Would you pay to see your child's nativity play?
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That doesn't sound very realistic, a snowflake in the Middle East?
I've just had to fork out £12 for a 'shepherd/buyer' costume.
Mrs "can you get baby bullett a costume for the nativity, it has to be in by Friday"
Me "ffs woman, could have told me sooner"
So it's cost me twice as much as it should because I need priority delivery.
I've just had to fork out £12 for a 'shepherd/buyer' costume.
Mrs "can you get baby bullett a costume for the nativity, it has to be in by Friday"
Me "ffs woman, could have told me sooner"
So it's cost me twice as much as it should because I need priority delivery.
Mastodon2 said:
I don't have kids, but if I did I'd be finding ways to dodge the play altogether.
Really? It's clear you don't have kids. My oldest is having her first nativity this year over 2 days I cannot make either. The disappointment when she came home with our tickets and told us what she was doing only to find out I couldn't come was heartbreaking.
Sure the acting will not be Les Misarable that's not the point
Vixpy1 said:
Happily pay to see it if it helps the school. I asked my son last night who he was playing in the Nativity and apparently he's Reindeer number 2.
It took about 10 seconds before i thought.. hang on a minuite
Think mine is going to be one of the twinkling stars... and yes I've had countless renditions of that classic song and it's weeks away It took about 10 seconds before i thought.. hang on a minuite
Dr Murdoch said:
SpeckledJim said:
Churches are full (ok, thankfully, churches are not full) of people who could not work it out. Who could not break their early programming.
All because they played a snowflake in a nativity play? If they were putting on A Christmas Carol instead, then everyone would be agreed that its just a story. And the performance would be great fun for everyone.
The ghost of Jacob Marley isn't real. There aren't actually ghosts. The story is just a nice, moral, educational, story.
With the nativity, it is presented without question as 'the truth' because doing otherwise would have the religious contingent absolutely up in arms.
The children aren't invited to cast any doubt on the angels, or the new star in the sky, despite it being contrary to what they are taught in science, in the same bloody school, by the same bloody teachers.
I wish they would just pick a different, less confusing, tale.
Most (if not all) of the schools around here are not putting on a Nativity these days, but will do some kind of "Christmas" themed show without the baby Jesus bit, so as not to include any religious aspects at all.
My wife, who teaches at a Catholic school, is preparing the reception class to come and sing 2 songs on stage for the parents whilst the older children do the rest of the story. The parents don't have to pay, but are asked to make a contribution. It certainly raises more than if they were to force everyone into £1 a go given the "council" nature of many of the parents at her school but the generous nature of many others.
My wife, who teaches at a Catholic school, is preparing the reception class to come and sing 2 songs on stage for the parents whilst the older children do the rest of the story. The parents don't have to pay, but are asked to make a contribution. It certainly raises more than if they were to force everyone into £1 a go given the "council" nature of many of the parents at her school but the generous nature of many others.
Mothersruin said:
I don't have kids but I'll pay a pound if you let me bring my camera.
You'll be rumbled straight away, you need the biggest tablet you can hold to make sure that the rows behind you can only see it on your tiny screen. Best to stand up as well just to make sure no one else can see their kids.A Quid?
No way. They're almost always shyte and taken far too seriously by the teacher who decided to organise it.
Plus, you're sat there the whole time trying to stop that miniature chair from disappearing up your arse, whilst squirming left & right to see past the woman in front filming it on a giant Ipad
No way. They're almost always shyte and taken far too seriously by the teacher who decided to organise it.
Plus, you're sat there the whole time trying to stop that miniature chair from disappearing up your arse, whilst squirming left & right to see past the woman in front filming it on a giant Ipad
Edited by littlebasher on Tuesday 29th November 14:52
sparkythecat said:
It's a Catholic School and the Nativity play is a religious celebration.
They should just do what they always do on religious occasions, and pass round the collection plate
The headmaster at our school even jokes "when you get more than two Catholics in a room you need to have a raffle".They should just do what they always do on religious occasions, and pass round the collection plate
Bullett said:
That doesn't sound very realistic, a snowflake in the Middle East?
I've just had to fork out £12 for a 'shepherd/buyer' costume.
Mrs "can you get baby bullett a costume for the nativity, it has to be in by Friday"
Me "ffs woman, could have told me sooner"
So it's cost me twice as much as it should because I need priority delivery.
What's wrong with a dressing gown and a tea towel? Cost = nothing?I've just had to fork out £12 for a 'shepherd/buyer' costume.
Mrs "can you get baby bullett a costume for the nativity, it has to be in by Friday"
Me "ffs woman, could have told me sooner"
So it's cost me twice as much as it should because I need priority delivery.
TheExcession said:
I'm very much Tibetan Buddhist orientated in my understanding of life, and funnily enough I was never charged a penny to go listen to a 'preacher'.
Isn't aspiring to aspire the rainbow body a little bit like asking god to forgive your sins? Or devotion to your Buddhist guru a little bit like going to church to pray with a priest..? 
And then there's the Buddhist kids that gather to celebrate Bodhi.... All of which, could be construed as cult behaviour (but is wide of the mark in either case).Nativity could be the first time kids get to perform. It could be something they enjoy and the experience could stay with them for a long time. It really has little to do with religion, except the outline story and the excuse to do something together.
SpeckledJim said:
Buffalo said:
It really has little to do with religion.
It's the story of supernatural angels presaging Jesus' immaculate conception, presented by trusted authorities to credulous minds as an absolute truth. Sounds pretty religious to me.
That event was somewhat earlier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Annunci... Gabriel was presaging like mad there however.
Welshbeef said:
Mastodon2 said:
I don't have kids, but if I did I'd be finding ways to dodge the play altogether.
Really? It's clear you don't have kids. My oldest is having her first nativity this year over 2 days I cannot make either. The disappointment when she came home with our tickets and told us what she was doing only to find out I couldn't come was heartbreaking.
Sure the acting will not be Les Misarable that's not the point
My kids and I signed a non-aggression pact whilst they were growing up. Basically I wouldn't mother them if they didn't mother me. However it was surprising how much they wanted me to come to their Nativity plays.... the big grins and waving when they see mum and dad in the audience....priceless.
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