AIBU to let my DD be a ghost 👻 in nativity?

[wallowinwater]

My 3 year old has come with options for her nursery nativity play. Either Angel 😇 or an animal 🐷(last year she was a pig). Her reply was ‘Ghost and go wooo, wooo, wooo’. AIBU to let her?

Holy Spirit?

Why not? Last year DS's reception class nativity had three snowflakes and a festive zombie

How exactly does a ghost fit into Xmas? I’m as atheist as they come, but she has two reasonable options there, ghost stories are for October. Just seems like letting her be different/difficult for the sake of it.

Not when the option is animal or angel .

No, the options are animals or angels.

I was an Eskimo in my otherwise entirely traditional church nativity play. My mum has the most bizarre 1970s photo of my older brother dressed as a shepherd in the usual tea towels combo and I’m holding his hand wearing a white duffel coat and silver-foil-covered wellies. Apparently it made sense at the time.

Chuckling at the idea of the Holy Ghost but the nursery teachers might have other ideas!!

I think if the choice is angel and animal, or shepherds and angels, then it's best to stick to that.....otherwise there's a chance it will turn into a free for all with 3 x Moana, 1 xGhost, 5 x Spiderman, 6 x Elsa's and a dinosaur!

Have they specified what animal? Send her as an armadillo

Maybe I should have written ‘lighthearted’ or ‘tongue in cheek’ on the original post.... Edmund

The Holiday Armadillo, iklboo?

Stick some fairy lights on her head and make her ghost of Christmas past.

That's the one Catkin - slept under the manger 😜

Has nobody heard of the ghost of Christmas past??? 😂👻

Ttbb... got there before me 😂

I think an angel would be the best choice.

Absolutely correct iklboo!

If they've not mentioned a ghost, you would be a silly to send her as one. my youngest was once in a nativity with aliens so...

Angels - white dress, halo. Ghost white dress and veil. Not much difference really.

Catkin that has really made me chuckle...
love the armidillo idea too

Or a lobster?!

I agree Allthetuppances... I said to her, how about you be a ghost with wings? She said she sleep on it.

Angel or animal are your options. Do you really want to be that parent by allowing ghost?

Should probably say, nursery provid the costumes anyway (thank god)... so not an actual option. The thought of it did amuse me though. I think she’s stuck on Halloween 🎃

Maybe I should have written ‘lighthearted’ or ‘tongue in cheek’ on the original post.... Edmund

Probably, seen enough entitled parents on AIBU to read it as you being serious. I’m sorry for judging you as one of ‘those parents’. Though really, a pig was probably a bit off for a play based around Jews, wasn’t very fair to tempt baby Jesus with bacon, was it?