Best Christmas Pageant Ever Book

After some problems with one Christmas book (which I had to delete), I found myself under the spell of this book. It amply deserves all the praise it got and is getting.

Going in, I didn't have many expectations and the first chapter seemed tepid. But then that direction the story took enhanced its quality. For a feelgood book, it was never sentimental. It was realistic, wise, funny even.

I didn't get any cheap vibes coming from the ending. Those villainous little children didn't seem to change for the better. But the Christmas pageant, was truly a miracle that was rooted in realism. I think the author caught lightning in a bottle. I fully recommend it.