At a primary school in Inverness this year, the Nativity has been cancelled after ‘racist and abusive messages’ were sent to staff. What could prompt such hate and vitriol? The story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem transcends political divides and has unified the masses for millennia. Right?
Well, therein lies the difference. This was not the Nativity. It was a ‘modern retelling’ of the story which featured Santa’s helpers at the North Pole, refugee children in the Syrian conflict, and even a musical number about the struggle of crossing the border.
