The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a 1983 television movie adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by Barbara Robinson. The film was directed by George Schaefer and starred Loretta Swit, Richard Kiley, and Tim Matheson.

The film is about a church Christmas pageant that is disrupted by the arrival of six unruly siblings who portray the Wise Men. The children’s wild antics and lack of preparation cause disaster for the pageant, but in the end they end up teaching the other participants about the true meaning of Christmas.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has been released on …