EC's School Nativity Play

EC's school had their Nativity Play today.  She goes to a public school, so it was odd to have a play about the birth of Christ, but they took all the Christianity out of it.  The storyline was something like this:

A long time ago, a couple traveled to Bethlehem.  The lady was very pregnant.  They couldn't find a hotel, so they stayed in an Inn's stable.  The lady had her baby in the stable.  For some reason, a bunch of shepherds showed up.  Some angels were there too.  Then, some guys from a foreign country came.  Everyone liked to look at the baby.  The end.

Seriously.  That's how the play went.  There was a lot of singing silly songs about the innkeeper having a busy day with all the people in his Inn.  I was so disappointed that someone had written this play that took all the meaning out of Christmas.  It was more depressing than if they had done a play about Santa and not even mentioned Jesus.

The kids were cute in their costumes though!  It must be a universal concept that any school play, anywhere in the world, involves parents getting over-eager to be up front with their cameras and videocameras, snapping away at their little darlings.  We made the mistake of getting there only 10 minutes early.  We had to stand in the back of the room!  So, our pictures and video aren't the best!