; Starring: Loretta Swit, Jackson Davies, Anthony Holland, David Alexander, Fairuza Balk, Ocean Hellman, Janet Wright; Not rated N2 - The six Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant ER -