my christmas story

My Christmas

Story Written by Isabel Diaz

MY DEDICATION PAGE I Dedicate this book to my family and my friends. To my best friend Valentina and to Monica Kim for being a good friend and being a big help with the story book. And my great teacher Mr.Mak.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication Page My family traditions Christmas around t

he world 1: Greece Christmas around t

he world 2: England Christmas Poem Snowflake Poem Santa Poem Christmas Night Poe

m Red activity 1: Chris

tmas is…..

Red activity 2:The Christmas the elves got sick

Green activity 1:Time line

Green activity 2: Wish Upon a Star

Green activity 3: Favorite Holiday

Purple activity1:The twelve days of a Canadian Christmas

Purple activity 2:Emotions

Purple activity 3:Giving & Receiving

Purple activity 4:Toys

About the author

FAMILY TRADITION PART 1My Family tradition are we get are tree ready about 2 weeks before Christmas, my Mom, sister, and I decorate the tree because my dad is not in to the whole Christmas thing. We don’t use a real tree my mom has a fake tree that we use every year, and we decorate with family memories.

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MY FAMILY TRADITION PART 2 My dad, my mom, sister, and I go to are aunt and

uncle’s house (Or they come to are house) and we have a family dinner on Christmas Eve. Sometimes on Christmas we would drive down to Kamloops (where my Auntie lives), but when we go to my uncle’s house it can sometimes it gets pretty boring for my sister and I because all they do is talk all night.

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MY FAMILY TRADITION PART 3So me and my sister have to ask them if we can open the

presents about 20 times. We all was have a big family dinner than we hang out and talk then we open the present at about 8, 9 or 10 PM. We would usually sit in around the tree and we would give someone a present, tell them who it’s from then we would all watch them open it and take pictures. After that all the adults go back to the dinner table and they start talking again, so me and my sister would watch TV or just talk about what we got for Christmas but after an hour or 2 than my sister and I would go to bed. Then that night “Santa” would come, I found out about Santa when I asked my mom. I all was knew but I didn’t really what to believe it.


CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD 1: GREECEIn Greece they do not usually put up Christmas trees. In most Greece homes there is a evergreen tree is decorated with tinsel and a star on the top, almost every home you will find a shallow wooden bowl with a piece of wire from that hangs a sprig of basil wrapped around a wooden cross. A small amount of water stays in the bowl to keep the basil alive and fresh. Once a day, a family member, mostly the mother dips the cross and basil into some holy water and uses it to sprinkle water in each room of the house, it is believed to keep away Killantzaroi. Killantzaroi is a species of goblin or sprites who appear only in the12- day period form Christmas to the Epiphany. At Christmas not a lot of presents are given, instead the give small presents to hospitals. Presents are exchanged on January 1st, it is called St. Basil Day. On Christmas Eve small boys go sing Christmas carols and give out dried figs, almonds, walnuts and lots sweets or sometimes small gifts.

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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD 2: ENGLANDIn England the gift giver is Father Christmas; he wears a long red or green

robe, and leaves presents in stockings on Christmas Eve. The gifts are opened the afternoon the next day. Father Christmas bring the presents the night before Christmas, the children would leave there stockings and pillowcase hanging on the end of there beds. In England Christmas dinner is in Midday on December 25, in the daylight. In England, the only thing they would ate before the day of the feast they ate Frumenty, it is a kind porridge made of corn, but over time the recipe has charged they have added now eggs, fruits, lumps of meat and dried plum were added. The tradition dinner was is roast turkey and vegetables and sauce. One England's customs is mummering. In the middle Ages, people called mummers would put on masks and acted out Christmas plays. These plays are still performed in towns and villages. In England the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day because boys used to go round and collect money in clay boxes. When the boxes were full, they would break them open.


Christmas is a time of year to be spent with family

Happy time of yearReading at the warm fireI hear the bell ringingSanta comes to your home on Christmas Eve night

Time of year to give presentsMagical time of yearA time to be of your to be gratefulSnowflakes fall gracefully


Snowflake

Cold Beautiful

Falling Melting Snowing

Snowflakes fall at Winter time.

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Santa Holly Jolly

Giving Caring Loving

Sled Presents * Carrot Hat

Standing Melting Glistening

Cold Tall

Snowman

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Santa in my houseEating my milk and cookies

He comes once a year.


Christmas Night

TO ME CHRISTMAS IS…. To me the most important things about Christmas

are spending time with family and friends , being grateful for all that we have. But Christmas to me is spending time with my family I love spending time with them, even if I get bored sometimes. It’s so nice to know that you gave someone a present and seeing there face all lit up when they open up the present. It’s not about get present it is about giving and to be thankful.


THE CHRISTMAS THE ELVES GOT SICKThe night before Christmas Eve one elf named Sara got sick with the flu but she

went to Santa’s workshop anyway, she got her friend Ben sick and he gave it to his friend Lisa. After that it got all of Santa’s Elves sick, Santa started to get worried about who would help him build the presents with him but Mrs. Claus told Santa that he still had one more Elf. The elf’s name was Holly she was a small girl with light brown hair and she wore a red and green dress. Santa was not so sure about Holly she is one of the younger elf and is not the best with tools but Santa didn’t have much of a choose. So Santa asked Holly to help him with the presents Holly was not so sure, she was scared she would mess something up it’s a lot of pressure for just a little elf. But she said “Yes” so they worked on the presents all night and they finally got all the presents finish be Christmas Eve night. By the time the sled was ready Santa asked Holly if she would go with him because she helped him so much that Christmas she agreed and they were off to go around the world to give presents to girls and boys.

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WHAT I WOULD DO ON WINTER BREAK ALL THE WAY UP TO CHRISTMAS!!!!!!Day 1: On the 18th I would just stay with my sister and babysit her because I think both of my

parents would be working.Day 2: On the 19th I would get at 7 or 8am then my mom would drive me, my sister and

sometime my dad if he wanted too. To a Christmas party at the hotel that my mom works at, it is a big Christmas where we all just hang out.

Day 3: On the 20th I think I would hang out with my best friend (Valentina), If it snowed we would go sledding at Alderson Elementary and drink hot chocolate. If it wasn’t snowing we would just stay that my house and just talk.

Day 4: On the 21th I think I would go see some family friends.Day 5: On the 22th I think I would maybe go to the mall.Day 6: On the 23th I my family (but not dad) go and get the food for when were going to my

uncle’s house for Christmas Eve dinner. Day 7: Friday, Christmas Eve this is the day my family would celebrate Christmas we would

go to my uncle’s house and have a family dinner but this year my dad is not going to be there because he works so we would leave at 5 or 6 and come home and then open the presents with him.


WISH UPON A STAR1. Do you think wishing on a star really helps dreams come true?

Sometimes I think wishing on star are kind of weird but sometimes I think it works

2. What can you do to make wishes come true? Well it depends on what the wish is if it is something that you can buy then you ask your family for money and do extra jobs around the house.

3. What do you wish for yourself for Christmas? I wish for a iPod touch or a camera or another dog.

4. What do you wish for others for Christmas? For the world? I wish that everyone would be with there family and have a big family dinner.

5. What dose it take from each of us to make others happy? To be giving and help them get food and stuff.

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MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY ACTIVITYMy favorite holiday is Christmas and my activity is watching movies while

drinking hot chocolate!!!!Story:It was a cold winter night, I was all wet for playing in the snow. I changed

my clothes to my P.J’s because my clothes were all wet. I got on the couch and started to fall asleep when my mom comes in and asked me if I wanted to have some hot chocolate I said “Yes”, I wanted something warm anyway because I had a nap and I was getting cold. She give me the hot chocolate and she sat next to me and she turn on the TV and she put on Despicable me and I got a long blanket and watched the movie.

This is not a true story I have not seen Despicable me (but I’m going too).


THE TWELVE DAYS OF A CANADIAN CHRISTMASOn the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me one iPod touch.On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two cute little puppies.On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me three pairs of earrings.On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me four pairs of shoes.On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me five baby hamsters.On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me six movie tickets.On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven brand new shirts.On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me eight candy canes.On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me nine cool movies.On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ten pretty hats.On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven chocolate barsOn the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me twelve little cupcakes.

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EMOTIONS I think that some emotions that people feel

around Christmas are jolly, happiness, thankfulness, exited, and, giving.

But some emotions are not all was happy because maybe it is there first Christmas with out a loved one or parents are not able to be with there kids. Some emotions are sadness and loneliness.


GIVING & RECEIVING“It’s the thought that counts, not the size of the gift”It means that if someone spends a lot of time thinking

of what they could get you for Christmas. And “not the size of the gift,” that means that it dose not matter how big it is, it is the thought that counts.

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TOYS0-2Well they don’t know what is going on so I would say teddy bears, blankets,

and, bottles.2-5Dolls, Lego, play dough, etc….. 5-8Dolls (Bratz, Moxie girls, & Barbie dolls), littlies pet shop, tomagothchi, Zhu

Zhu pets, Moon sand, Hot wheels, Marshion Makers, etc…..8-10Easy Bake oven, D.S. , a Wii, P.s.p, Etc….. 10-15Music, laptops, iPods, camera, gift cards, cell phones , etc….15-20Cars, music, laptops, iPods, gift cards, camera, MONEY, etc….

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR My name is Isabel Diaz. I live with my mom, dad, and

little sister Sara, I have a brother (half brother). I like to hang out with my friends in the summer time and spend time with my best friend Valentina when ever I can. My favorite book is the Percy Jackson lighting thief. I love taking pictures of my family and friends in the summer time and in the winter time. My favorite seasons are summer and kind of fall.


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