Christmas Show

Matthew and Victoria's elementary school, Holy Rosary, puts on a Christmas show every year. Each class typically performs two songs, the kindergartners charm everyone with a nativity song - all in costume, from Mary & Joseph, to the angels, cows and sheep - then there's a grand finale, usually a sing-along of Christmas classics.

We've attended for the last 10 years (since Thomas was in kindergarten). It's a fun event that the kids always look forward to. But it is always packed (standing room only in our massive church) and always runs long. When our kids were younger, we'd arrive early to get a seat near the front so that we could see better and take pictures or video. With each passing year, we seem to be arriving later and sitting further back. Last night I stood in the back while Karri sat with a couple friends just a few rows in front of me.

This year they introduced a few changes: no grand finale with all the kids, each class returned to the school after they performed, and a 5-minute intermission after the upper grades (5-8) finished and before the lower grades (K-4) performed. The music teacher who leads the program even explained that they did this so parents with older kids didn't have to stick around until the bitter end - duck out at intermission, go retrieve your kid(s) and head home. Brilliant!

It was great to see the kids get dressed up and perform. But it sure was nice to be out of there in an hour. Do I sound like a Grinch?!

All dressed up & ready to go!