To prove my writing credentials I have not just been
blogging this week but have completed my annual task of writing the church
nativity. Actually credit should also go
to youngest son who wrote the wise men scene.
I love writing the Christmas story, each year looking for a
new and different angle. I can’t tell
you the form this year play will take but in the past I have written about angels
in training with L plates, talking donkeys, nodding donkeys and a dream
sequence involving a lightsabre!
I have my own method of writing the script which starts with
finding out which part each child would like to play. I write their individual lines accordingly,
adding in phrases and props to suit their personality.
Last year youngest son played Joseph and when he found out
Mary was with child he uttered the words …
“I’ll never
understand women!”
He said it with such vigour and it was the kind of tongue in
cheek statement his dad would have been proud of him saying.
Today we had our first run through with the script, which I
only finished yesterday. The usual pandemonium
ensued, nearly twenty children aged 2 and upwards running around the church hall. We have only 2 weeks before our performance. I wonder whether it will all come together…
Invariably it does and if anyone fluffs their lines and
messes up who really cares? Children
dressed up as angels and wise men, a virgin birth, a dancing star and a lively camel
are enough to melt anyone’s heart on a cold winter’s morning.
That’s why I love it and do it and despite my protestations
that I’m not putting myself through this AGAIN – I’m pretty certain I will.
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