Can anyone beat this nativity story?

[doodleboo]

I'm sure you can...

My Dad mentioned the other day that when he was at school, in one nativity play he was a.... rock.

He never thought anything of it until he told us (obviously we thought it was hilarious).

Apparently the vicar said what a good rock he'd been, they didn't seen him move at all.

Big aaaaaaaaaah at the thought of him acting his (grey) socks off!

just me then...

LOL. DH was a rock in a school play once. I'll have to ask him if he was any good!

He was also a village girl...

LOL...no cant beat that one

Can't beat it, but am looking forward to dd's one on Thur where apparently there is no Joseph, dd is a flying angel and there is a wise lady but no sheperds or other wise men. No innkeeper but a donkey. Am wondering what on earth nursery is teaching her.

dh was a mincepie, he went to a school that was particularly non-religios

there was a piece about this on radio five this morning, awwwww sounds cute. someone called in and said their son refused to be in the nativity unless he was a caterpillar, so there was all the traditional characters going to bethlehem and the caterpillar!

In his reception year, ds (4) had just had chicken pox and after delivering his lines beautifully, sat front row, centre stage poking at the scabs. After a while, I hissed at him to stop. Thankfully he did but becomming bored and looking for something else to do, put his hand down his trousers and held on to his willy. What a proud parental moment it was.

ds1 (3) is a "father christmas pudding" in his on thurs can't wait! and then the week after they do a traditional nativity around the stable (read shed in school grounds)!

I can't believe someone else was a rock!

Looking forward to my two being in the ntivity (sort of as they will be all grown up then sniff )

at your ds gooseyloosey!

I have a great video of my own nativity with someone nanna nodding off in the front row for most of it!

*someone's

Our neighbour when I was little had a son who got to play the innkeeper in the nativity play. This was Southern Scotland... Imagine the scene. Mary and Joseph arrive at the inn, weary after much travelling.
Joseph: Do you have room for us tonight? My wife is heavy with child.
Inkeeper: Aye... come away in!

Cue embarrassed silence and teachers swooping in to correct lines!

DS2 was a superhero by the name of Foghorn Fred in last year's (pretty full-on church school) nativity, . His best line was "Come on everybody, let's boogie!"

My little one (3) was inconsolable yesterday. We showed him his cute little lamb outfit for the nativity and he burst into tears. His teachers had told him to bring his costume in for the concert and he wanted to go in as a Power Ranger.

We may have to let him wear it under the lamb costume!

DD is a star, which she has interpreted as THE star of the show-gulp-don't know how that will go down-thank god she is shy! No rocks though sadly!

Someone in my niece's class has the role of... a heap of sand. And another girl is the hump on a camel.

A heap of sand costume sounds uncomfortable!

Last year DS (then 13 months) was a donkey in the nursery Christmas play - he got into method acting and produced his own "donkey droppings" just as they were all being carried in to the tune of "little donkey" - they didn't have time to change him first

Found out yesterday that my SIL was an angel in her primary nativity some 30 years ago. Apparently she got the hump with Gabriel and hit him over the head with his own star...