Christ free Christmas in England
as Reindeer Ralph supplants Nativity:
"The traditional nativity play is on the wane, suggests a survey. So what has taken its place? Ralph the Reindeer, says a leading children's playwright. The excitement of being Third Shepherd, Inn Keeper or Little Donkey is a staple part of a schoolchild's Christmas experience. For generations, the season is forever associated with tea-towels and tinsel, as parents rummage to make costumes for traditional Nativity performances. Yet a Sunday Telegraph survey of 100 schools has found only one in five opting to stage the traditional Christmas story. One in three will stage a religion-free Christmas play or have no event at all. "
"The traditional nativity play is on the wane, suggests a survey. So what has taken its place? Ralph the Reindeer, says a leading children's playwright. The excitement of being Third Shepherd, Inn Keeper or Little Donkey is a staple part of a schoolchild's Christmas experience. For generations, the season is forever associated with tea-towels and tinsel, as parents rummage to make costumes for traditional Nativity performances. Yet a Sunday Telegraph survey of 100 schools has found only one in five opting to stage the traditional Christmas story. One in three will stage a religion-free Christmas play or have no event at all. "
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