Parents are sharing the tiny roles given to their kids in the school Christmas play and it’s sweet and very funny
It all began when Dave Haslam shared the role given to his friend’s child in their school Christmas play.
My friend is a decent, caring parent, and is going to try to hide his disappointment that his son didn't bag a better role in the Christmas play… pic.twitter.com/yHSelAoXoq
— Dave Haslam (@Mr_Dave_Haslam) November 20, 2018
We’ve all been there – well, most of us have – and it got people sharing the tiny roles given to their children (and sometimes them) in their school Christmas play.
It’s today’s loveliest thread.
1.
My son was a cloud last year. A chicken would have been premier league to his Vauxhall conference. At least a chicken is a sentient being and not just a precipitation storage unit
— Whatsoever (@hey_whatsoever) 20 November 2018
2.
My daughter was a door. Not even ‘the door’.
— josstification (@josstified) 20 November 2018
Oh wow. Was she like a door on an advent calendar? My son’s cloud was involved in a kind of whimsical aside where snowflakes and clouds did a dance, while the angels had the main storyline ☺️
— Whatsoever (@hey_whatsoever) 20 November 2018
Stable door, one of two. No creaking allowed.
— josstification (@josstified) 20 November 2018
3.
My friend’s kid played a carrot. After seeing the Nativity my friend admitted that he wasn’t sure which carrot was his kid.
— Dr Rivka Isaacson (@rli22) 20 November 2018
And that is the definition of a great actor.
— Cassie Lawrence (@CassieLawrence3) 21 November 2018
4.
I once went to a primary school performance where a child was a piece of garlic bread.
— Kate Hayden (@ronnieprime) 20 November 2018
5.
When I was 5 I payed the part of a ‘ball’ that was a gift under the tree. I had to sit under the tree, holding the ball, for close to an hour. Then when finally called apon I had to bounce the ball 3 times. Something I struggled with in rehearsal, but nailed in the actual show
— Ben Penny (@not_in_tune) 21 November 2018
6.
Hi Dave, tell your friend I was once a back up Jack in a Box at Primary School. I ended up being the Jack in a Box when the Jack in a Box child was sick in said box that I then had to wear. It’s affected me my whole life, Wish I was a chicken.
— AndyP_MCR (@AndyP_MCR) 20 November 2018
7.
Our neighbour’s lad came home and solemnly announced he would be playing “a box” in his nativity. Costume stress ramped up when we realised he’d misheard and was in fact.. an ox.
— Barbara Evans (@BEonthetoilet) 20 November 2018
8.
My brother once proudly proclaimed he was playing “a famine” in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
— Chris Davies (@ChrisDavies49) 20 November 2018
9.
My daughter was excited to get the part of…..audience. Of course I congratulated her like she had won an Oscar.
— Alison Charlton (@alicharlo) 20 November 2018
10.
my daughter had a role of a door in Davyhulme’s nativity, Mary & Joseph actually had to knock on her
— dunc (@mosphere586) 20 November 2018
11.
My daughter was a Christmas pudding: the other kids had to gather round and sing “Come on figgy pud, let’s eat you”.
— adollwithapin (@adollwithapin) 20 November 2018
