The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (titled "The Worst Kids in the World" in Australia, New Zealand and the UK) is a book written by Barbara Robinson in 1972. Samuel French, Inc. says "In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas Pageant is faced with wasting the Herdman kids - probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!"

"An American Classic." - McCall's Magazine

"One of the best Christmas stories ever - and certainly one of the funniest." -- The Seattle Times

This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine.