Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! Page #5

take a class of children to Wales

when the Head Teacher said no.

- It'll put the school back on the map.

- It'll put me out of a job.

No, it won't. Please, Mr Peterson.

If you put your name on there,

then you're in the team.

The family.

- This is something you all want to do?

- Yes!

You got much to say about it?

Do you want to do it?

That's Tommy and he has not spoken

since his dad left the home.

But he can sing. He's got the most amazing

singing voice in the world.

What's the song like?

Yes!

Mr Peterson, I give you St Bernadette's!

Christmas tinsel and jingle bells

Presents beneath the tree

Ho, ho, ho, ho

Father Christmas and his little elves

Making stuff for you and stuff for me

You want your big Christmas Day

You want your Santa and sleigh

Don't forget about the baby

who was born in the hay

He was born in the hay

Danger danger in the manger

Don't give baby to a stranger

Nasty Herod on his way,

hide the baby in the hay

Don't be a sheep, just be a King

King, King, King

Very good.

Look, I thought you were all great

and I think it's really exciting

that you've got this singing club

and it's great to see

you doing your stuff

but, um...

What Mr Peterson is trying to say

is it's good but we need a gimmick.

- Anyone got any ideas?

- That's not...

Have smoke coming up from the stage.

Baby Jesus could come up.

Yeah, we can get a baby.

Yes.

Who's got a baby?

Nobody's bringing any baby brothers or

sisters or nephews or nieces into school.

I think what Mr Peterson

is trying to say

is tomorrow what we should

be doing is a show and tell

where you each bring

your baby brothers and sisters in.

That's very much the opposite

of what Mr Peterson is trying to say.

Tomorrow we'll be in class.

We'll be doing some maths, some literacy.

This is all great and

it's very good fun.

And some of you are very talented.

But there is no bringing babies to school

tomorrow. Is that understood?

Oh, excuse me!

That is my private cupboard, thank you.

Who's that man?

That's Mr Maddens.

- And he's...?

- He used to be a teacher here.

- Ah.

- Yeah.

- Right.

- And you could take a few tips from him,

if you like,

because he's the sort of man that would

have been up for babies being in plays

and he's the sort of man that would have

built the costumes and created the thing.

Desmond, you do know there's no way

we can enter this competition?

- What do you mean?

- Stop raising the kids' expectations

that they're going to win prizes

and be the Christmas No. 1. It's not fair.

Excuse me, Mr Peterson,

but maybe you should take

a good hard look at this man.

Look in his eyes.

He was the greatest teacher we ever had.

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