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Christmas is approaching, and Santa has already fed the reindeer before the long journey, the gifts are all packed and signed—there is very little left, and the colossal machine called "celebrating Christmas almost all over the world" will move from its place and start running. But there is just one thing left—the school holiday concert.

Even if you don't have kids, I bet you've had some connection to these events, in school or preschool. And, probably, you know very well that the nature of these concerts is such that if something can go awry—it will definitely happen. And different folks in this thread on X are exchanging their funny, ridiculous, and sometimes even cringy stories about this obligatory dose of facepalm before Christmas.

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Tweet humorously comparing a kindergarten Christmas concert to work meetings.

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UncleJohn3000
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9 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The same kid threw up during the Christmas concert every year. All of the memories smell like barf and that wintergreeny stuff they put on top of barf.

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    School Christmas concerts have been reflected in popular culture—after all, the movie 'Home Alone 2' begins with a school concert scene. And, of course, everything goes awry there, too. If for no other reason, because Christmas is a time of rest and relaxation for everyone except, perhaps, professional singers and soccer players in the UK.

    But children are not professional singers, so, well, just try to rehearse a song or a Christmas scene with full dedication when you're already in the holiday spirit! And where strict scenarios and blatant negligence meet, one can always expect trouble or some awkward moments...


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    Why go far to look for examples? The author of these lines, while in primary school, was the master of ceremonies for the school play, and literally on the day of the concert, my mom mixed up the start time—by a whole hour.

    So, when the phone rang desperately in our house and the teacher—with a breaking voice (she would have been guaranteed an Oscar for the best tragic role, I believe)—asked where the hell I was, I had to urgently get dressed and was rushed to school in my stage costume. Good thing it was located nearby.

    But, well, the whole school hall had to wait for me for an hour, listening to some poor high-schooler with his guitar, who they'd found on the spot to fill in the gap.


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    However, my mom also had her own concert story from her childhood. She and the other kids were supposed to recite different quatrains in turn during the preschool concert—but about a week before the concert, my mom got sick and returned only on the day of the performance. And no one told her that the order of the kids' performance had been changed, moving her to a few places later...

    And so, on about the third attempt to start her own quatrain, my mom finally realized that something had gone wrong. Needless to say, when it was time for her new, actual turn, according to the new scenario, she missed it. After all, making changes to the program at the last minute was far from the best idea!


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    And yet, schools and preschools, with persistence worthy of better use, continue to organize these concerts. Thus giving us more and more reasons for funny stories and supply us with new cringeworthy memories. By the way, the audience—and they are not only adults, but also other children—also contribute to the festive disorder.

    After all, a school concert is not the most exciting show, you must admit—so many viewers lose their attention and patience almost immediately after their young relative performs. So, some of our tales today are actually stories about viewers being far from the best-behaved.


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    A tweet humorously critiquing the atmosphere of school Christmas concerts.

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    Glenn Cuneo
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    6 hours ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    been to one that started at 7pm, 10:30 that m**o was still going strong.... whoever wanted to paly a duet got to.... good king Wenceslas 52 variations..... Contrabass clarinet and triangle? No problem.

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    Tweet joking about preschool behavior.

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    Huddo's sister
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    32 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I found when teaching preschool, the kids that behaved badly during the rehearsals were often the ones who refused to get on stage or sing on the night.

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    In any case, even if no school concerts are expected in your personal schedule in the near future—please feel free to read this selection to the end. At the very least, we can almost guarantee you many pleasant minutes while reading, and a charge of good mood, too. And a good mood is exactly what we all need in anticipation of Christmas, isn't it? Oh yes, and your own stories in the comments—as well.

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    Tweet humorously describes a challenging experience during preschool Christmas concert.

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    Huddo's sister
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    27 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember at one of my siblings preschool concerts, it was outside (summer in Australia) and my allergies were acting up terribly and I had a horrible sinus headache. I politely listened to my sister's song and then moved to a far end of the yard as soon as possible. Top it all off with the smell of the sausage sizzle cooking, which always turns my stomach.

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    Tweet humorously captures chaos of school holiday concerts with repeated "Jingle Bells" performances.

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    Huddo's sister
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    21 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was bad planning. When I was teaching preschool, we might have one Christmas song to end the night but the other songs were things we had sung all year or had good actions to go with them. Each group would have different songs. We know parents don't want to sit through the same songs more than once. We also only included one song with children using instruments per group, so parents get a break from tapping sticks and bells.

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    Person holding a camcorder with a humorous expression at a school Christmas concert.

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    Huddo's sister
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    24 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of my primary school concert photos were terrible, as my parents were always too far back (because mum was running late) and neither of them knows how to take good photos. Out of focus or heads cut off or both. I took over the role as soon as my youngest two siblings reached preschool.

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    Tweet about preschool holiday concert with humorous quote on being a latke.

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    Ozymandias
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    15 minutes ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Move over, sugar plums—someone else will be dancing in my head tonight.

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