UK: Happy Winterval: Schools Dump Traditional Nativity Play

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“Just another sign of schools being more and more secularized.”  Admin

Winterval is here again and two thirds of British schools are celebrating by saying ‘bah humbug’ to the traditional Christmas nativity play. This year thousands of children will be depicting festive favourites like aliens, punks and even businessman Alan Sugar instead of Jesus.

A survey by the website Netmums shows that just one third of schools planned a traditional nativity, whilst half would be offering a modern take on the story. The characters in these plays are often unrecognisable from the original story, and the plays themselves are being renamed with neutral titles like ‘Winter Celebration’, ‘Seasonal Play’ and ‘End of Year Concert’.

The move away from the traditional Christmas nativity play is not popular with parents, 65 percent of those whose children’s school done not have a play are unhappy. Just 22 percent of parents take the view that the nativity is “unimportant”.

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