My dc hasn't got starring role - it's so unfair'

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AIBU to be mighty pissed off by the number of threads on this? How many Marys were there in Bethlehem FGS?!

My ds (4) is one of the kings. I asked him what he had to do, to which he replied 'guard the treasure' . . . . now that should be interesting when he has to give it up to Jesus :) My dd (5) is an angel, along with the other 59 children in her year group also being angels Boys not so impressed with having to wear long white t-shirts and tinsel!

Orange Sellers Mummy, I too thought Nell Gwyn

My DS when I asked him his lines said "I say the same as Jo did last year"

How sad am I

I bought a shepherd and wiseman costume for DS just in case and they had sold out of costumes that fit...

He is a .....villager.....

Well the wiseman costumer will do for a wizards one with a hat instead of a crown.

He is my only DS who just started reception this year and I can't believe the amount of costumes he has already needed this term for various things.

Well he starts drama class in Jan, we'll hopefully get him a part in the pantomine in the Spring term!!!

namechange100 my son is also a 'villager', a part that comes with 1 line of narration duty.

He's wearing a shepherd's outfit for it - apparently villagers at the time were also slavishly following the 'teatowels on head teamed with dressing gown' trend. Could your ds wear the shepherd outfit anyway?

my dd is tinsel in the play some of her friends are baubles

My DS's costume is brown trousers and a red T shirt. No tea towel on head, no dressing gown, I feel strangely cheated
His dressing gown has stars on, he'd be the Night Sky in a twinkle!

how funny is this thread!

DS is Joseph in the nursery nativity, they had a rehersal yesterday. Mary wouldn't give him a kiss when prompted so he kissed the donkey instead! :o

I may be the only person alive who has been mary and joseph (at different times!!!)

The advantage of going to a single sex primary school and i was the girl with the shortest hair!!

DD1 is child1 in her nativity - she is mightily peed off that she doesn't get a costume, she just has to wear her 'stupid old uniform'

Many moons ago our sunday school used to put on a nativity play and every child would get a part. This meant that one year, my brother who was a little shit troublesome ended up having the role of...

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the straw.

He was a bale of straw in the stable!!!!

Oh, how we laughed and laughed. And still do.

Last year at nursery my DD was Mary

One woman geeted me with
" what role does Paggirl have"
" she is Mary "

" I bloody knew it" she replied, graciously

DS is mightily disappointed, for the second year running, not to be an angel. He thinks it is very unfair that all the angels are GIRLS (as well as technically incorrect). He has a desire to wear wings that I fear is never to be satisfied.

He is a narrator and has to wear.....smart school uniform

Well Mary threw a strop in the nativity play today and an angel in a spangly silver ballet dress took over only to have joseph disappear for a cuddle and miss receiving a T-rex from one of the Kings - who is dinosaur mad ... meanwhile my DD1 sang her little heart out as an angel. It was brilliant fun!

Ds2 was Joseph once. He dressed as Joseph the first time but regarded having to do it twice as taking the piss so refused. So then Mary did too. They both sat there in their uniforms ignoring everything around then while Mary swung baby Jesus around with obvious indifference.
It was an accidental satire on modern times. We were so proud

My DS had the role of Joseph in Nursery. That has been the pinnacle of his starring roles. . He asked with great indignation - "Myrrh! What's Myrrh then?"

He has also been an angel (he fell off the stage backwards whilst waving his star wand around VERY enthusiastically), a narrator and various odd creations that I never knew existed in Jerusalem 2000 years ago

He has loved each play or production he has been in, embraced each part - large or small and thoroughly enjoyed himself - that's what it's about, surely?

Love the stories about the all the dramas, upsets, accidents and enraged parents.

my best part was being the river nile lying on floor waving a blue and green scarf

I had the star role in every single school play - except for Mary, which went to my admittedly beautifully serene-looking best friend. Both me and my mum have been waiting for my DD to rectify the wrong. This year was her one chance - and she is a traveller. Gutted! The only consolation is that she gets to knock on the inn door AND say a line - unlike her much-disliked schoolmate who has to simply stand alongside. Am now pinning all my hopes on her sister.

My nephew was given the part of 'speaker'. My sis was wondering where on earth she was going to get a box big enough and all that faffing about painting it black etc, moaning about these 'new modern' nativity plays, until I pointed out that 'speaker' was probably a 'narrator' - and it was!

My son came home a few years ago with a note from the school saying: "In the year's Christmas play, your son will be playing ..."Gravy"..."
This has now become a family joke, that no matter what happens, at least your not the gravy.

Lol at Mrs Beaver...

I was never Mary, was narrator and Gabriel that I can remember and now recognise that that was because I was a good reader. My serene angelic looking best friend was Mary, (at least twice) something I was narked about at the time but now understand that I don't didn't really have the right temprament for the role...

Oh my - I think I may have woken the dds laughing so hard.
Florilegia, I misread your post. I read you were cast as second leprous bugger........ such a pity you were a beggar not a bugger!