A puff piece...

Yes, in my city there is a very popular Nativity play put on for the public every year. It's a church organized event and it tells the story of the birth of JC. I've never heard it being done by a family as some sort of living tableau... that struck me as weird.

Other things:

i. Mel Gibson's character is supposed to be an ex-astronaut, yet he's described as a long-time horn dog by his son. Astronauts are way too busy and buttoned down to be caught up in this sort of stuff. (Coincidentally an ex-school mate of mine - Chris Hadfield - became an astronaut. I've followed his career over the decades... those guys have ZERO downtime.)

ii. The whole 'Do They Know It's Christmas' sing along... there's something wrong about trying to wring warm feelings from a song that's about mass starvation in Africa. Particularly, since it is still ongoing... now perhaps worse than when the song first came out.

iii. The thermostat scene... not even mildly funny, but, man, the actors kept plugging away at it, trying to make it a 'thing'.