Much like young children motivated to be good before Christmas with the prospect of earning presents from Santa, the Herdman children are inspired to join a church Christmas pageant because of the chance to earn free snacks.

The Herdmans have a bad reputation in Barbara Robinson’s The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever. This band of children is known for bullying kids, stealing their desserts from their lunches and being a scary group of kids. After hearing that the local church provides free food for attending Sunday School they decided to participate, originally for the snacks but end up volunteering for the Christmas pageant to prove they were capable of doing more than just being bad and scary.

That and also Imogene Herdman volunteered herself and her siblings for the parts. That night both the Herdmans and the church group learned something, the Herdmans learned a valuable lesson. They even ended up giving them a ham from their welfare basket.

“The play was great, the turnout was phenomenal, we got a lot of feedback saying it turned out spectacular,” senior and cast member Omar Webb said. “It really got you into the Christmas spirit.”