All is Calm?

Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace and joy. But for the pastor of a church intent on transforming a simple living nativity into a Christmas Eve extravaganza at the last minute, there’s little room for holiday sentiments. From dramatic rewrites of the biblical Christmas story by a wannabe playwright to construction workers who can’t erect a stable stable, and from dueling gourmets unable to agree on the menu to an energetic 74-year-old woman with grandiose visions of recreating the ancient Holy Land in the sanctuary, the entire event seems destined for failure from the beginning. Throw in a series of mishaps, feuds between choir members, a shortage of actors to play Mary and Joseph, and the pressure of having four days to put it all together, and it’s (almost) enough to make a preacher cuss. Can this church of crazy characters pull off their grand production? And can the true message of Christmas avoid getting lost in all the chaos?