When 9-year-old Oscar Wilkins heard he’d been given the role of ‘Elvis the Elf’ in the nativity play at his primary school last week, the alliteration left him confused over what to tell his parents.
Coming home, Oscar’s sister said neither he nor the school had been able to communicate the ‘elf element’ to his bemused family; the boy simply told them he had been cast as Elvis.
They then sought out a costume of the Graceland star and only realized the error when he stepped out on stage.
But hardly letting it become an error, Oscar embraced his starring role and found the whole thing hilarious. His older sister Jade Smith said the audience couldn’t help falling in love with the absurdity of it all.
“We asked him if he was sure he meant Elvis and he said yes, ‘with a sparkly costume.’ He did not mention anything about an elf,” she told Southwest News Service, in England. “His letter said a sparkly Elvis costume. It did not say Elvis the Elf so we all just stupidly thought it was Elvis Presley.”
Jade said the family then looked online for a kid’s Elvis outfit and found one that fitted Oscar perfectly.
“We sent him to school in the wrong costume and they all saw the funny side. But did not say it was wrong.”
The two performances on Wednesday and Thursday last week at Penrhiwpeier Primary School in Wales were also in front of his parents Stephen and Sarah Wilkins.
Smith said they only realized their error during the first performance of the show.
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“We only found out the mistake when we were watching the show and they all walked out—out of 12 kids, they were all dressed as elves except for Oscar,” she said. “It was so funny. A week before they had all met up in costume for a dress rehearsal but didn’t tell us anything was wrong.”
“It was no drama though. Oscar embraced it all and loved that people were all laughing at him. He really enjoyed all the attention.”
“We thought Elvis might come into it somewhere in the storyline but there was no relation to him at all.”
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Smith said Oscar’s reaction to it all had meant everyone had seen the funny side,
“within seconds we realized what had happened.”
“You never want you child to feel awkward but Oscar totally embraced it and that helped us all see the funny side of it. He’s still got the outfit and has now been introduced to Elvis’ music. He loves older music anyway so we can see him becoming a bit of a fan.”
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