Ultimately, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a wholesome, heartfelt addition to the Christmas movie canon, one that, unlike most modern offerings, is actually about Christmas.

The film, based on Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, is light and resplendent in hope. One of its best aspects is that it also doesn’t shy away from criticising the ...

What better way to celebrate Christmas than to have faith in things unseen, to find hope in a child.