Christmas is all about the Nativity and schools all around the country stage stories from the bible with children as the actors. This is an enjoyable means of helping them to interactively learn and understand the stories of the bible. They begin learning the stories and as they are assigned a roll in the play, they begin to learn their lines. Rehearsals begin just after the mid-term break and they are usually ready to stage the show a week or two before their Christmas holidays.