On 1st December I went to the theatre to see "Nativity: The Musical". I did not know what to expect, and clearly expected something else. I had thought the 'children's parts' would be played by adults - they were played by children. The audience whooped and applauded everything the children did. Obviously a large number of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc were in the audience that evening. There were a lot of 'in' jokes - which sent the audience into laughter many times, and I did not get many of the jokes. Presumably they alluded to X-factor, or I'm a Celebrity, or Big Brother, or other shows of that ilk. I got the impression that this audience would be on its feet immediately the curtain came down at the end of the show (which devalues standing ovations). Since I was not enjoying it, I fled at half-time.
I went home an watched another Christmas movie - this time "A Hobo's Christmas" which was all about reconciliation. A lovely film.
On 2nd December I went to the Manchester Museum of Transport for their event "A Christmas Cracker" which basically has stalls selling timetables, bus memorabilia, tickets, books, model buses and anything else to do with buses and transport. This was my second annual visit, and I came away with some bus photographs and some timetables from Cheshire.
In the evening there was the RSCDS Manchester Christmas Dance. Numbers were disappointing, but there was a nice atmosphere, and we had a number of new dancers, who seemed keen. It was a lovely evening.
3rd December was Advent Sunday. I visited the Christmas Model Railway Show in the Barnes Wallis Building, and in the evening went to the Advent Carol Service at St Ann's Church. When I got home I watched the film "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story" on YouTube.
On 4th December I watch another film on YouTube: "The Gathering" (from 1977). I really loved this film.
On 5th December I had plans to watch the Nutcracker (a live streaming from the Royal Opera House in London), but the price of cinema tickets to watch this was exorbitant. Instead I watched another lovely film on YouTube "The Christmas Tree".
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