to find this nativity play offensive

[soggy14]

Have just been to dss nativity. It was called something like "Merry Christmas from around the world" and had the Christmas story told with breaks whilst kids dressed as being from different countries came adn danced and said "Merry Christmas". I found ti offensive - in particular they had children from "Africa" all with tribal war paint on their faces doing what looked like a rain dance, also lots of Indians in saris saying Merry Christmas, and for America they had kids dressed as cowboys and Indians. It was rounded off with a song about the fact that in every tribe across the world people were celebrating Christmas. Am interested to know what anyone else would think?

Sadly not, Coalition, I have the sordid photos to prove it!!

Well Ire skon it might be MY terible nightmare tonight... ;)

I think you should sue for emotional distress.
/nods

YABU
And intolerant

Well I thought it was a lovely play though the malawi costume was th hardest out of the lot to produce - (I could have kittled out any other nation but that one so why did ds have to be that one)

It was all about a group of angels travelling the world to see how different cultures celebrate Christmas.

Nativity plays are all very well but they get a bot boring year after year if every year group does them. At our school reception tend to do a more nativity type story along the Whoops a Daisy, Humph the Camel lines, Year 1 & 2 do a Christmas play (even a panto one year) and the juniors now do a concert (dd is most indignant as Year 3 & 4 used to do a play but now it is just the carol concert.)

Teachers try hard to involve and engage the children. These little playscrips involve all anmd mean that lots of childrne get parts/lines etc.

santadefiesgravity, you were just unlucky your DS was in that half of the register ;) I thought he did very well considering he was ill up to lunchtime! I enjoyed the panto, although it was a bit ambitious and I was glad neither of my DC were in it - I had enough of a panic getting everyone appropriately made up!

YABU you are taking it all far too seriously

Actually thats another AIBU. You should have had a seat reserved.

Oh you were talking about the panto. Did you do the eye make-up stuff this time, I thought maybe you had and thats why you came in at the end.

yes, I did the make up, Mrs B asked me to do it for the Monday performance. Bit miffed they decided to take the photos on the afternoon performance where they weren't made up. I was rather proud of my (last minute) idea for angel Gabriel's make-up! DD got a good seat on the radiator at the back, good vantage point for photos...

I thought it was great! And great to see a boy Gabriel.

Was on the verge of asking you to come and help with out Cats and Circus!

My DS2 is doing this next week. It will be interesting to see what all the fuss is about.

Having said that, on what has been said so far, I think YABU. This is an infant school production, not the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the acting skills aren't great. Plus they probably only have about a minute or two a country to get the point across. You can't expect sublty. If it were teenagers or even juniors I might expect more but not from infants.

"Christ has nothing to do with Christmas."

Oooooooohhhhhhhh yes he has! (and it's the panto season )