School Nativity Plays: Dire Or Delightful?

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38210735

My first and last nativity play was in about 1958-1959. I was a shepherd and was very exited ! We were told by the teacher that we were not supposed to wave to our parents, if we saw them in the audience, but I took not the slightest notice of that whatsoever, waving like a windmill when I spotted them in the first row !

I got a real telling off from the horrid teacher afterwards, but I couldn't have cared least !

[mikey4444]

By the way. for all those that haven't read this, now is a good time :::::

http://www.gervase-phinn.com/gervase_pages/a_wayne_in_a_manger.htm

[ummmm]

Yawn fest. I have no interest in strangers children.

[Tilly2]

I was an angel one year but no one came to see me as both my parents worked. :-(

[murraymints]

I was Mary..and told Joseph off for poking the baby as he would never sleep !! lol... had a baby brother at home and was forever poking him and being told off !! seemed reasonable at the time !!

[jno]

nobody was expecting you to be a young Gielgud, they're for kids to learn lines and do a bit of public speaking, and for parents to show off their offspring. It must be hard work for the teachers, though.

[Mamyalynne]

So far through years of attending these, had a fair share of both dire, delightful and hilarious.

This year no exception - Grandson is having to squeeze into a rather too small sheep costume once more (he's not impressed) but has to play his role in the wittily named........

"Midwife Crisis".

Gervaise is a past master at such tales, all his books are a joy.

[ummmm]

Same Tilly.

[jno]

murray, I read about one play up north (I think it was Michael Parkinson telling the story) of Joseph coming home from the workshop and Mary telling him "The Baby Jesus has been a right little booger today."

[mikey4444]

Mamy....I was very much smaller in those days !

[Mamyalynne]

We all were Mikey, yes.

[bednobs]

i have been made into a pariah at work when i casually mentioned it was my daughter's first nativity at school, but that i wasn't going!

[ummmm]

I don't remember my parents coming to any school events. They came to all my out of school activity stuff though.

[anneasquith]

I think you would have enjoyed seeing her "on stage " bednobs .

[murraymints]

https://www.facebook.com/celia.turner.10/videos/10152105757856214/

[ummmm]

I think we all like watching our own children. It's the other kids that are boring.

[ummmm]

I would have enjoyed that one, Murray :-)

[Tilly2]

The only time my parents attended anything to do with my education was when they came to my graduation ceremony.

[Old_Geezer]

Almost inevitably dire, but pupils find that it keeps the teachers happy for a bit.