What Christmas Means

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by local 2nd graders from Acorn, Wickes, Vandervoort, and Louise Durham Elementary Schools

A special supplement of

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LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Mrs. Trammell’s Class: Karson: Christmas means a lot to me Christmas is a time of year when familys get together and get a Christmas trees and decorate and the grown ups get gifts for the cheldren and also santa claus give gifts for the children to.

Mariah: I eat cookies and milk wear PJ and open gives I like speeding time with my family its fun. But they can not come.

Chloe: Christmas means to me that you seladrat with family you deckarate a chrismas tree.

Y ou even have a big chrismas dinner with you hole family.

Tristan: It means family friends together.

Ryan: F un but we don’t have time to set up the Christmas tree but we still get to put up the tree.

Kloey: Christmas is joyful/ love. I love Christmas.

Matthew: I git a lot uv tos. And I git sum hot coco. And I git to paly in the smoe. I git to hag ornoments on the tree.

Gabriel: I get to play in the snoye.

Lilly: That you get to put decrashens on the tree. I have a star that changes corlers. Cristmas is to selabrate gesis brith day. Christmas is to have fun.

Ivan: Christmas to me means Christmas tree and you put dekerashns on the treers and dekerasshns with stockings with litts on yoru trees and gat some boxs if you can rap it in giftrap.

Then put the boxs under the Christmas. And be good boys and you too gers. And had some wite wool and the wool look like sanw.

Aiden: Christmas means love and care on Christmas eve we have Christmas party sometimes we visit my grandpa that passed away.

Austin: Crismis is a tim uv yer wer you git to open presins but thas not wut crismis is about.

Crismis is a tim win your famle gis togethr and has a grat tim.

Lanie: I go to my Grandparints hose and opne prasints. We sing R ottuff got shot by my papw.

I dress up in raindeer cloths and my cusin gets a toy gun and my papw sings. And I say good bi to my elf on the shelf named Winter.

Ty: It means to me a joyful place and happy

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and it’s not all about present’s you get a lot of days off school you get open your drems.

Mason: It means a lot to me food presents.

And stocenes, and santa. Y ou can stay in pujmus.

Faith: I love chistmas. I’t is my favorite season. I like to go ice skating. I’t is fun. After that I jrink hot coco. Then I bild a snowman. After That I do a Christmas tree. My grandparent like Christmas.

Auden: It lights up my day it fills to so so o it fills like I cisst by a angul it fills like it is my irth ay it fills like santa a e me all my presints I wanted.

Mrs. Miller’s Class: Brennan: Christmas is a time to spend time celebrating Jesus’s birth. I celebrate Christmas by spending time with my family.

Alayna: Christmas is a time when I get to open presents with my sweet kind sister. Sometimes we try to guess whats inside my mom and dad wraps presents to. When we get it wrong they say nope even id we get it right they say nope because it’s a suprise.

Genesis: Having fun opening presents. I get toys Zuriah B that I want. rave M artin Jaxon: I have tin A u g u s t 26, 2016 with my family. We throw snow balls at each other. I love my family.

Jace: Christmas to me means I get to spend time with my family. We open presents when every body is awake.

Wyatt: Christmas is a time of joy because you get to spend time with your family. We watch movies and play games.

Seth: Christmas means to me having fun

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getting to open presents with my family! I love my family.

Deaton: To spend time with my family. We eat a delicious breakfast together on Christmas morning after we open a lot of presents.

Brenlei: Getting to play with my cousins. We have with my dog and on the trampaline.

Payton: Having fun opening awesome presents. I get to open presents I want.

Mylee: Christmas means to me spending time with my family. F irst, we read the bible together. N ext, we open presents together. Then, we get dressed. Last, we go to my grandmas and grandpas.

Abigayle: Having fun opening presents and having fun with my family.

Emily: Having fun opening presents. I get to open them with my sister and mother.

Kaylee: Getting to play with my sister and brother and play games.

Braydon: Christmas is a time to have fun opening presents with my family. We get to open presents in the moring after breakfast.

Waylon: ChristJasten L mas is a time to . Higgin s A u g u s t spend with my 17 , 2016 family. We eat Breakfast together on Christmas morning arte [ after] we open presents.

Taylor: Christmas means to me means to spend time with my mom and dad.

Mrs. Castor’s Class: Laliegh Powell: Christmas is about a savior, a master, a father Jesus is a baby who was born on Jesus is our king. We selabrate Jesus’es Birthday. Christmas is not, not, not about toys it is about Jesus.

Clayton Dilbeck: Crismus mens you git prasits.

Jeffery Walters: Christmas is a day war you git presits.

Payton Rose: Christmas Means to Me That evreoun has fon/ famille. Evreoun celebrates Jesus’ birthday. Y ou even get presents. I hope you have a Mere Christmas!

Brayden Wilson: We have a great time openning presents. Its an Awesome time of the year. It’s the day we celebrate God’s birthday.

It’s Christmas.

William Higgins: I love my family. I love Hawaii.

I love everyone. I love the world. I like presents.

I like anything. I am thankful for everyone. I love Christmas. I love everything.

Brayden Renick: Christmas means to celebrat Jesus birthday and to spend time whith your/ my family. And to be thankful whith what you/ I get.

Ruby Dewitt: Christmas is not just about the presents it is about family and hope and being thankful for what you have.

Emmi Hensley: Christmas means to me being with my family. Christmas means to me Jesus’s birthday. Christmas means to me loving my

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family. Christmas means to me Having fun with my family. Christmas means to me celebrating Jesus Christ and family.

Landon Bush: Love your family be thankful for what you got Love god Love jesus Love satu [ Santa] I love Christmas I love mom dad meme papa mary JJ Bruse PooBar and that’s it and the rest mary chistmas!!!!!!!! Satu loves every body even me!!!!!!! Im so thankful Niki Restine Nickowl: Christmas means to me. To hope and thankful for my family and everyone I know.

Emma Wells: My dog died on Chistmas eve. I love to celebrat Christmas and it is her birthday on the 1 5th. Her name is Pepperonie Wells.

She will be 22.

Kaycee Harris: Christmas is my favrite holiday of the year! Jesus’s birthday we blessing ower family. Merry Christmas!

Kaiden Walls: My dogs birthday is on Christmas. Seeing my family and my friends. Jesus blessing us on his birthday.

Journey Evans: Christmas means to me…

Jesus birthday celebrating with family.

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Tycen Baber: Christmas means to be thet it is Jesus birthday. I love Christmas becuse I git to be whif my family. I am blessed.

I am thankful for my friends. I am thankful for my dogs.

Fred McVey: Having fun with my family.

Damon Martin:: I am happy at mi family bekus mi family is happy at me.

Tiffiny Cavelli: Christmas means, celebrating Jesus’s birthday being with your family, being blessed by Jesus, being thankful of your life, apprechiateing your family and haveing hope in Santa and Jesus.

Mrs. Wagner’s Class: Gracie: My Christmas means to gather around the Christmas tree and bring back old memories like the ornament we got after my Grampa James passed away and it seid don’t

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shed a tear im spending Christmas with god this year. Christmas is when we celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Makinzee: It’s when my family comes over and we spend time together and Robert D celebrate Jesus’ wight Ba rrett birthday. We set S ep tem ber 14, 2016 out hot cocoa and cookies for Santa.

Owen: To gather and give to others and celebrate Jesus birthday.

It’s a time where you spend time with family and friends.

Bryant: Christmas means to me to gather around with my family. And celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Tessa: It’s time to be with family and friends and celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

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Halee: Spending time with my family and worshiping Jesus. Plus being able to gather together.

Playna: Its a time when I get to see my family that lives far away and its a time to celebrate Jesus’s birthday.

Orion: At Christmas my whole family gets together and celebrates Jesus’ birthday and my friends come over and celebrate with us.

Colton: It’s time to give to others and spend time with family and friends.

Olivia: Christmas is about to spend time with our familys and friends and celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Finleigh: It’s a time for giving and for us to celebrate Jesus’s birthday and spend time with our famly

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Cory: We celebrate Jesus birthday and drink hot cocoa.

Lilly: to see my sister’s face when she opens her gifts. It’s when my BF F comes over with Harper. It’s when K atie comes home. It’s when my family gathers together.

Madison: To spend time with my Tucker S . Rutherfo rd family and friends A u g u s t 19 , 2016 and to celebrate Jesus birthday.

David: It means love to me. People come that I have not seen in a year. We get together with family.

Addisyn: To give poor people presents and food and to gather together to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Parker: It’s a time that’s inportant to remember that Christmas is not about the things you get and to

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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

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celebrate Jesus’s birthday.

Abbi: It’s a time to spend time wiith Aunts, U ncles, family, and friends. And celebrate Jesus’ birthday.

Mrs. Smallwood’s Class: Caden: I love Christams becus I git to hav fun with my famle. On christmat. Christmas is a halladaye.

Navaeh: Christmas is my hoilyday to because it’s like my favrit Christmas cuz I want to see santa.

Jerzie: It’s about spending time with your family and to be kind. Y ou get to open presents and look in your stockings. Y ou get to stay in your pijamas all day! Y ou get to catch santa! Christmas is awesome.

Kaylea: Chistmas means like all sweet and to be nice to one anther and to be very nice so that I can get presents thats what Christmas means to me.

Sebastian: Christmas means to be good, and hl fl an eha e. re you ma i k.

Mckynna: Christmas is like a toy store to me

because it’s like a hoilyday to me. My favorite toy santa is a a toy that a real live pet. Christmas means to me very much thank you for giving us toys to us every year.

Adelbei: Chrismas means a lot to me I love opening presents and pecking in my presents.

Christmas means alot to me.

Makenley: Christmas is not about gitting it is what giving. I want a bick and a Amaricin Girl Bols ad shopckins and games.

Billy: It means to me give not gitin. And santa I love you. Santa do yar elfs give you presents on Christmas? Santa how do you get in houses with no chimnes? Santa this yere see if thers a thank you note by cookies. Anyway Santa do you have kids? Santa I hope that you get my letter.

Cameron: It means you get presents and put up your Christmas tree and sometimes play in snow. And Christmas is a hoilyday. Merry Christmas.

Payton: Christmas means evre one in the world even texis gits prez ents.

Braxton: On Christmas it is jesuses birthday

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and that is what Christmas is all about and Christmas is all about speending time with your family.

Derek: Love joy happynes I want a notendo ds and a halo 5 game and a halo 4 game.

Ashlyn: Christmas means a lot to me be cus you git presns.

Christmas is the best day uv the yeer. I love Christmas so much.

Jasmine: I like santa’s presins and durty santa Christmas.

ACORN ELEMENTARY Mrs. Daniels’ Class: Clay M.: To get presents and too give presents. To play with my friends and family. We put up the cristmas tree. We eat alot of food. I play all day. I’m glad for my cristmases.

Jaron: Is having a Christmas miracle and spinding time with you’re famly. Having fun and also caring. And don’t be bad and listen. family.

Payton Wheless: Is the joy of having fam Jesus being born. Spending time with my family. And having Brittany and Devin. I love everone. In hevin we are all kind. I love my techer Mrs. Daniels.

Hunter: Jarrett P Jesus being arker Gib s on born. Giving M a y 20, 2016 gifts. Sing cards. Seeing family.

Caden: Getting gifts and celebrating Christmas and eating good food.

Spending times with friends and famley.

Joseph: My birthday is december 26 . Jesus is 25.

Briar: Singing chistmas songs.

Celebrating Jesus britday. Giving toys

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to people. Celebrating chistmas. Being with my family. Opening presents.

Playing in the snow.

Chance Hughes: Haveing fun with your familly and celebrating Jesus birthday and opening presents with your familly. And decerateing the house and hanging candy canes. P.s. have fun.

Ty: Decorating the hall because I like Christmas and family.

Katie Neugent: I like to sing songs and buy toys to kids who do not get them and spending time with my friends and play in the snow it is real fun to play in the snow and Christmas is fun.

Calee Puckett: Helping family and friend’s celebrating Jesus’ birthday. Having fun with family opening presints. Listening to people laughing, opening presetns. Have fun with teachers.

Reily: Singing Christmas carols. Celebrating Jesuses birthday. Geting gifts. Being with my family. Playing in the snow.

Taylar: Christmas means alot to me.

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Some people think that it is about geting presents, but it is not. I like singing chistmas carols.

My dad gets a headache whin I sing jingle bells.

That’s what Chrismas means to me.

Isabella: Opening presents with my famliy also celebrating Jesus birthday. I say thank you to santa for presents sum times my mom gives me hugs and kisses becuase she wants me to be happy.

Payton V.: Haveing fun in the snow decrateing the chrismas trees go on snowy hills to go sled-

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ing and frends chrismas songs haveing coco.

Andrea Wagner: Christmas means joy and love to me. A fun time is Christmas time. I love to play in the snow at my Grandma’s house, sometimes. I love that Christmas is celebrated becuse of Jesus’s birthday. Christmas is when family and frend can come together.

Cruz: Speding time with family playing in the snow celebratting Jesus’s birthday drinking hot choclate opening presents with family celebrating Christmas!! Loving each other having fun with parents having fun with siblings being nice being happy and having fun Having F U N !!!!!!!!!!!

Ike: Spending time with my family! I love giveing presents.

Landri: Toys friends and family tree birth of Jesus The thaking of God Regan: What Christmas means to me. I love spending time with my family because we get to build a snowman and we et to sit y a fire and stay warm.

Eilam: Spending time with family and giving to children who don’t get presents on Christmas. P.S. I hope you’re doing this.

Miya D.: F amily and friend’s I cood give gifts and a happy new year, sing songs for chistmas year have fun whith all your friends to.

Tatelyn Wood: Catching snow flakes on my tung, spending time with my family. Singing cards. I’m thankful for a friend namd Joseph.

Jesus Barthday.

Mrs. “G”s Class: Bailey Andrews: I love to be with family. I love to decorate the Christmas tree. Jesus’ birthday.

That is what Christmas means to me.

JJ Bass: We celebrate Jesus on Christmas Day. My mom and dad read the Bible. We open our presents, Christmas is fun.

Kirsten Belcher: Christmas means Jesus has a birthday. We share at Christmas time, we go to my grandparents. Our family gets together.

I love Christmas. We exchange gifts. Do you celebrate Christmas? I love Christ.

Anselmo Candarlia: Spending time whith my famaliy and friends and doing my math in school like I’m supposed to do. When Santa sneaks presents under the Christmas tree I will know I have been a good boy.

Karma Christana: It’s the best time of the year.

Because it’s Aubree B time to spend oykin S ep tem time with your ber 15 , 2016 family and friends. I can drink hot cocoa and make a mustache out of it. It’s fun to play in the snow.

Camara Dill: This is what Christmas means to me… It means Jesus’ birthday. And we get together at Christmas, we have a Christmas party evrey Christmas. We are having a play of Jesus I am Mary, my little baby cousin is Jesus. I am glad to be in a family I am sorry for the children our there with no family. This is what Christmas means to me.

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Josey Dollar: Christmas means to me. That we et to eat first then o en are resents. e o it in or er my rother oes first then I o se on an my sister oes then my mom then my a hristmas is the est holi ay that I ha e e er ha in my life That is what Christmas means to me Samual Fagan: Christmas is a time for family. It is a s e ial ay. It is Jesus irth ay e are oin to hel oor eo le. I lo e hristmas it is fun. My mom an a i es us resents. anta i es us resents on hristmas e. I lo e Christmas.

Jaxon Hadley: hat hristmas means to me is a out s en in time whith my family. e also ele rate Jesus irth ay. n uttin the hristmas tree u also han in u sto kin s an o enin resents also lookin at the

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Sarah Hopper: I think santa is a olly oo man. is el es are ery hel ful. hristmas is the est.

Ben Lickly: hat hristmas means to me.

Christmas is Brynleig h Bingh the time of year am A u g u s t 9 , 2016 to o to your ran mom an ran a s house hat fun we will ha e in the snow. e lo e to uil snowmen. fter en oyin the snow we o insi e to warm u with hot o oa an ho olate ho s ookies hristmas is the time of the year we ele rate Jesus s irth ay with a hu e meal.

Nick Long: I s en time with my family. e ut u li hts on our hosue. hen we e orate our hristmas tree. I ut ookies an

milk on the ta le for santa. If it snows I an lay in the ol snow santa lea es me won erful ifts. e also ha e a eli ious meal.

Blake Moore: ery o y in the worl is ni e to me an they are really oo frien s to me that is what hristmas means to me. a in lots of foo in the worl that is what hristmas means to me.

Chloe Odom: his is Jesus irth ay hristmas is a fun time of the year I feel ha y an oyful.

I thank o for all the foo that he ha i en us out family uts u a hristmas tree an wra resents I wish it woul snow on hristmas.

Treyton Philpot: I like to hel e orate the tree with my family. I ha e two trees in my house. he i one is in the li in room. It s so i we an t ut the star in it. e use a ow oy hat instea . My a lifts me u to ut the hat on the tree we on t ha e a la er so I ust use my a .

Lanee Powell: hat hristmas means to me is hel in eo le at the hos ital. It is Jesus irth ay. ery hristmas e my a rin s out the i white i le that my aw a a e us.

I lo e to hear him rea a out the irth ay of

Jesus.

Rowdi Pryor: It makes me ha y an surrise . My mom a an I lo e holi ays. e also s en time to ether urin the holi ays. e think that e ery o y shoul en oy this hristmas. e lo e uil in snow an els in the snow. My mom an a an I like i e skatin we lo e our a omin in for the holi ays. e lo e hristmas.

Ace Sarabia: hat my family ets to ether an sin hristmas son s an hel in eo le that ha e a little it of money an ant uy their own thin s for themsel es. My family eats hristmas e inner when it is hristmas e. hen my family is ha y on hristmas e.

Gabe Sarabia: ele ratin Jesus irth ay s en in time with our family makin foo for our family hel in eo le who are oor an on t ha e money an foo . e eratin the hristmas tree that makes e eryone ha y an ha e won erful feast with our family. akin u an lookin un er the hristmas tree an seein how many resents you et.

Vanessa Valanti: hristmas is th time of the

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year we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. I always enjoy visiting with my family, and playing in the snow with my friends. A visit from santa is especially good. The presents are always exciting. I love visiting with family and friends.

JT Walsh: Christmass is a day of love.

It is the day we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. On Christmas we have a big feast. The trees are beautiful. I love the trees. I always get brand new stuff. We might S even get snow.

CJ Warner: It is celebrating Jesus’ birthday. It is the best day of all. Thank you Jesus and thank you God. Michael Webb: We spend time together as a family. Our family shows how much we love each other. We celebrate Jesus’ birthday by having a great meal with my whole family. Christmas is about spending happy time together.

VANDERVOORT ELEMENTARY Mrs. Calderon’s Class: Lynzie Wilkinson: I get to spending time with my family. and open presents, and it is jesus’ birthday. and santa bring’s toys. and decorations and children and singing and lights and love and jesus.

Jade Watkins: Is that it is Jesus’s Hadlee Frachise birthday. I get to u r ep tem be r 27 , 20 sing. the Christ16 mas decortions. the Christmas lights. haveing frinds and family over. presents.

Weston Ross: I love Christmas because presents and cake and the beautiful lighs and family and friends and I love because it is jesus birthday Timmathy Parker: A twenty two rifle an a ike with a un hol er

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on it. I get presents and a four to me. wheeler a phone looking Jayden Broach: Open presents and my family. at Christmas lights Santa food and decorations. Spending Matthew Dau: F amily, time with friends. presents, Jesus’s birthKylie A nn Var day, friends, cookies, Mrs. Sellers’ Class: ner A p ri l 29 , 2016 brownies, God. Falken: Sant Clows, Michael Howard: people spend time to Is that it’s Jesus’s togeth adn to get presats. birthday. ou o to yrye fimy houses.

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Saphira McJunkins: F amily Natalie Bailey: Christmas and toys and decomeans to me. because we get rations and friends presents. and because we get and Jesus’s birthday to open presents on Christmas. and danta and food Santa clas puts stuff in our stockand singing and I get ing ans under our Christmas tree. to see Christmas lights.

Tayden A. Broach: Christmas means Auden Arthur: It’s great to me family, Jesus’s birthday, santa, and that you get to spend time with presents, snow, Elfy, Christmas tree, and your family and friends and santa goes around stockings. the world to bring presents to all the good little Thomas Chesser: Christmas means to me children and it’s jesus’s birthday and I eat ham, snow forts to play in, eating cookies, family, eatturkey, and donuts that’s what Christmas means in hot sou o an fih tin with snow alls.

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Flint Dickerson: Christmas means to me presents putting the Christmas tree up, putting ordmis up and, the Christmas lights up, and being happyy.

Jamey Johnson: That santa, Jesus, Mary, family, snow, and fun. It also means, presents, light’s, hoy and happyness. I love Christmas.

Rylee Manning: Christmas means to me family, God, suprises, presents, and going to school.

Dakota: Christmas means to me about santa gives us prisit every Christmas.

Wyott Ross: I like chrismas chrismas is the best chrismas is coming up.

Abbie Penney: Christmas means to me happy excited and putting the Christmas tree up and dekrading the tree and new teachers and family and f.

WICKES ELEMENTARY Miss McCleskey’s Class: Callie Miranda: On Jesus birthday it means to me. Because Jesus passted away thats what Christmas means to me.

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thew snowballs and then we built a snowman Kaydince Gray: To me Christmas means with our parent. It eas so much fun that I was spending time with me Mom and Dad and my about to die. And then we went inside my mom brother’s. Also remembering the bith of was cooking hot coclet it was so delishes Jesus. Putting our Christmas tree and I just kept telling my mom but up. Also decorating it so much my mom said that it fun. Giting toys from Santa. was omost finishEven when I’m playing in the E le a n ing so I did not ora Rose snow. When I look in my F lo r e ask her again. s O ctober 4 stocking its fooled with candy , 2016 The End and toys. Santa is the best.

We give him cookies and Braden Smith: To milk. Christmas is the best me Christmas meas month. The End celebrat the birth of Jesus.

Also being with my family.

Jayro Campuzano: To We also open presents. me Christmas means a And being with friends. celebrathing a special month. Because we Yesenia Vasquez-Anare celebrathing Jesus tunez: To me, we make a Birth. December is so fun snowman but this is about Because put up our Christmas My family. It’s fun to make a and Santa comes to out House snowman. My family likes doing bring presents to us and them we wake it, so I like them. It was fun when up I got a toy it was legos and I was to happy! its snowing My dad puts on the chimney is so That was my faverit in the whole world and went warm in the house and do hot choclate it is outside and guess what it was snowing! We good. I love Christmas! The End Sam Irons: Christmas is Jesus’ birthday I love Christmas because it is Jesus’ birthday.!

Allison Medina: I love Christmas. Because Christmas is coming this year. I love snow and I love ice on my house.

Thomas Stover: What does Christmas means to you? It was the first time Jesus saw the Earth. I go to Christmas church. I get lots of gifts.

Axel Moreno: Christmas means to me celebrating the birth of Jesus. Also celebrating the birth of blue Jays, all the animals, and celebrating my family.

Rynley Richardson: Present. Jesus. Snow

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time. Spending time with my family. Being happy. My family being happy. God. Watching Christmas movies. Celebrating Christmas.

Citlally Ruiz: What Christmas means to me Christmas means to be with my family. To play in the snow with my sister, my brothr, and baby sister.

Jareli Herrera: Christmas means to me and my cousin and my family. This is special to me and my family and my cousin My family loves Christmas and me too. We love the holiday.

Valeria Munoz: To me Christmas means spending time with my family and friends.

Christian Casey: Christmas is the special of the year. Together and I open the presente together want to play want Kaden Whitmire: Christmas means to me celebrating Jesus’. Also opening presents. to.

Mrs. Avila’s Class: Alan Munoz: It’s a family holiday. It is a holiday kindness. It’s the best time of the year. We take pictures with the tree. My family and me eat cookies and milk. It’s the holiday to share peace and love with others.

Jose Arvizy: I like when snowflakes fall. My brother and I like to open the gifts. Dinner with the family reunited. I am delighted with the gifts that santa claus bring. I like Christmas.

Oscar: Santa claus brings me presents. We get to decorate Christmas trees. We go places.

I get to spend time with my family. I give santa claus cookies.

Promise Knight: This is what I think about Christmas. I think Christmas is a time where you get together with your family and have a grate time. This is also what I think about Christmas. I think on December 25th I think you are suppost to lay back and praise the Lord. Also have fun. That’s what I think about Christmas.

The End. Lexi McCarley: Hello, my name is Lexi. I love Christmas. The reason I love Christmas is becase of all the presents and all the Jolly.

Christmas to me is just love. I just love when my family gets together. Christmas is my favorite time of year. Merry Christmas!

Alix Zanber: I beleive in Santa Clause. I want a dirt bake, sanke clause gives us presents. santa clause is nice.

Alexander Agvilar: Christmas is so cook.

People get presents from Santa. Christmas is my favorite holday. Santa comes to give us presents. I love Christmas because we have presents and food.

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Kinnah Ferguson: I get together with my family and my cousins. My family gets me toys.

I kill deer. I eat with my family. I love eating with my cousins.

Isai Esquvil: My family comes. They bring me toys. I play with my cousins. I believe in Santa.

December brings Christmas and snow.

Nicole Martinez: I believe in Santa Claus. My family comes to my house. Some time it snows.

My mom buys me presents. Christmas is my favorite time of time year.

Tylynn Robb: People get presents. I believe in Santa Clause. At Christmas my cousins come to my house. At Christmas we celebrate.

Christmas is my favorite holiday.

Lexie Miles: he first thin hristmas means is it’s Jesus Birthday. It also means we get to be with all our family. I get to play with all of my cousins. Santa comes and brings us lots of presents. I believe in Santa Clause because he always come and brings me presents every year.

Luke Helms: I like Christmas because you get presents and you get to decorate a tree. Santa claus has elfs that help him. The friends that he has is bunny and Jack F rost and the tooth fariy

a sandy and not pich black. My mom comes to my Christmas party. On my little friends birthday it is on December and he gets Star War and that is troodin.

Jocelyn Roldan: Bring with the family. Getting presents. I love the snow. I love the food. I love the lights.

Ms. Duggan’s Class: Claira Morris: To my fammily, Christmas is what people say is not true – Jesus’ birthday!

He gives his presents to us because he has everything he wants. On Christmas this year, we put two trees in the living room. One is a fammily tree, and it is real. We play in the snow an sle with the four wheeler in the fiel . e make Christmas cookies.

Marvin Brito: Christmas means we spend time with our famly, open gifts, and eat cookies with milk. It means to me that me and my famly drink hot coco. We get toys by opening gifts from our mom and dad.

Adileni Herrera: Christmas is about celebrating Jesus’ birthday. My family drinks coco at Christmas. I injoy playing snowballs.

Gracie Linker: Chrismtas mwans being with all of my family. I love and opening presents.

I enjoy eating turkey and drinking hot cocoa.

The fun time is going outside and playing in the year. My family drinks hot chocolate and spend snow. time with each other. We decorrat the house and celebrate Baby Jesus’ birthday. I like to Noah Saxour: Christmas means to me that play in the snow with my dog and sister.

God was born on Christmas Day. The only to twins in the famly Brent James: Christmas means to me havwere born on Christmas, and ing fun and celebrating the holiday. thire names are Lillie and My famly plays in the Blake. Christmas means to snow and opens Lena M me that I get to spend time presents. I like cDaniel S ep tem whith my famly. We all love putting up the tree. ber 7 , 2 016 our famly.

Gregory Delgado: Jonas Hernandez: Christmas means Christmas means to to me celebrating with me about opening my family. I love to open my presents and puting gift with my brother. I love to up te Christmas tree. lay snow all fi ht with my Celebrateing with my brother and sistes. family is importany to Joey Propes: Christmas me. Me and my family is about spending time with love drinking hot coco. my family. We sing Christmas songs, make cookies, and Kaleb Olade: Christmas decorate the tree. I like making means relaxing with my family, snowmen, drinking, hot coco, and opening presents, and wrapping them. We enjoy drinking hot coco and celewatching R udolph the red nosed rain deer. I breting Jesus’ birthday with my mom and dad’s love opening presents. family. We give presents to people.

Nevaeh Watson: Christmas is a fun time of the

MELANIE BUCK - Christmas, to me, means a time to recogniz e the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and the life He gave for us. A time to give in Jesus’ honor so that His love, ea e an sa rifi e an e felt throu h the kindness of others. A time to gather with family and friends and to remember the cherished memories of those we have lost. And, a time to create more cherished memories to hold onto in the future.

EMMYE ROWELL – Christmas is a celebration! A celebration with my family in their pjs, movies on the screen, and chocolate gravy in our stomachs. A celebration with the people I love most. We celebrate because of a baby that came years ago. N ot just any baby, but a baby that came, laid in a smelly manger, endured so much for me, to be a Savior, a light, THE light in this dark world. We celebrate Jesus!

ILANA BURK – Christmas is a time to celebrate Jesus, my Lord and Savior, coming as the Light of the World! It is a time to share with family and friends, a time of giving, a time to be

selfless. It is a time to s en uality time with my kids, baking cookies, telling stories, playing games, etc. My family and I always enjoy driving around looking at Christmas lights, watching movies and drinking hot chocolate together.

MARK HOBSON – To me Christmas is a time to refle t on our many lessin s... re iate our friends and family & the celebration of Jesus birth....

LOGAN MCCOURTNEY – When I think about Christmas, I think about how Jesus stepped into my mess, into this sinful world, and lived the life I should have lived, and died the death that I deserve to die. All so that I could be made at peace with God. I think about my family, the joy of giving gifts to loved ones and knowing that time was given thinking about them. Christmas means there is hope.

LEANN DILBECK – What Christmas means to me is celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the greatest gift ever i en unto the worl . is irit seems to fill

everyone’s hearts unlike any other time of year, a time when the world genuinely seems a bit kinder, generous, and reminiscent of all their blessings. Christmas is a time for carrying on beloved traditions with family and friends and cherishing the hope God gave us in Emmanuel.

DEBBIE FROST – During the Christmas Season I often refle t on the hristmas of my childhood and cherish all the memories of my

family. The gifts, the dinners, the family pictures, the fun, and most of all the love that we all shared. And now as I’m older....I pray that we are also making those special memories for my children and grandchildren to remember.

But, most of all, we must remember Jesus’ birth and what is important to us.....” That Jesus is truly the R eason for the Season.”

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