Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! Page #3

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.

Right.

Well, he's not here any more, is he?

No. He abandoned us.

Like you'll probably abandon us

in a couple of weeks' time

when you decide

that we're not good enough for you.

Mr Poppy, I'm here for the long haul.

I'm here to make these

kids' lives better.

Mm.

Do you fancy maybe going for

a sausage sizzler at the park?

- We always used to do that.

- Oh, I've got to get back.

My wife's quite pregnant.

I should really shoot home.

But maybe another night, yeah.

I'd really like that.

OK.

OK? We good?

Are we agreed?

Yep.

See you in the morning.

- Oh, Mr Peterson.

- Oh, hi, Lucy.

Oh, hello. Hi, Donald.

- How are you settling in?

- Not bad. Yeah.

Good. It's great news about the...

the Song For Christmas.

Oh. You know about that?

Oh, Mr Poppy's told me.

Right. Well, I'm afraid

I had to put a stop to it.

I thought there were

baby auditions this morning.

No, no, we cancelled them.

- Really?

- Didn't we?

- Did you?

- Did we?

Jingle Bells

Has he got any special skills?

Brilliant! Brilliant!

Is he any good on a skateboard?

No, no, no. No, no.

You're not putting a baby on a skateboard.

And then maybe a little...

And then jump off...

.. and into the crib.

Would you mind maybe

if we were to put a little beard on her?

No.

What about me covering the baby in meat?

Why would baby Jesus be covered in meat?

Well, Lady Gaga covers herself in meat.

She wasn't the son of God.

Has she got any tricks,

little party pieces?

We can train the babies up.

You can't train babies.

- We can send the baby to boot camp.

- We're not going to this competition.

We're going to go to the competition

and win it.

Yeah!

Ah!

- Does he know the way to Wales?

- Know your way to Wales?

I think he said yes.

He's just a bit tired.

.. open sleigh

Absolutely unbelievable!

At last.

Where've you been?

I think he's actually

certifiably insane.

I mean,

he dresses like a lunatic.

And the nonsense

that comes out of his mouth.

This competition...

Today, 25 babies show up.

We're not going to Song For Christmas

like I've said 250 times already.

- "No, you haven't. "

- Yes, I have.

- "You never told me. "

- Yes, I did.

- "You promised. "

- I never promised.

Don.

You're just insane!

Things are about to get worse.

- How can they possibly... Who's that?

- It's your father.

What?

He phoned a couple of hours ago.

He wants to

come and spend Christmas with us.

- He can't come here.

- Well, he is.

- For Christmas?

- Yes.

Why is he coming here?

Go and answer the door.

I don't want him shouting at us.

Answer it!

- At last!

- Hi, Dad.

What did you think I was?

A bunch of carol singers?

- Hold on. Madge, Madge...

- Nice surprise.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I thought you knew. Yes.

For the next two weeks, I'll be away.

That's right. Absolutely everything.

Just cancel the lot.

That's it. Good. Thank you.

Just one minute. Donald.

Coat.

Thank you.

- Hi, Dad.

- Thank you very much. Thank you.

Well, I have had the journey from hell.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

Sit, Donald.

So, new house.

New town.

New job.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I'm not going to beat

about the bush.

Your job, a primary school teacher,

is leading you nowhere.

How much a year do you get paid?

This job isn't about the money.

That's not...

Everything is about the money, Donald.

Do you know what your brother

has gone on to do?

Oh, I know...

Are you aware, frankly,

of what that boy has achieved already?

And what he's going to achieve.

Your brother

is going to be on TV tomorrow night

in A Song For Christmas.

- A Song For Christmas?

- Yes.

A competition.

Which he undoubtedly will win.

Roderick's choir

is the best in the country.

I've actually never said this to anybody

but when I looked at you both in that cot,

when you were both born,

I could see this little halo above you

and I thought to myself,

"You're going to be the one.

You're going to be the one

to take on the mantle.

The Peterson mantle.

And go on and achieve. "

And somehow a cloud came over you.

And it shone on the other child.

And that child took off.

I'm very proud of your brother.

I really am.

I make no bones of it.

I am disappointed in you.

And have been for quite some time.

Roderick this, Roderick that.

"Isn't Roderick amazing?

Look at his amazing job. "

Look at this.

Everyone says we look alike. I don't

think we look at all like each other.

No, I don't think you

look like each other either.

I'm certainly not entering

that competition now.

I'm really sorry

to call you here so early

but Operation Song For Christmas

is underway.

The most important thing

is the guys staying behind to cover...

you've got to make sure that Mrs Bevan

thinks the lessons are still running.

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