I think that it's fine for a CoE or Catholic school to do a Nativity. I know not all the kids are from Christian backgrounds, but the parents knew the school was a Christian school before sending their kids there, and so. for me, have to accept things like this. I went to CoE primary, and did Nativities and Harvest festival and all that, but as Chav said above, we also learnt about lots of other religious festivals, and did things for them. In non religious schools it is obviously more of a contentious issue, but I think all parents should be happy for their children to learn about various religious stories, whether they believe in them or not. I don't think the God bit should be flogged too much, but at the end of the day, I think it's nicer for the kids to learn about the Nativity story than to just think christmas is when the fat bloke in red will bring me an xbox.