Schools have been doing Christmas nativity plays from before we can remember, and we all have memories of being in our own play, whether as Joseph, Mary or an angel.
These photos from the 90s and the 2000s are guaranteed to take you right back – do you remember doing your own nativity play?
5. Gylemuir Primary School boys
From Gylemuir Primary School again we now have the boys Nicholas Roberston, Cameron Mackie and Andrew Grant stepping into the shoes for the wise men. Picture: 12 December 2001 Photo: Justin Spittle
6. Rosewell Primary School
Primary one pupils Amy McLay, Hope McNicoll and Deaven Howarth are angels in their school nativity play. Picture: 15 December 2000 Photo: Walter Neilson
7. Hope placing an angel
Hope McNicoll, primary one angel, places an angel on the top of the school Christmas tree as her Rosewell Primary School classmates look on. Picture: 15 December 2000 Photo: Walter Neilson
8. Thistle class
Miss J Wilson can be seen congratulating her pupils on their performance after the Thistle class at Mary Erskines and Stewart’s Melville Junior School performed their nativity. Picture: 8 December 2000 Photo: Katie Lee