I like British traditions and I still include the Nativity Play, usually put on by primary schools, with young children looking really sweet, dressed up in their mum's old net curtains (if angels) and old dressing gowns (if wise kings), occasionally getting stage fright and wetting themselves, or knocking half the scenery down and the Crib containing the baby Jesus with it lol, as one of those 'traditions'!
Bit like pantomime really - well, with a religious slant, of course! It IS to celebrate Jesus' birthday after all!
And watching those innocent little brats performing the Nativity on stage usually reduces me to tears - partly laughter, but mostly because of their innocence.
I like British traditions and I still include the Nativity Play, usually put on by primary schools, with young children looking really sweet, dressed up in their mum's old net curtains (if angels) and old dressing gowns (if wise kings), occasionally getting stage fright and wetting themselves, or knocking half the scenery down and the Crib containing the baby Jesus with it lol, as one of those 'traditions'!
Bit like pantomime really - well, with a religious slant, of course! It IS to celebrate Jesus' birthday after all!
And watching those innocent little brats performing the Nativity on stage usually reduces me to tears - partly laughter, but mostly because of their innocence.