Okay, everybody, settle, settle down, settle.

Welcome to the first rehearsal of St. Wenceslaus on the Hills annual nativity pageant.

Give yourself a round of applause.

Mumbling mice, mighty nice.

She brews a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.

I wish today was just seasonal merriment and being excited for the show.

But I just want to kick this off with a little bit of honesty.

For Jesus' birthday, I'm buying a Honda.

I think everyone's pretty warmed up.

We're not really going to be doing any performing today.

It's more of like a meeting to get us started.

Don't be dull.

The inn is full.

Yeah, I feel like we don't really need to be warmed up.

I would love...

I dip my crustini and my mac and cheese panini.

And can we just do the church-sanctioned warm-ups, please, if we're going to do them?

I would love to not get any more emails complaining about casting.

I did my best.

I know that we've had a few years of some controversial choices that I've made

casting wise, but the cast is the cast. No trade zes, no takebacks, no changing. It's set in stone.

We're going to move forward. Something someone wants to say. I can hear some throat clearing.

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