Nativity play invite

my teeny gave one a shove and they all fell off the bench

DGD2's little friend was dancing next to her on the stage and danced so enthusiastically perilously near the edge that my heart was in my mouth!

These posts show that where it is possible, it appears entirely normal for grandparents to go to the Nativity and in response to the original post, the problem might be space! It seems to be a shame that if it was a limited ticket policy, that was not explained. Do others experience what I have described in my earlier posts and if so what, if anything , do you do or say?

Anya..... yes, that pretty much sums them up.
I am quite relieved not to have to go to them, owing to the two ticket per child set up.

I love them
And the Christingle (which I had to miss)
Hope I will manage to make another Nativity next week with all ages from the church (and the donkey).

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Ah, but church pews are comfier than the chairs in schools.
Our DS said that it was almost impossible to see any of the 'action' as so many parents are taking photos non stop, standing up and blocking the view.
I remember when our DC were in Nativity Plays, the teachers saying sternly that a photo shot would be possible at the END of the performance, so no pics to be taken during it.

Blubbed not "blubber"!!

Hope you took Kleenex with you Daphne

Jalima they do tend to give it their all

I too enjoy Christingle and the blessing of the crib on Christmas Eve , adults have a problem seeing the crib because the Bish insists all Children in the congregation leave the nave and stand around the crib in the chancel

Oh well, so noone else is excluded then even when tickets are available! Plenty seem to be enjoying them!

Nope ( not us) as tickets are just for parents (2 tickets only.)So even had we wanted to go, we couldn't have.

I haven't heard of tickets being just for parents before.mThat is a new one.

I suppose we're lucky as the school has less than 100 pupils and the village hall is quite large - with proper chairs!

and it wasn't by ticket, we just went.

No tickets to my granddaughter's nativity. It was in the church anyway. Three of us went. The church was packed. A very jazzy nativity, with most of the kids dancing away in their pews, excellent to watch and listen to. Year six take the main parts and year three do the Christingle.

I shall never forget DD's first school Christingle in the local church. Fortunately her hair was in plaits not down her back as her best friend Miranda got too close behind her with her candle and singed DD's hair, frizzling it all up the parting on the back,of her head. Oh how we all laughed it off, DD was fine and Miranda stayed her best friend until we moved away.
But with hindsight - 5/6 year olds, candles? ???

Having just watched a bit of the DVD of my granddaughters school performance I think I've had a lucky escape. It seemed to be a combination of Frozen and Macbeth and was like watching paint dry!! Did catch just a glimpse of my two lovelies though!!

Only two tickets available at my dgd's school so I couldn't see her looking angelic! ?

No Nativity play here at school but they had a whole day of St Nicolas celebrations earlier this month. The school also all went for one morning to the local Catholic Church, not sure what happened there as DD had kept DGS off with a bad cough.He goes to a semi-private Catholic school and part of the contract with the school is that children must attend 2 special services a year. This includes children of all denominations, there are plenty of other schools if this doesn't suit.
Tomorrow is the Sunday School nativity play, DGS is a Shepherd, our sister Church is in Ghana so I have made his tunic from Ghanaian fabric and his head covering from a Saltire.
Sunday school party this afternoon so a busy weekend for DGS and I.

At DGS1's school there is always limited space for any of their plays. They normall do two or three performances, but with two tickets per performance we have to do a lot of juggling if DD, SIL, GS2 and I all want a chance to see it.

Anya my feelings exactly . My GCs school have limited it to 2 invites per child thank goodness so I will not be required to go . I love my GCs but never enjoyed these school productions even when mine were little .

Anya,spot on.

I missed both DGC1 and 2's preschool Nativity debuts this year One was a Wise Man and wore the crown well by all accounts, but we were minding DGS3 that day so couldn't go. And DGS2 was in a limited ticket performance, so again we couldn't go. It seems we missed nothing as he and the other nine Christmas Trees spent the whole performance on the floor in front of the stage where only the people on the front row could see them. Of course his mum and dad told him how well he'd done, even though they didn't even know where he was!

So is anyone else kept away from these events even if tickets are available because their presence is seen as "diluting" the experience for DiL?

GNHQ were kind enough to delete this at my request as I had second thoughts about the picture, so I am reposting sans pic.
I was delighted to get an invitation to DGSs' Nativity play, somehow as both were in it, one in Reception and one in Y2, DD got 2 pairs of tickets sent home. She returned one, so hopefully another Granny was as thrilled as I was. DGS1 was Joseph and took it very seriously, DGS 2 was a "star" like the rest of Reception and while he did what he had to do because his teacher had told him, his face said "I know I look like a big girl's blouse in this outfit, but if I pull my star down over my face perhaps nobody will recognise me"
Once it was over and he could take his star headdress off, he was perfectly happy.
I blubbed my way through Little Donkey, and Away in a Manger of course!