I just read this article and It made me very cross!
Anger of parents CHARGED to see their own children's nativity plays
As if it's not bad enough that many schools are bowing to the pressure of 'don't upset the ethnic minorities', they are now charging to see the shows that they do put on for Christmas (and I say shows because 9 times out of 10 that's what they are) the Nativity is not something that is seen as politically correct nowadays even though our schools bend over backwards to observe Diwali and Ramadan and so on. While I certainly don't object to children being taught more about all religions, so long as it is ALL religions, this is Britain, and British people celebrate Christmas with nativity plays, let them go ahead as they have done for decades and in this time of financial crisis have the good common sense to see that charging for the show is discriminatory, there are actually people out there that simply cannot afford to pay for the show and refreshments, and the old system of a collection is a much more balanced way of raising reasonable funds to cover overheads (after all, the parents often supply most of the costumes and props so overheads can’t be that much and refreshments are sold at ‘for profit’ prices on the nights). The Nativity should not be a source of raising school funds via the back door!
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