A second hilarious and heartwarming trailer for the upcoming film 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' has been released.
Christmas is a special time of year for many people for various reasons. Of course, the most obvious is that it's when we recognize and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ—the entire reason for the season. Christmas is meaningless if Christ's birth is not the main reason for all the presents, dinners, get-togethers and parties.
However, Christmas also includes many other annual traditions and festivities that mean a lot to people. For the townspeople in the second trailer of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," the yearly play retelling of Christ's birth is one of those dearly beloved and cherished traditions. Early in the trailer, one woman says, "The pageant is sacred."
The town's precious Christmas pageant is about to receive its biggest stress test ever. The Herdmans, six of the worst, most ill-behaved children you'll ever encounter, have decided they want to be in this year's Christmas pageant. One character even describes those children as "absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world."
Grace, who has recently volunteered to direct this year's annual pageant, has her work cut out for her. She is almost sure to regret making that move. The town is counting on her to come through with an excellent pageant, even though she must somehow work with and incorporate the Herdman children.
Grace's attempt at directing the town's cherished Christmas pageant will most likely be a disaster of epic proportions. But despite all the struggles and hiccups that Grace is likely to encounter, near the end of the trailer, she perfectly sums up the entire reason Jesus Christ came to Earth.
"Jesus was born for the Herdmans as much as he was for us," she says. "We'd be missing the whole point now if we turned them away."
"The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" looks like a film for the entire family, filled with laughs and scenes sure to get tears streaming down your face.
The film is rated PG and opens in theaters on Nov. 8.