Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas

Kevin Costner Presents: The First ChristmasI had heard nothing ahead of time. School schedules, church schedules, and personal schedules had me nearly running in circles. But at just the right moment, I walked into the living room and the television was on, and I was drawn into a new telling of my favorite story: Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas.

Yes, I have heard the story told thousands of times in many different ways from my mother reciting to my brother and me at our bedside on Christmas Eve, to decades of Christmas pageants, to movies like The Nativity Story.  This new presentation is honest, nearly raw. It is dramatic and personal and academic. Costner serves as presenter, sharing personal stories and Christmas memories. A team of teachers and authors set the stage for each step of the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem to Egypt, and back. A talented cast takes us into the lives of Mary and Joseph in a convincing tale of the fulfillment of the prophecies of the coming of Messiah.