Nativity – A Winter Bucket List Update

Last Updated on 7 December 2023 by Colette

16. Watch Chloe and Ben’s Christmas performances at Nursery and school

Monday afternoon saw Ben’s school nativity – they did three performances over the course of three days and Monday afternoon’s was the middle one.  This year they performed A Wriggly Nativity – the tagline of which says “for children who just can’t sit still” … that would be Ben then! He did quite well to start with but by the time they were half way through the performance he had given up with singing and joining in – the teacher in me was giving him stern looks but he wasn’t getting the message at all!  

Only the children performing the nativity dress up – the EYFS classes take on the role of choir and wore a glittery star around their necks.  I’d love to have seen them do something a little bit different this year – especially as it was a much more lively set of songs which the children really seemed to enjoy performing.  Ben was excited that Daddy had been able to come and watch his performance too.   We were allowed to take photos at the end but the only one we have of Ben is from a bit of a distance and has all of his class in so I’m not about to post that publicly on here.

Tuesday morning and it was time to get myself ready for another nativity, this time with Uncle Will for company – I was really looking forward to Chloe’s first nativity and I wasn’t disappointed.  Her Nursery always do a really cute little nativity where all the children dress up and play a part – it’s exactly what every Mummy wants to see and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one with leaky eyes!  I can’t wait to watch her do it again on Sunday.  What a cute little star she makes:

We get the added bonus of seeing her do it again on Sunday during the Family Carol Service which means Daddy gets to see her and Aunty Custard can come too!

And so the list is starting to look pretty weather dependent now . . .

1. See Father Christmas – 01.12.13 (Father Christmas at Tatton Park)
2. Write letters to Father Christmas 14.12.13
3. Go sledging – clearly weather dependent!
4. Make snow angels
5. Eat lots of pate – I’m working hard on this one and enjoying pate at least once a week ;o) 
6. Make handmade Christmas cards – I’ve got lots of ideas on my Christmas pinterest board  15.12.13
7. General Christmas craft – again plenty of ideas on pinterest ready and waiting for me to get started! 14.12.13
8. Decorate the tree(s) together! – I’m looking forward to having the big tree out again this year as Chloe is older 15.12.13
9. Eat mince pies – especially ones from Thomas the Baker in York – YUM! We’ve discovered Ben doesn’t like mince pies – all the more for Mummy!
10. Visit Housing Units Christmas department. (I’ve done this myself but not taken the kids yet – I feat it might be too late now!)
11. Enjoy lots of hot chocolate – 04.12.13 I had my first Costa Black Forest hot chocolate of the season this week (not that I wasn’t drinking hot chocolate most days anyway – Ben has got quite a taste for it too. 
12. Choose new baubles to add to the collection (We might have missed the boat on this one but will try at the weekend)
13. Draw in the frost
14. Watch Christmas films 13.12.13 (Elf)
15. Visit the Manchester Christmas Markets to see the lights – 06.12.13 We actually went to the Christmas Markets in November and I’m not sure we’ll manage to go again with me still not driving however we did watch the lights being turned on locally which was lovely.
16. Watch Chloe and Ben’s Christmas performances at Nursery and school. 16.12.13 / 17.12.13