I was an angel in the school nativity play at my primary school. I remember clearly the beautiful white dress, thick opaque tights and fluffy wings. I wore bright red lipstick.

Every morning at St Andrews, an Anglican school in a Welkom, South Africa, I would respectfully kneel during prayers, before singing Morning has Broken, Our Father and when Christmas came, “Silent Night” – in German. Unlike most of the other children, however, I was Jewish.

The hymns I once sang as a child are beautiful and I can’t help but sing along even now, when I hear them. I still remember the words to each one, as I remember the story of Jesus (and the role of the angels). This is because they were taught to me in my formative years; in the years that children lay their spiritual, emotional, social and cognitive foundations.

Scott Morrison claims that “children in public schools should not face curbs on Christian traditions. Like anyone else, they should be able to do Christmas plays, they should be able to talk about Easter. That’s our culture. There’s nothing wrong with it."

Only there is something wrong with it. Firstly, that's not culture. That's religion. And secondly, who is the "anyone else"? My children are Jewish and don’t take part in Christmas or Easter. Morrison seems to think “anyone else” means children whose parents have enrolled them in a private Christian or Catholic school. These children have become "everyone else" in Morrison's view.