Today DD passed the Baby Jesus to Mary like a world-class scrum half

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As the beginning of Away in a Manger was played, with all of the adorable children sitting like angels

It was really funny

Well done to your DD. She clearly has a future as an actress and a rugby player.

I am loving the holiday-inspired threads today. This one is priceless, as is the Scrimshaw and Arsehole thread.

Aww mine are all older now so no more nativities, there’s nothing quite like an infant school nativity.

DD was Mary one year, apparently a great honour. She announced it was reallllllllly boring being Mary as she doesn’t have anything to say and just sits there holding a dolly.

A friend I house shared with after uni was a newly qualified teacher and got jobbed with the nativity. She said all went swimmingly until Mary and Joseph approached the inn, knocked on the door and asked if they had a room in the inn for the night. The innkeeper breezily replied “yeah LOADS! Come on in!”

"baby jesus is fecked backwards" 😂 🤣🤣

DS told my very Catholic mother that Jesus wasn't real, all because a doll is used to portray baby Jesus.

It got even worse at Easter when she asked him what happened to Jesus and he told her he died but then a fairy magicked him and he came alive again!!

Oh op i just retold it to my dh a rugby fan and hes killing himself

I remember when the donkey went off on his own with Mary chasing him. Then the Angel Gabriel decided that she wasn't get enough action so joined in.

Then Joseph was sick everywhere.....

At my nephew's school, the creatures adoring the Baby included a shark and an Imperial Stormtrooper.

Fecked backwards that’s killed me off

Slightly off topic, when DD made her brownie promise she promised to "always think of myself before others" cue much sniggering from brown owl and the rest, amazing she wasn't asked to do it again.

When DD was almost 2, we went to DS's class performance of Baboushka. She ran over and hugged him when he came into the hall, vomited on the floor, and then when Baboushka said "what can I give the baby?" she shouted out "cookies, cookies!"

DS was Joseph in his reception nativity. For the travelling to Bethlehem part, he, Mary and the donkey had to walk around two chairs on the stage whilst everyone else sang. He seemed to be under the impression that they were playing musical chairs, at the end of the song he elbowed the donkey out of the way and sat down with a look of triumph!

Brilliant.
I really miss nativities now all dc I know are grown up.

Talk about a Hail Mary pass! 😂🏈

In my sons YR nativity Mary lovingly dangled Baby Jesus by one leg while she explored the contents of her nose.

DS was an innkeeper and I was told to send plain pyjamas. Only his all had dinosaurs and similar on so instead I sent some grey joggers and a grey long sized T-shirt. It was only when he was on stage I realised he looked like he was in a police cell after having his clothing seized 🤦🏻‍♀️

In bed and giggling like mad at that blow by blow account! Thank you, @RedBaublesGoldLights!

The first MN nativity thread I have ever enjoyed. Keep them coming, folks, they're brilliant!

Dd is now at grown-up drama school and has got used to the disappointments and third-part-of-the-bannister castings of the acting life: the one memory she still resents is being passed over as Mary for a girl who had to have the teacher come up and blow her nose half-way through the performance. Dd would of course have stayed in perfect and snot-smeared character.

DS was Joseph in Reception (he's 14 now). Unfortunately at the time he had a slight speech impediment so he was walking round 'Bethlehem' bellowing 'IS THERE ANY WOMB'.

I'm a bit disappointed. Mine are aged 9 and 5 and we've not had any crazy nativity moments. It's just been wall to wall cuteness.

Last year DD put her hand up for the part of Mary, was most disappointed when she didn’t get the part. Complaining for weeks that Jessica (not real name!) only got the part because she was blonde and/or teacher’s fave.
She had decided from looking at her globe coupled together with our travels in the region that Mary most likely would have looked more similar to her (her father is Middle Eastern) let’s just say she was quite put out by the whole thing.

Morning of the Nativity and I show up to see her sing only to find her dressed as Mary, turns out Mary was off sick that day, she had used the shawl provided and wrapped it hijab style around her head and looked pleased as punch.

Thankfully this year they have opted to just do a carol concert!

My aim today is to get the phrase “Baby Jesus is fecked backwards” into a conversation.

Very amusing OP.

Ds1 was a wise man in his infant nativity. He had to point to the door & say, ‘ Lo, we must follow that star over there’ and all the wise men would exit through said door.
However, he pointed to the window (opposite direction), said, ‘We must follow that star over there,’ realised his mistake and corrected himself shouting ,’ No! I mean THAT star over THERE!’

Many years ago, both DDs (then aged about 4) were playing angels in the nativity at our church. It was all going fine, the "stable" was filling up with the various characters, when suddenly all hell broke loose and a pitched battle ensued between all the children. The minister waded in to pull them apart and over the melee DD1's piercing voice could be clearly heard shouting indignantly "The shepherds started it!"
The congregation and I cracked up. Best nativity in years!

My DS is now at secondary school so we don't have any of these sweet moments anymore.

but it's lovely to hear that so many of you have traditional nativities. Over the years my son was cast as;

An Owl
A Dancing Sheep
an F1 Pit Stop Mechanic
A Spanish Bullfighter
A Holly Bush
Simon Cowell
and a Palm Tree

I'd have enjoyed seeing him in a traditional tea-towel adorned Shepherd get up or a more 'usual' nativity role.

When DS was 3 he was a shepherd. The wise men put their gaily wrapped parcels right next to him so naturally, being 3, he began to open the ... empty cardboard boxes. Teacher had to leap,on stage and stop him.

Brilliant I can picture it from your blow by blow account and it's really tickled me!

DS2's class had a little boy playing the star, when they all turned to look at point he burst into an impromptu rendition of Twinkle Twinkle at full volume!