Xmas play 2008

By the time you read this my two boys will have rocked the Christmas play at school and may even be signed up to star in Steven Spielberg’s new film.
Our middle child is playing Santa’s little helper in the nursery production of The Christmas Story and our oldest boy is playing a wolf in the Primary Two version of the same.
Caolan has to wear red tights for his part. The little man has taken objection to this as tights are obviously for girls and any pair we see in shops have girls on the front. So I’ve been dragging him around shops asking for red ‘school play tights’ while nodding and winking at shop assistants. They, of course, think I have a severe eye condition or am quite mad and are of no help.
When the teacher told me that Caolan actually has a speaking role in the play I
almost combusted with pride. My little three year old boy has to stand in front of hundreds and speak into a microphone. That should be no bother to him, it’ll be getting the microphone off him after his lines. I just hope he doesn’t insist on giving the audience a rendition of 50 Cent’s In Da Club which, although it is a cracking tune, isn’t really all that festive.
Daniel is a wolf in his play. He doesn’t have a line but has to run around looking quite fierce and growling at everyone. Not a great deal of acting required on his part there, he can just channel his first-thing-in-the-morning self for inspiration.
There was confusion last week when the teacher informed the husband that we had to pay £5.50 towards ‘the play’. The husband wasn’t aware that the kids were actually going out to see a play in a fancy theatre and that it was infact a completely different play to the nativity one in school. Confusion ensued when the husband asked the teacher what the £5 was actually for, and I quote “special effects, pyrotechnics or is there a neon light over the manger?”. The teacher was dumbfounded of course and told him it was an entrance fee.
I then had to listen to a 10 minute phone rant from himself about charging parents to see their own kids sing Jingle Bells before the matter was cleared up.