The Nativity Play

A celebration and a timely reflection of similar events happening in primary schools all over the country about now. Mum improvises cheerfully to turn Tracy into an angle and Sam into a shepherd; Miss Harvey, 'our teacher', chivvies, encourages and keeps up a running commentary of instructions from her place at the piano. There are string beards, coat hanger haloes, children thinly disguised as donkeys, camels, sheep. Doors get stuck, lines forgotten, but at the finale as everyone joins in with Hark the Herald Angels we can all agree with Mrs Booth (our next door neighbour) who clearly thinks it's all lovely.