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Christmas Morning Night-mare

By Alexis HeathIt was early Christmas

morning. Rosy and Kinsey awoke from their beds and ran downstairs to the Christ-mas tree. They looked under the tree to find no presents had been left. Kinsey began shouting out to her parents that were still snuggled in their bed. “THERE ARE NO PRESENTS!!” Kinsey and Rosy’s parents came running downstairs.

“Well then off to the North Pole we go to see what’s go-ing on,” shouted father. And the adventures began.

Before they left Kinsey didn’t know what the North Pole even was. When they got there she remembered seeing the pictures. They walked in to discover that the elves were asleep and didn’t remember when Christmas was. Also all the toys were broken. The fam-ily was working on the pres-ents when the shop started shaking. It was Santa and his reindeer.

He walked in and said, “Well, your family sure is on the good list for next year.Rosy asked why the toys were broken and the elves were asleep. It turns out that a bad guy had done all of it. Santa had already caught him and had been done with the other houses. The only one he had left was theirs. So Santa took the family home on his sleigh, and they had a happy Christmas Day after all!

Santa the Kidnapper By Braeden Barr 5DAll was quiet until Santa

came down with a thump. He passed the Christmas tree, crept up the stairs, went into Little Karla Brinst’s room, and shoved her into his bag. Then he flew up the chimney and sleighed back to the North Pole. He left a note that read:If you want to see little Karla

again leave $20,000 behind the steak house or else!!!!!!

At the North Pole Santa was thinking one thing: I will be rich!!!!!!!! But of course Mrs. Claus was furious. She came up with a plan.

Back at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Brinst the po-lice saw Santa’s fingerprints all over the note. (Literally, he had just eaten Cheetos before going into the house. What a dope.) The hunt for Santa was on.

Meanwhile Mrs. Claus prepared to carry out her plan. She was ready it was 8:30 A.M. She sprinted out the door with the supplies she took from the house, leaving a note that read, “ Bye-bye Bad Santa. P.S Thanks for the supplies!”

When Santa woke up at 1:30P.M., boy was he mad! ALL of the snacks were gone. ALL of them! Even his thermos full of hot-chocolate was gone.

Meanwhile little Karla was on a $20,000,000 cruise with Mrs. Claus to her home in Jamestown, Virginia.

When she got there she was reunited with her par-ents while Santa was being arrested for the kidnapping.

Remember, only trust someone that you know by heart because even Santa might become evil.

THE ENDOr is it.

Elf on the Mission By Brianna Parmer 5DYou all know the sto-

ry of the Elf on the Shelf. Well here is a twist on the Elf on the Shelf.The Elf on the Shelf for this story is called Boomerang. He actually works for the S.S.S. The S.S.S. stands for Santa’s Secret Service. Well that’s the thing your Elf on the Shelf is a good guy. In fact he is a great guy. He rides Rudolph to the North Pole delivering information. The S.S.S is a very important service without S.S.S Christ-

mas would be ruined. Why you ask, because how would Santa know if you have been good or bad. So let’s get to the good part.

——————“Hey, Santa!!” yelled

Boomerang. “I’m finally home!!!”

“How was your trip?” San-ta asked.

“Good!” Boomerang bab-bled.

“How were your kids?” Santa wondered.

“Well Mathew was being very nice. He made some cookies to give to you!”

“They’re green,” Santa mumbled in concern.

“I don’t know why?” Boo-merang said weirdly.

Santa bravely ate one. “These are the best thing ever, besides Christmas!” Santa exclaimed.

“I will have Mathew make more,” Boomerang smiled.

“YOU CAN’T!!!” Santa yelled loudly. “It’s against my rules.”

“Oh pooh, “ Boomerang cried.

“I will send you a note to give to him,” Santa com-manded.

——————Boomerang went back to

Mathew’s house with Santa’s note saying:

Dear Mathew,This is Santa, I would like

some more of those green cookies!

Love, Santa!Boomerang left the note

where Mathew could see it. Then boomerang found this note on Mathew’s dresser:

Santa’s green cookies1) fat potion 2)sugar 3)

flour 4) pink food dyeYou can make your own

now, Santa.Love,Mathew

——————Boomerang took the note,

flew back to the North Pole and gave the note to Santa. “I don’t think I want any more of those green cook-ies. I’m too fat already. I’m

hungry though.” Santa com-plained.

So when Santa went to sleep Boomerang got on Ru-dolph and rode to Subway instead of Mathew’s house. He got 30 subway sandwich-es. They flew back to Santa. Santa ate one with a scared face. Then the elf thought, “He isn’t going to like them.” Then all of a sudden........

“I LOVE THIS! IT’S THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE SANTA YEARS!!!!!

“Better than those green cookies?” asked Boomer-ang.

“YES! You’re a great Elf on the Shelf, Boomerang!” exclaimed Santa.

Boomerang was proud of himself for completing his mission to have a healthier and happy Santa.

Christmas Wreck By Chailyn Beydler

“Come on Donner,” begged Rudolph.

“Oh fine, but only one race. Ok?” allowed Donner.

“Ok! Ready, set, go!” shouted Rudolph. Rudolph and Donner darted towards the toy shop in the North Pole on slippery ice. “Aaah! I’m slipping, I’m losing my balance!” shouted Rudolph. Rudolph fell still sliding on the ice as fast as a bul-let straight towards the toy shop where Santa Claus was talking to one of his elves named Vix. “Watch out San-ta!” screamed Rudolph. Ca plump! Santa and Vix top-pled into a pile of snow with Rudolph on top.

“Ow!”growled Vix. “That hurt my leg.”

“I’m so sorry. I-I didn’t mean to,” cried Rudolph.

“Santa are you ok?” asked Vix.

“Yes I’m fine, but Ru-dolph you have got to stop racing everywhere,” said

Santa laughing in joy.(In toy shop)Rudolph’s nose was shin-

ing bright while carefully strolling through the maker area where elves were work-ing on toys, and penguins were decorating presents. Finally, Rudolph entered Santa’s office. He saw San-ta crying and looking at his ginormous magic world ball where little lights went out in a town called Wonderson. When the little lights are glowing that means kids are still believing in Santa and when the lights go out that means kids have stopped be-lieving in Santa. So when the lights go out there’s a big sit-uation going on and we need to fix it fast before more lights go out.

“I-I don’t understand why children have stopped be-lieving in me,” Santa said still crying.

“Vix, get the sleigh ready because you and Rudolph

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are going to Wonderson,” snapped Santa getting a coat for Vix.

“Woo hoo!” shouted Vix. “I haven’t been on Santa’s sleigh in like... Forever!”

“The good thing is your lighter than Santa,” Rudolph replied. In a flash they ar-rived in Wonderson.

“Ok,” said Vix, “let’s start looking for that Christmas spirit thief that stopped kids from believing in Santa!”

“Are we going to walk?” asked Rudolph.

“Of course not, we’re go-ing to ride in the sleigh,” said Vix looking at the sleigh which wasn’t a sleigh any-more it was a red car with a sun roof at the top. Rudolph jumped behind the wheel and raced through the town.

“Hey who’s that guy over there talking to the children at the door?” asked Rudolph slamming on the brakes.

“Oh my gosh!” exclaimed Vix.

“What?” Rudolph asked in confusion.

“You spotted the thief,” stated Vix. “Now we can take him back to Santa.”

When Rudolph, Vix and the Christmas spirit thief got back to the North Pole, Santa was shocked by how quickly they had captured him. Santa put the thief in a class to learn a lesson about the spirit of Christmas. After the class Santa sprinkled him with dust so he wouldn’t re-member anything other than his lesson and sent him back to Wonderson. Santa gave Vix and Rudolph a treat, and he never complained about Rudolph’s racing again!

Snow Day By Cody Robb 5DOn the day of my birth-

day I got a new car. I had to go get groceries. Then I got in a crash because it was snowing. I was on the high-way from Lowell, my town. My name is Bob. I was in bad pain. I had to go to the hospital. They told me that

I’d broken my arm. I was in the hospital for a week. I survived. By the time I left the hospital it was snowing again, and it was Christmas Day! I got a truck that day! My mom was very sad that the crash happened, so she had bought me a truck. But I was okay. I’m 18 years old.

A few years later I had two kids. Their names were Troy and Less. It was a snowy Christmas again my kids were happy. They said, “Hey, dad, this is awesome!” I got a jet that Christmas.

Rudolph By Christopher Showers

5D“Rudolph you’re crazy!”

yells one of the elves. Ru-dolph is zooming all over the place super fast.

“Watch him,” exclaims one elf to another. “He is there! Then he’s there, there, there, there. He is flying at lightning speed.”

Suddenly, Rudolph hits Santa’s room. Santa wakes up and says, “Stop! Rudolph you are not leading the sleigh tomorrow with this kind of behavior.”

“Ok,” says Rudolph sadly as he starts trudging home.

His friend Frosty sees him and says,”You wanna go play?”

“No, I gotta have better behavior,” explains Ru-dolph.

“Okay, bye,” replies Frosty.

Rudolph ran inside be-cause it’s cold here in the North Pole. Rudolph’s mom says, “So how was work to-day buddy?”

“I don’t get to lead the sleigh tomorrow night be-cause I was not behaving.”

“That’s too bad buddy. I’m making your favorite dinner. We will talk about your day while we eat.”

——————The next day Rudolph

goes to work. He goes to Santa’s room and sees the mess he made. He gets

busy cleaning it up. Just as he is finishing Santa comes in the room. He has a sur-prised look on his face. Ru-dolph apologizes, “I’m sorry about everything.” Santa looks at Rudolph with jolly eyes and says, “Ru-dolph, I am proud of you!! You can pull my sleigh to-night! Ho! Ho! Ho!”

The Awesome Christmas By Diego CavanzonIt was a really beautiful

cold fall day, when my broth-er, sister and I woke up. We always liked the cold. We were excited about winter and Christmas coming. We love gifts. My family liked to be with my grandma and grandpa during holidays, but especially at Christmas.

Finally, Christmas was just a week away. Lina, Mar-co and I were so happy for Christmas. It was snowing outside. When Lina saw the snow, she asked mom why Santa hadn’t come yet.

Marco and I went to play outside because we want-ed to make a snowman. First we made a big round ball, rolling and rolling it in the snow until it was huge. We made two more big snowballs and tried to put them on top of each other. Then Marco went inside to ask her mom if she has some stuff to put on the snowman, and mom said yes. So Joe and Marco put the stuff on the snowman, and Joe was running around the snow-man. In a few minutes he threw up.

Then Marco was asking Joe if he was alright. Joe told him no. Marco took Joe home and yelled to mom that Joe was sick. Mom came and took Joe to the hospital. The doctor told mom that Joe was alright and that he shouldn’t play when he has just eaten. Joe had to stay in the house with Marco play-ing the rest of the day.

Lina was having an idea, and she was thinking about

a cookie pie. She asked her brothers if they wanted to make the cookie pie. They said yes. Then Lina went to ask her grandma if she could get the recipe, and her grand-ma told her yes. They made it, and it was delicious. They ate the whole cookie pie.

Sometime later Joe was getting sick. He was throw-ing up again and his mom took him to the hospital. Lat-er the doctor told mom that Joe would have to stay in the hospital for one week. Mom said thank you to the doctor. She asked if he would be al-right.

“Yes,” the doctor said. The week passed and Joe was ok. His mom came to pick him up from the hospi-tal on Christmas day. Joe was excited to be home opening the gifts, and the whole fam-ily was so happy. “Happy Christmas everybody,” Joe said.

Who Kidnapped the Elf By David Chen 5DWhen it was almost Christ-

mas Eve, an elf got taken from the bathroom at San-ta’s house. Mrs.Claus found the suit and screamed out loud, “Somebody kidnapped Johnny.” They called the po-lice officer at the North Pole named Bob. He came to in-vestigate.

After that Mrs.Claus start-ed crying. Rudolph was also crying and the other elves. They tried to figure out who kidnapped the elf. But one elf went to the bathroom and saw snow footprints outside.

They were small ones.Santa was sad and tried to

figure out who kidnapped the elf. “How would some-body come in the window when it was locked?” he wondered. “I think someone unlocked it.”

“Who left the house?” Santa asked everyone. No-body answered. Santa con-tinued,

“Whoever left the house is too nervous to tell me. Hm-mmm. You know whoever kidnapped the elf will not be going to Coney Island in New York next summer.”

“Santa is so worried about Johnny,” said one elf.

Suddenly Santa noticed the James’s shoes. They were tiny and covered in snow. “He was the one who left the house,” exclaimed Santa. “Nobody is kidnapping any of my elves in the North Pole. It was you, wasn’t it Mr.?” exclaimed Santa. “You left the house with the window open and not locked. Then you lied that you went to get candy. You didn’t. You kid-napped elf Johnny. Then you went to the candy room and got candy. Isn’t that right?” accused Santa.

“Right, I kidnapped him. I was mad at Johnny, but I was wrong to kidnap him,” said James.

“He’s in the trunk of the sleigh,” sobbed James.

Santa and the sheriff ran to the sleigh. When they opened the trunk they found Johnny happily eating candy canes. Santa asked, “Are you all right?”

Johnny replied, “Of course, I am alright. We were just playing.”

Santa realized that James had made a mistake, but he had never really planned to hurt Johnny. He asked Bob not to put him in prison. In-stead he talked with James about why he was mad at Johnny. Santa helped him understand a better way to solve his problem, and San-ta apologized for getting so angry instead of asking ques-tions.

Johnny, James, and Santa went back to living, happy and jolly lives.

Bill and Joe’s Reindeer Hunt

By Ely CrawfordDeep in Mint Hills, Bill,

a purple gorilla, and Joe, a mouse, were hanging their stockings and then some-thing hit the roof like a slap of a penguin’s belly. Some man came down the chim-ney with a bound. It was Saint Nick. Joe said, “Jeep-ers, it is Father Christmas.”

Bill said, “Why are you here?”

Santa put the toys in the stocking and sprang up the chimney. He sprang into his sleigh and flew out of sight. Bill and Joe heard him say, “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.” Then Santa crashed right into Mint Mountain and hit it with a splat.

Bill and Joe hopped into their super power station wagon. When they arrived at the crash site they found

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Santa, but there were only seven reindeer. Santa said, “Please go and get Don-ner and Rudolph. They are called...runners.” Bill and Joe climbed back into the super power station wagon. They could see Rudolph a mile away because of his shiny nose. They quickly caught Rudolph and then they saw Donner. It took al-most an hour, but they finely caught Donner. Santa flew away, and Christmas was saved.

P.B.E.F part 1 By Elijah Keller 5DI suppose you’re won-

dering what P.B.E.F stands for. Well, okay, if you really want to know it stands for Present Bomber Elf Force. We are part of an elite Air Force, but instead of bombs we drop presents. Have you ever wondered how Santa gets all around the world in one night? Well on Christ-mas Eve he stays at a giant hangar at the North Pole where all the pilot elves like my brother each are as-signed a child and it’s pres-ent. Then they fly from the hangar, go to the houses, drop the presents into the chimneys, and fly back to the hangar. But me, I’m not a pilot elf, I am a mission control elf. Oh, sorry I for-got to introduce myself. I am Mark and my story is about one very special Christmas. Christmas Eve, North Pole.

“Santa what are we going to do,” questioned Santa’s head elf.

2 hours earlier“Brother give us the cue,”

exclaimed my brother.“Okay, ho, ho, go,” I re-

plied.“Sir, I’m almost to the first

house,” said my brother.“Is the present locked and

loaded,” I asked.“Affirmative, sir,” he an-

swered back.“Ok, line it up and drop

it.” I reminded him.“Yes, sir, almost there, got

it.” He bragged to me and all the elves.

“Sir, all the others pres-ents have been delivered,” the elf pilots reported.

“Are you sure?” I ques-tioned.

“Yes, sir,” he said.12:17am Christmas morn-

ing.“Sir,” said the other mis-

sion control elf.“Yes, what is going on?” I

asked.“Turns out that we forgot

a child,” he said in a quiet voice.

“What? It’s already Christmas morning, where is the present?” I cried.

“At anti-Santa’s house, in the South Pole,” he an-nounced.

To be continued in part 2(Just kidding there is no

part 2…yet)

Rudolph and Jolly Joe By Jose Castro 5DRudolph and his friend

Jolly Joe, the squirrel, were playing in a big pile of snow.Jolly Joe had told Rudolph he was going to go to his nest and decorate it up with some jolly Christmas lights and also with a little jolly tree.Rudolph wanted to help, but he couldn’t climb like Jolly Joe.Rudolph had an idea.He would get the magic powder.He went to Santa’s house and got the magic powder but without asking Santa first.

Later that same day, San-ta started wondering where he had left the magic pow-der. Meanwhile, Rudolph poured the magic powder on himself.”Ok Jolly Joe, I’m ready.Lets do this!” yelled Rudolph.

“Ok Rudolph are you sure you won’t get in trouble with Santa?” asked Jolly Joe.

“No,I won’t” said Rudolph“You sure?” asked Jolly

Joe.“Yup,” said Rudolph. Ru-

dolph and Jolly Joe started to decorate the tree. Ru-dolph loved flying around

the enormous tree hanging up bright Christmas lights. Flying was more fun than a snowball fight.

Meanwhile Santa was starting to panic. He didn’t find the magic powder any-where, so he started to check with the each of the elves. Finally he looked for the the reindeer who were resting in their stalls. Rudolph slipped into his quietly. Santa started asking each reindeer about the magic powder. Rudolph admitted to Santa that he took the magic powder. Ru-dolph checked in his stall, but the magic powder wasn’t anywhere. Rudolph worried-ly said,”I probably dropped the magic powder at Jolly Joe’s house, Santa.”

Rudolph and Santa went to check at Jolly Joe’s tree and nothing was there. Ru-dolph checked everywhere except not in the squirrel’s burrow. Rudolph said, “San-ta I think it’s in Jolly Joe’s burrow.”

“Ok let’s go check, Ru-dolph,” said Santa. Finally they found the magic pow-der. “Don’t ever do this again, Rudolph,” said Santa.

“I promise, Santa,” said Rudolph .Everybody was happy about the magic pow-der being back. Jolly Joe made lots of nut treats for everyone because the magic powder was back and Santa brought Christmas candy to all of the elves and reindeer.

Santa’s in Trouble By Jessinda Davenport 5DIn Santa’s work shop

there was trouble brewing! The elves had too much time on their hands. Some were pranking Santa! San-ta was not happy. The elves were turning back calendars and opening presents. San-ta needed help and fast, or all the presents would be opened before Christmas! If this pranking continued all the good little girls and boys would not get a present from Santa. So he called in the

most feared person in the land. Willow!

Now, I know that name doesn’t sound like it belongs to someone who is scary or mean, but she was! Willow would yell, and make the elves do what she said or they would get punished! When all the elves saw her they ran and hid! But her arrival just made the pranks worse! The elves completely STOPPED making toys!

Santa was furious! So he told Willow to start making them shape up or she was fired! The elves were furi-ous at Santa. They were just trying to have fun! But San-ta didn’t see their pranks as fun. He thought that they were misbehaving! The elves didn’t want Willow to get fired so they did what they were supposed to do. Even though they thought that Santa was being overly dra-matic. Santa was so happy, and so was Willow! Willow

stopped yelling at the elves and lead them with kind-ness. The elves were doing what they were supposed to do! Santa saved Christmas and there was a happy New Year!!!!!!!

No SNOW! By Jhoana OlmosIt was Christmas Eve and

Eve woke up so happy think-ing there would be snow falling outside. Instead she saw nothing on the ground and nothing falling. She was crushed, and she couldn’t stop crying of sadness. She cried and her mother came in and said, “Honey, is some-thing wrong?”

Eve replied, “There is no snow! I waited and waited for months to see snow and to go outside and play with the snow. I wanted to show my little sister her first year of snow and what it looks like, but there is nothing to show!”

Her mother replied, “It’s only Christmas Eve. To-morrow is Christmas Day. It might snow tomorrow. Okay?!”

Eve asked, “Are you sure mother it will snow instead of rain?”

Eve’s mother answered, “I’m not sure it’s going to rain, but I’m think it’s going to snow. But anyways come down stairs. You need to eat breakfast”

Eve responded, “Okay, mother, I will be right down there.”

“Mmmmmm, that was some yummy breakfast .Thank you mother for the delicious breakfast, but I’m still sad about the snow. I wish it snowed when I want-ed it to,” explained Eve.

Mother reminded, “You know what I said. Right, hon? I said that today is Christmas Eve and that to-morrow is Christmas Day. Ok? The snow is probably

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not ready to fall.”Eve fussed, “Oh I just

can’t wait for tomorrow! I’m going to brush my teeth ok mother?”

Mother replied, “Okay, hon.” So then Eve went to brush her teeth. When she was finished, her little sis-ter had woken up. Eve went downstairs to tell her mother that her little sister had wo-ken up. Her mother ran up-stairs to the room that was right next door from Eve’s.

Mom opened the door and grabbed Sky and said, “There, there, Sky don’t cry I’m here now. I’m going downstairs to give her her bottle.”

The rest of the day was or-dinary and boring for Eve.

The next morning it was Christmas Day, and Eve was for sure it was going to snow. She looked out her window and she saw NOTH-ING again. She started to cry again her mother came in and asked, “Hon, why are you crying? Is some-thing wrong again?” Mother looked out the window and she knew why Eve was cry-ing. Mother gave Eve a hug and said, “I’m sorry it was not the day for the snow. I had a feeling there would be no snow again”

Eve replied, “I thought you said there would be snow, but there is nothing! For the second time!”

Mother replied, “Trust me honey, the snow is probably not ready to fall now. I’m go-ing to make breakfast, okay? While I’m at it go take a shower and then brush your teeth!” Mother went down-stairs to get breakfast ready. When Eve was finished she went downstairs to the breakfast that Mother had made. After Eve got down there her mother asked her if she felt better.

Eve replied, “Yes, a little bit. I feel a bit better.”

Time passes by and Eve was starting to get bored. Suddenly she heard a knock

at the door. Eve opened the door. It was her friend Misty. Misty said, “Hey, Eve, I thought I’d probably come to your house since there is no snow out”

Eve replied, “Okay, come on in. I’m also a bit bored since there is no snow falling outside”

Later on as they played Eve saw a tiny white speck on her window. She ran to the window and yelled, “ SNOW!!” Misty looked over to where Eve was look-ing. She said, “Finally some snow. I’m going home to get my snow pants! Kk see you later.”

Eve’s mother came in and asked, “What’s all the yelling about?

“MOTHER IT IS SNOW-ING,” squealed Eve.

Eve’s mother replied, “Really?! Oh my let’s see”

Eve said to her mother, “May you please put on Sky’s winter stuff on so we can play outside, so I can fi-nally show my little sister her first year of winter and how snow looks like?”

Mother replied, “Okay!” When mother finished put-ting on Sky’s winter stuff they went outside and had tons of fun.

Redneck Gummy Bears By Katlin Reney ClarkA long time ago I was a

baby gummy bear. Actually I was a redneck gummy bear. I had a redneck because every time it snowed I got the gum-my pox .When little gummy bears get the gummy pox it means they get little red happy faces on their bodies. Mine showed up on my neck. I had to stay inside while I was sick. I didn’t like winter because it made me feel sad as I watched the other gum-my bears get to have fun and play in the snow. I could nev-er do that because I was sick every winter for my first five years.

Oops, I forgot about that part. I just turned six years

old. Gummy bears stop get-ting sick when they turn six, so I don’t have gummy pox anymore even when it snows pink cotton candy. That means I can go out and play in the snow and play with all my gummy bear friends, and now I love winter.

The Summer Winter By Michael GalvezIt was a regular summer

day and then, “Kabooooom !!!” I was awakened by the sound. I was confused, but then I remembered I was going to go swimming today with my friends. But when I went outside…. I couldn’t

go outside… because when I opened the door snow fell on me. I got up and I was freezing.

My mom and my broth-er, Jonathan, came in and said surprised, “What in the world? What is going on?”

“I don’t know. I just want-ed to go swimming with my friends and this happened.” And so Michael got all his gear on and went outside to see his friend Dale and his brother Jonathan. Michael met them at the square.

“What is going on?” asked Michael.

“I don’t know,” said Dale.Dale and Jonathan were

worried.“The snow came at the

blink of an eye. Well we will just have to deal with it,” said Michael with sadness.

Days went by making it feel like years, but then one day Michael, got a letter from the North Pole. He read it:

Dear Michael,You might be wondering

what happened to your sum-mer. Well it was me, Evil Santa Claus. So if you want your summer back come and get me. Hahahahahaha.

Yours evilly,Evil SantaThe boys knew that they

had to go to the North Pole. So they got all of their things ready and went to the airport. They all got on a plane and headed to the North. When they got there it was colder than it had ever been before. It was so cold even the polar bears were scared. The three boys knew that this walk would be life threatening.

Five days later, the boys had been taking shelter in a cave. Michael stayed watch one night. That night he saw something glowing on the

ground, so he went to go find out what it could be. He looked down at the glowing light and saw a button. He pushed it, and a doorway briefly opened to Santa’s workshop, so he woke up Dale and Jonathan.

“Guys, I found the way to Santa’s work-shop,” said Michael as he pointed to the wall.Dale and Jonathan were so confused. Michael pressed the button that looked like a chunk of ice, and the door opened surprising Dale and Jonathan. The three boys went inside, and no one was there. It was so quiet. The only thing there was snow. The boys saw all kinds of lights. Then suddenly they saw Santa Claus. He didn’t look like Evil Santa Claus.

“What is going on here,” asked Michael.

“Oh no! You found me,” said Santa sarcastically.

“Who are you,” asked Mi-chael.

“I’m Evil Santa.”“So where is the good

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“So you’re the real San-ta?”

“Yes, it his body, but I am in his mind. I am controlling him from the South Pole.”

“What?” questioned Mi-chael.

“Enough talk. Come and get me if you want your sum-mer back.”

So then Santa, well Evil Santa, got a snowball ma-chine and started to fire. Michael ran for cover and so did Jonathan and Dale. Mi-chael then saw Rudolph.

“Knock Santa’s hat off,” said Rudolph.

Michael grabbed a snow-ball and threw it at the snow-ball machine, and it explod-ed. Then Michael had a clear shot, and he took it. The sec-ond snowball knocked the hat right off of Santa’s head. When the hat came off there was a magical reaction.

Santa suddenly shouted, “Happy Birthday!”

The boys realized the Evil Santa’s power had been va-porized. The real Santa was back, although he was very confused. The boys left Ru-dolph to explain everything, and they flew back home and went swimming!

The Children at Christmas By Marisol Perez 5DOn Christmas Eve Santa

comes to bring toys to Alex-andra. Her brother, Brian, told her that it was almost Christmas. They were both very happy and excited.

The elves helped Santa put Brian and Alexandra’s spe-cial gifts in the sleigh. Santa and the reindeer left. While the children were sleeping, Santa slid down their chim-ney. He left Alexandra a beautiful doll and Brian a blue shiny bike.

The next morning they woke up and were so happy with their presents.

The Christmas Tree By Nancy Montoya 5D

“Mom! Yay! You are here ! Can we please get a Christ-mas tree? Please?” begged

Avery as her mom walked in the front door.

“Yes, sure let’s go buy one,” said Ellen, her mom. “Go get in the car.”

“Mom,” said Avery. “What color are we going to get for the Christmas tree?”

“What do you mean?” asked Ellen.

Avery said ,”There are green, white, and silver trees. What color are we going to get?”

Ellen replied , “I don’t know, but I thought you meant like purple or blue colors of trees.”

“Mom don’t be silly,” laughed Avery.

(At store)“Yay! We are here! Mom,

I decided I want a white tree, because it looks like it snowed on it,” said Avery.

“Ok, this one it is!” replied Avery’s mom.

“Mom can we also buy ornaments to decorate the tree?” asked Avery.

“Sure,” said her mom.(At home)“Mom, can you help me

decorate the tree?” asked Avery.

“Not right now, I have work to do, but you can start decorating,” answered Ellen.

Avery was not happy that she was decorating the tree alone. She decided to put the tree in her room since she was doing the work.

Later that day, Avery’s big brother came to the liv-ing room. “Hey, where’s the tree? Why does she get the tree in her room?” asked Stan when he saw it in Av-ery’s room. “Can’t it be in my room, not hers?” begged Stan .

Then Avery’s sister came to the living room. “Hey ! I did not know we had a Christmas tree! Why is it in Avery’s room? Can I have it in my room please,” begged Cloe. So then the three kids started fighting for the tree.

This is what Ellen did, she yelled, “STOP EVERY-BODY ! We’ll put it in the

living room, if everyone will work together to decorate it, okay?”

The three kids agreed and they had a wonderful Christ-mas and a beautiful white tree.

Nightmare on Christmas Eve

By Noemi Vega 5D“HEY, Santa get up! It’s

Christmas Eve you have to get up so we can deliver toys!” yelled Rudolph.

“I will, I just have to get fattened up!” replied Santa to Rudolph.

Santa quickly sucked up the magic fattening gas. He became as fat as an elephant!

“Penelope get me my hat. Let’s go!” declared Santa.

“ U m m m … … S a n t a ? ” asked Penelope.

“Yes Penelope?” ques-tioned Santa.

“Your beard sir……San-ta it’s.…well, it’s GONE!!” cried Penelope.

“What are you talking about Penelope?!” won-dered Santa.

Penelope handed Santa a peppermint mirror.

“WELL!!! Mighty pep-permint swirl! My beard it is gone! Who did this to me?” screeched Santa. “Nobody will know it’s me!!!

“Santa, nobody knows it is you any year! Everybody is asleep when you deliver toys!” reassured Penelope.

“Yes they do! Those little spies that pretend to sleep on the couch are always peeking out from the covers!” de-clared Santa.

“Santa those are cats!” ar-gued Penelope.

“Well Penelope THEY know me!” yelled Santa.

——————Meanwhile at the

lab.............“Santa we are searching

for everybody on the naugh-ty list that could have shaved your beard off! I think we found our guy......well......elf. Her name is Nora. She is in the bear room!” informed

Penelope.“Okay, let’s go!’ squeled

Rudolph.——————5 minutes later at

the bear room.........Santa, Rudolph, and Penelo-pe entered and saw Nora. She had Santa’s long white hair on her head like a wig!!!

“Nora give me back my beard. Now!” demanded Santa.

Nora took off the hair and threw it into the bear she was making and sewed it in. The beard was lost in the bear. Santa had a meltdown! He got his scissors and cut off the head. He dug into the head and he found his white beard. He then glued it on his face!

He went to the first house of the night and went down the chimney. He got a pres-ent and put it on the mantel. His beard fell off! There it lay for 45 minutes, then San-ta noticed and went back and

got his beard and glued it back on! In the morning the child woke up and saw white curly hair on the mantel, she knew whose it was...........SANTAS!!!

Spike Saves the Day By Samantha Sisk 5DIt was a snowy day, and

I was decorating the tree. I have some cool ornaments to hang on the tree. I have Rudolph, a cool penguin that is eating a cookie, and a po-lar bear eating an ice cream cone. and Santa’s sleigh with a bag of gifts inside of it. I also have a big snowflake. It is my favorite. My mom gave it to me for a gift.

When I finished deco-rating the tree my brother asked if I wanted to go out to play in the snow with Spike and him. My brother has a dragon. His name is Spike. He quacks like a duck. He is black and white with big wings. Spike is funny when

he plays in the snow. Spike ate snowflakes and he likes snowflakes. When Spike came in Josh made cocoa for me and Spike. We were about to watch Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer when out of nowhere we heard a thump on the roof. IT WAS SANTA!

“My sleigh broke down and I need your help,” said Santa.

“Ok, Santa, we will help you,” said Sam. “Get on Spike, Santa. He is very fast when he is flying, so we can fly you somewhere for sleigh parts. We will have the job done in an hour or so.”

We were almost done when Santa asked, “Would you like to finish delivering gifts with me and go to the North Pole? I have some-thing for you and Spike to thank you for saving Christ-mas.”

Of course, we said yes! When we arrived at the

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The Statue By Tyler Binning“Why?! Why?! “ Mrs.

Claus cried blowing into a tissue. “Why did Medusa have to turn Santa into stone. Why?” she cried again. Jeff, the main elf, just shook his head and continued giving her tissues.

That evening all the elves went to a meeting in the House of Elves. At the meeting one elf cried out, “WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!”

Another bawled “WHO’S GOING TO BE SANTA!”

“How can we turn Santa back into a person instead of a statue?” asked another thoughtfully.

Jeff hit the table with his gavel and yelled, “ORDER!” Then told them, “I have anexpert here to help us.........Medusa’s sister, Drone .”

Some elves shouted, “HOW DO WE KNOW SHE WILL NOT KILL US ALL!!” There was a big commotion. Jeff slammed the table with his gavel again. It became silent. Jeff asked Drone, “Is there a way to cure Santa?”

“Yes,” she said, “you would have to travel to the underworld and cut a piece of Medusa’s hair off her head. But the only way you can do that is by slicing it with a broken mirror. Then you would have to bring the hair to Santa and set it on his feet. Don’t forget you can’t look at her!” she said quickly and disappeared.

Then Jeff sputtered, “Who is going to volunteer to go?”

Rudolph walked in and announced, “I will do it!”

“So you will go to the under-world and cut a piece of Me-dusa’s hair,” questioned Jeff.“Noooo…. I thought peo-ple were volunteering to be Santa,” Rudolph said in

disappointment.Then Mrs. Claus’s son

Deem entered the House of Elves and exclaimed, “I will do it!”

“Agreed,” Jeff declared hitting his gavel on the table.

“But I will need a team,” Deem said. The room went dead quiet. He pointed at four Elves including Jeff.

The four elves were trem-bling with fear as they went out the door to get started right away. Jeff said, “The only way to go to the under-world is to go deep under water at the South Pole.”

Deem and the elves walked to the giant sled and flew through the air for about 6 hours. When they reached the South Pole they walked on to the cold, icy desert to the shore. “Let’s hurry and get this done and over with,” Deem advised. They jumped into the icy cold water with scuba gear on. Then in a flash they were in the under-world. Deem looked behind him and there were multiple colors swirling around in a wall like shape.

They soon figured out that the swirling colors were dis-guising Medusa.

“Hand the mirror to me, Jeff, “ demanded Deem.

Jeff tossed the mirror to Deem. Deem threw the mirror at Medusa with-out looking her in the eye. It just barely hit her. A snakelike strand of hair was flung away from her head.Deem swam over to it, and he and all of the elves took off for the surface. Then they raced across the cold icy des-ert and quickly got on the sled. They soared back to the North Pole.

They took the magical piece of Medusa’s hair and set it on Santa’s feet. The Santa statue creaked and cracked as Santa awoke. With curiosity he asked what happened. Deem told him the whole story. Thanks to the bravery of Deem and the elves Christmas was back to

normal.

The Snow Cave By Will Cook 5DDeep in eighty feet of

snow was the snow cave. When I saw how deep it was I fell into the hole and fell for 22 feet with lots of growling, screaming and ice! I did not see icicles just a gi-ant ice slide. I slipped and fell some more to the bot-tom of the hole. I looked all around the snow cave for an escape. Eventually I found a trip wire. When I pulled it a trap finally let me free! I had been in the cave for a few weeks of school. Thank goodness I had been wearing my survival gear, a backpack full of supplies, and some firewood when I slipped into the hole.

I have a long day ahead with lots of explaining. May-be the best way for me to get the word out about what happened and that I’m OK is an email to all of my friends and family.

Christmas By Kobe Woods 5DChristmas is for little kids

and big kids.Kids like Santa because he

brings them presents.He gave me my M&M

shirt.It is red.I like M&Ms and Christ-

mas a lot.

By Shania Brakes 5D“Oh, there you are baby!

Boo, you keep on crawling out of your bed. I hope on Christmas you don’t crawl out and rip all your gifts up. Come on let’s go make breakfast. So what will it be baby Boo? Eggs, bacon, hash browns, or biscuits?” asked Boo’s mommy, Marilyn.

——————After the long night deliv-

ering presents Santa jumped off his sleigh and went to change into his sweats. When he entered his office he was startled by what he found.

“It’s about time, Santa!” Elf greeted Santa nervously.

“Is that a baby lying on our couch?” Santa asked. “Say, it is a baby! What is it doing here?”

“I don’t know Santa,” Elf exclaimed.

“Did you leave the doors unlocked?” Santa com-plained.

“No Santa! We found it in your bag when we were unloading your sleigh. We have to pull the panic button. Someone will say you are a kidnapper,” Elf worried.

“No, we have to play it cool, and don’t tell the other elves or my wife or they will panic,” Santa said fearlessly.

“What will we do with the baby?” questioned the elf.

“I have a plan, and it has to happen soon. For now we have to take care of the baby. I will tell Mrs. Claus I need to take a business trip. Then we will take him back to his house.”

Later Santa and his elf

were preparing for take-off. Santa called, “Time for our check. Baby - check, rein-deer - check.”

“Santa you have every-thing. You need to get going. Have a safe trip!”

“I always do! Remember to keep Mrs. Claus busy. Ready, set, go reindeer!” yelled Santa as he flew off.

“Ok, so you live right here, baby. Good, your mom’s here, and she is still asleep and so is your dad. Baby Boo, it was so fun getting to know you, but you have to go back to your own family. Here is your drop off. Bye baby Boo!”

As Santa flew away he said to himself, “I need to check my bag when I leave more carefully.”

——————Marilyn was startled

awake. “What was that scratching noise? Wait a minute someone is in the living room. It sounds like a baby. You don’t suppose it

is baby Boo? Let’s go see if it is it is.” Marilyn ran to the living room and found baby Boo just starting to rip into his presents.

“Oh baby! You have crawled out of your crib again!”

Christmas Boy By Joshua EspericuetaOne day there was a boy

named Carlos who want-ed to go and get Christmas presents for his family. He had some money because he worked on a neighbor’s farm. He wanted to go to the store, but it was far away. He lived in the country down a gravel road. The nearest town was ten miles away.

He thought about the train that went close to his house, but it flew by 80 miles per hour, so his only choice was to walk. He didn’t want to disappoint his family, so he walked for three hours to go to the store. It was freezing cold, below 27 degrees.

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He bought clothes for gifts because his family need-ed clothes. His total was $384.00.

Then he started walking back home. The wind was really blowing and his bags were heavy. Snow started to fall. It took him four hours to walk back because he was so cold and tired. He even fell in the snow. His hands and feet felt frozen.

His family was so happy that he made it home final-ly. They helped warm him by turning up the heater and rubbing his hands and feet. He drank hot chocolate.

His family liked the gifts, but they were sad that he could have died from hy-pothermia. He was glad he walked the twenty miles.

The Epic Snowball Fight By Allen Jaeger 5B“There is 9 inches of snow

outside” said bill. “Oh good for you” said Joey.”Really Joey?” Said bill.

“Ya you got a problem with that said Joey. “Nope” said bill. “Ok” said Joey.

“Want to have a snowball fight?” said Joey. “Sure” said bill.

“I get the first throw’’ said Joey.”Oh fine” said bill

As are fellow friends build their snow forts we shall wait till the battle starts.

1 hr and 23 minutes later the friends have finally com-pleted their snow forts and are ready to battle.

5 4 3 2 1let the battle begin.Joey chucks the ball

across the yard,bill dodg-es the snowball and throws one right back athim,this time it went way over joeys fort and hit there cat. Now was jo-eys chance he quicklygrabbed a snowball and took aim and threw it right at bill but bill wasn’t looking and the snowball hit him right in the face. Bill flew to the ground and didn’t worry about his face he grabbed 5

snowballs and rapidly threw them at Joey, the first one hit his shoulder the second hit is elbow the third one hit his thigh the fourth one hit his foot and the last one hit his stomach.

After Joey got nailed he flew to the ground and laid there for 10 minutes then he gave up and bill won the fight.

By Calen Brown 5BThe BEST Christmas’s I

have EVER had was all of them. I don’t really care if I get presents. All I really want for Christmas is love, happiness, and thankfulness. I think that when you are cel-ebrating Christmas you are celebrating your life. Christ-mas is when Jesus was born. Jesus made your parents and they made you. So that is my story of the my BEST Christ-mas EVER was.

The BEST Christmas present I have EVER gotten was my phone cause I have always wanted a phone and I got one. I have had my phone for two years. I’ve only lost it twice, the first time I have ever lost it was in the car, the second time I have lost it was in my closet. The other pres-ent that was the best was my tablet and I played on it a lot but I can’t find the charger so I haven’t played on it for awhile, so I have to get a new charger for it. So those were the two BEST two presents I have EVER gotten!

By Kaylee Snyder 5BOnce upon a time their

was a newborn baby boy reindeer his parents were thinking of a name to name him because it is a tradition to name your baby after it comes to the world...oh and this is happening in the North Pole where Santa is. The parents finally named him Rudolph at the same time not to far away a baby girl reindeer was named Clarice. Rudolph’s parents are Donnor and his mother

Mitzi she also refers to Mrs. Donnor. Just six months af-ter he was born he joined the reindeer games and ev-eryone their laughed at him except for Clarice. Rudolph took off running and Clarice followed him. Soon the rein-deer games were over for that day but Rudolph knew he would have to go back to-morrow. After a few days of getting to know each other Rudolph and Clarice started to date. The next Christmas Rudolph was asked to use his nose in a foggy mission to deliver the presents to all the boys and girls.

Fifteen years later they had a baby I can’t tell you what happens next because I think that they are making another movie about them.

The Winter Mystery By Eli Gallardo 5BThere was a town called

Osceola people say that San-ta is real but no one ever had any eve dens but a boy once saw him him.Santa was suprised that a boy saw him. Santa gave some hot milk to the child and took off.When the boy woke up he wondered hoo was Santa. He made a chart of all the people he knew he did not have a clue but then it hit him when he saw the family photo. It showed his grand-pa with a great big white beard and then he.knew his grandpa was Santa and then he raced to grandpa and said your Santa! Grandpa said who told you? The boy said no one I found out out my-self. His grandpa ereast his memory when he was not looking.

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the dog. It is really old and ripped. I had it when I was nine. I am nice to him and I still take care of him. My brother got a big dog with stuffing in it. My brother got the dog then he opened it. He took all the stuffing out of the dog! We were all in my mom’s room, then he just took it out of the package and pulled all of the stuffing out. When we came back to the living room the stuffing was all over. My brother put some on his head. My sister laughed so hard she got a pain in her side because my brother look very funny.

The Christmas dream By Josue Torres 5B“I was gonna go to bed but

I heard this thump on the window. I went running to my mom andsaid mom,mom Santas here.Go back to sleep bill.But mom Santas here. Go back to sleep! I can’t be-lieve it my mom didn’t be-lieve me so I went running downstairs I heard the thump again. next thing I know the cookies and the milk were gone now I knew that Santa was here. I checked every-where in the house but final-ly I saw him outside. I went running out there I think he was hurt next thing I know I’m right beside him and he said, son I’m hurt you need to be Santa for this night. I put on the suit and I get in the sled I can’t believe it. I was Santa for the night and I saw Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and his friends. then I start my journey first country I went to was Mex-ico I stopped at every house and ate all the cookies and milk I dropped off the pres-ents and went to the next country, to next and to the next. But a the last house I couldn’t believe it a kid saw me and it was my best friend billy. I told him to go back to sleep but he would not I told him if he didn’t go back to sleep I would put him on the

naughty list. But he didn’t go so I did a deal to him that if he told nobody I’ll give him some more presents but right when he was gonna go to sleep I erased his memory of that night and I left. I fin-ished being Santa Claus and I went to sleep when I woke up my suit was gone and ev-erything but itwas only just a dream”.

By Jesse 5BI thought my worst Christ-

mas was when I got clothes, because I wanted to have toys when I was five years old. I was being so good. Then I got clothes.

I went to my cousin’s house to have another Christmas, which is when my Christmas got better. They gave me lots of toys. I was five and I got a little plastic wood shop with tools. I was happier than ever. I played with those toys for two years.

I was so happy and excited. My parents let me stay at my cousin’s house for the wholeChristmas day and night. I was happy too that there was a trampo-line outside my cousin’shouse. We jumped and jumped laughing and play-ing.

The next morning we were amazed because it was my cousin’s birth-day and the party andplaying continued. We were grateful to get to play to-gether. We even got to swim in their pool for his birthday. My cousin’s name is Andy, but he lives in Sullivan Texas

itis nice and warm in Texas.

Why is Santa so large By Colby 5BEveryone knows San-

ta is large but no one knows why. And I am going to tell you why.It all started a long time ago Santa invented a shrink ray for his elves because his elves were too big always getting in the way. So Santa decided to shrink them so they would be easier to get around. But one of the elves found out and told the oth-ers they decided they would steal it while he was sleep-ing and put it in a present. And Santa wouldn’t know.After that Santa looked for the ray but never found it until one day ten years later. When the kid who got the shrink ray and opened it he asked,” dad why did I get a gun forChristmas?”Then his dad took it and said,” I don’t know you can have it when your older.”

Ten years later when Santa finally found it he took an elf with him to the house he bustedthe door and said,”-give me the shrink ray!” The dad said,” you mean the gun my son got forChristmas ten years ago!” “Yes!” Said Santa. The dad quickly got it and gave it to Santa. Then Santa said,”now let’s see if it works?” San-ta turned and shot it at his elve but the elve grabbed a plate and the shot bounced off the plate and hit San-

ta and he turned large.I know what you’re thinking it was a shrink. Then why did he turn large. The reason he turned large is because the dad play around with it and turned it into a large making ray.

Santa’s comin to town By Gabe 5BHi my name is jake I’m

turning 12 tomorrow and to-morrow is Christmas Day so now we’re at the mall shop-ping for everyone but me it sucks right what is the point for shopping if it’s not for you I mean what’s the point. So any ways were in a big hurry to get stuff for every-body witch is boring because my mom keeps fighting over stuff with other people witch is embarrassing.any ways as I was later that night I was sleeping when I heard a loud bang on the roof so me being curious I went out side and looked at the roof and I saw Santa I was so shocked that I almost screamed and Santa said “hey ah ah ah jake can you give me a hand please” and I said “sure”

Christmas Hater... By Takeisha 5BSara was walking outside

she saw one single snowflake and ran inside she hates snow and she hates Christ-mas. She hated her family because they would decorate the house like there’s no to-morrow she hated that peo-ple acted like Christmas was the best holiday ever. The only thing she liked was the

presents but she never got good ones. She is a good kid but she doesn’t like Christ-mas.

When it came to Christ-mas she would just sleep in until it was 12:00 PM but this year she decided to enjoy Christmas, so she went out-side and played in the snow and thought to herself the snow isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Later when her two brothers and two sisters went outside to have a snow-ball fight she asked if she could join them. Their jaws dropped down and stayed that way for two minutes when Sara asked again, this time they acted a little more normal.

Later that evening they were eating and Sara fin-ished first so she quickly got up and started to get the Christmas decorations out, but she decided to leave the tree until her parents were done eating. She started hanging things up as fast as a cheetah could run. By the time her family was done eating she had all the deco-rations up. They were walk-ing by and saw a sparkle in the corner of their eye and quickly scurried into the liv-ing room one after another all amazed about what they saw. It was even better than her parents decorating.

The next day it was Christ-

mas! Sara woke up at five thirty sharp and there she saw was the biggest present in the room she ran over to see who it was for and sure enough it was for her, she started to cheer so loud she woke up her neighbors. She tore it open even before she read the letter it was the best sled in the hole world. She was going to wake up her family when she saw the note it read

Dear Sara, I know that at first you didn’t like Christ-mas but I always knew you had the joy inside you to get used to it.

Sincerely your friend, Saint Nicholas

Sara ran to her brothers and her sisters room and started shouting and woke them up. She started to tell them about the note but she wouldn’t let them hold it. She always kept that note with her. One Christmas she got to see Santa but she nev-er told anyone before. She was a Christmas hater but now she’s a Christmas lover.

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aunts, uncles and cousins came over to our house and we had already opened presents from them. We ate Guatemalatamales made out of corn that mymom and I had made. We listened to Christmas music, talked, laughed and played.

So, when we woke up and there were more presents, we were so excited. We watchedcartoons waiting for my par-ents to wake up. My little brother fell asleep again on the couch. Finally my dad woke up. My mom was too tired.

So me and my sister got the same shirt and we took pictures as a family and we had a little bit of tamales and played in the snow and we had a snow fight against my dad and I and I was happy to have fun with my family. Merry Christmas Everybody

Frosty the snowman By Sophia Hicks 5BIt was a week before Christ-

mas,all the kids were drawing pictures of Christmas trees in the windows. The teacher Miss.Hill came in and told the class they had a guest visitor coming in at 12:30 pm, “okay class lets get our math done before the visitor comes”, said Miss.Hill. It was 11:55 and the guest came early. He was doing a magic trick for the kids. He was doing the old bunny in the hat trick. But all of a sudden there was no bun-ny the bunny was somewhere in the class room . “Ok now kids where is the bunny” said the magician. “ok kids were did you put it” ,Said miss.Hill. “ we didn’t touch the bunny Miss.Hill”. Said the class. Well it was time for re-cess. So the kids went outside and built a snowman it was all built. “ what are we going to call him” said Sally . “Well I don’t know” said Timmy. “Oo how about frosty, frosty the snowman” said Sally. “ ok I like that name that’s per-fect” said Timmy.Then all of the kids joins hands and start-

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By JAXAYRA 5B“Happy Christmas To all :

Who are good on Christmas Eve & all YEAR ( even if I hate you) !” “Winter is white Tonight!” “Winter Is bright Tonight!” “You get surpris-es On your face! “ “When you get prises You earn For being good tonight! “ “Be good!” “Be good !” “No Bad!” “No Bad!” “So you get P.R.E.S.E.N.T.S ,.... On Christmas Eve!”

By Aleigha 5BMy list for Christmas. Tab-

let. IPad. All the iPhones that they made. iPod. Xbox 360. Kindle fire. Money. Healthy baby brother or sister. That my step dads surgery goes ok. For a good Christmas year For a good thanksgiving din-ner. And awesome games for the Xbox that I like so I don’t get board all the time.

By Tailor 5BDear Santa, There are only

two things I want for Christ-mas Legos friends and long socks but mainly the socks. Your friend, Tailor

This is all the things I want for Christmas

By David 5BPS4 Xbox one PS3 games

PS3 controller Flat screen tv Assassins creed rogue PS3 Farming simulator 2015 Kin-dle fire hd x Xbox 360 Mon-ey

By Ryleigh Luce 5BDear Santa Claus I

want a IPod touch 5 for Christmas and a com-puter and roller skatesfor when it is my birthday so I can ride on them on the cement and a mustache casefor my I-pod touch 5 if you get me one and a pretty but if you get me a iPod touch 5 Iwant the case sparkly case. I want a desk to do my home-work on and so I can put mypaper inside of it so I can stick it in so I know we’re my notebooks are if I want themout. I also want footed pjs. I also want the clothes for my American doll and I want thecase for my iPad that you can get at justice that it stands up without you holding it andyou can sit it on your lap and it will not fall and if they have green I want green I wantblue or pink or what

ever color they have. I also want a BIG PACK OF REALLY GOODMechanical PENCILS. I REALLY WANT an IPOD TOUCH AND a X-BOX 360 WITHTHREE CONTROLLERS.

By Clay Allen 5BWhat I want for Christmas

is a• Play station 3• Xbox 360 hard drive• A iPad• A signed NFL football• A signed Chicago Bears

jersey• A Chicago Bears poster• Remote controlled boat

and truck• A real life Chicago bears

helmetAnd that’s what I want for

Christmas Santa Claus

My Favorite Holiday By lupita Hernandez

Avalos 5BAt Christmas it is Je-

sus’ birthday. At Christ-mas we celebrate with our family.Then we play

with our new toys. Then we make a big snowman with snow. The whole family dec-orates our Christmas tree.In my family we love to sing Christmas songs. I love to give gifts to my family.

Mrs.Lewis loves to cook cookies at Christ-mas. At Christmas I love to see my grandma.Mygrandma loves to come visit at Christmas.At Christmas I love to clean the house.I love to go shopping with my fami-ly. At Christmas I love going to Mexico because it is fun to celebrate Christmas.

Christmas is my favorite holiday

By Lexi Pettit 5BMom & I make cookies.

They taste so good. I’m go-ing to buy something for my dog. I got my dog a new toy. I will play in the new snow

with my new sled. We are going shopping . My mom is going shopping to buy the toys for me and my family. I got something to give to my mom and my dad when we went to the store. I love Christmas. Happy Holidays.

My best Christmas ever! By Esme 5BLast year I got some

boots,a bob it,and a magic cat that reads your mind. My family and me ate food,after we ate we eat some treats that my step grandma made, it was delicious. When it was night my family and I open one present for Christ-mas Eve. Soon when it was Christmas we eat breakfast and then me and the kids ran to the Christmas tree for present’s. It was fun! I wish it will be the happiest Christmas ever again, i am excited to have another mer-ry Christmas! Have a good merry Christmas Day!

By John 5BDear Santa Claus, I know

you and your little elves are very busy but can you just take a few minutes off to read my letter? Thank you. I hope you and Mrs. Claus had a great year. How are your reindeer doing, are they well fed and ready to go? If it isn’t too much trouble here is my Christmas list:(if I’m on the

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Nice List) I would like a pull bar, Beats headphones, a drum set, and a Cam Newton Panthers jersey. Thank you so much for listening.

By Alan Gomez 5BChristmas is my favorite

holiday.I get to have a lot of things like new toys, new clothes and new shoes.The reason why Christmas is my favorite holiday is that I get to spend the time with my fami-ly. Jesus is born. It’s a special time.Then I can take a trip to my grandmas house and it is fun.Then we open our pres-ents and I hope to get a mi-necraft game. That would be nice. I would like FiFa 15 for Christmas also. My grand-ma makes food and it is sogood. We also visit my other grandparents to. I love the holidays. Best wishes to all.

What I want for Christmas By Jadie Bowlsby 5B

Dear Santa, This is what I want for Christmas

1. My friends and family 2. Legos 3. Lego book that shows you how to build dif-ferent stuff 4. Lights for my scooter 5. Logo game 6. Game of life 7. Taylor Swift CD 1989 8. Scotty McCreery CD

And that is what I want for Christmas

The snow Day By Ethan Rebol 5B“Hey billy there’s snow

outside” said bob. “ I didn’t know that bob” said bil-ly. “You should go play in it bob” said billy. “Really you’ll let me do that” bob said. “Just go” said billy. “Yaaaaaaaaaay”. Then bob went outside to go snow boarding. Then Bob came inside saying “ its to cold bil-ly i think im go to turn into an ice cube”. “ ill go get the hair dryer” said billy. Then they both got some hot choc-olate after Billy cooled Bob down. “Why dont you ever go out side Billy”. “Im not answering that”. “Come on

Billy are you afraid of the snow”. “Nooooooo”. “Are you lieing”. “Maybeeee”. “Oh come on lets go out-side”.

“Ok know touch it” said Bob. “No”. Said Billy. “Ok then ill push you in it”. “Cold cold cold go get the hair dry-er now”. “Man you are never going to get used to the snow are you”. “Its so white and cold never want to touch it again”. “Ohh but you are”. “Ok lets just get this over with”. Wate i see somthing above us its big and red” said Billy. “I think thats santa”. “Well lets get this thing over with”. “Guess what it isnt that bad”. “Ya i know”.

By Courtney KellerDear Santa,All I would like for Christ-

mas is an i-pod 5. (Julie wrote on her Christmas list)

“Turn off the lights “ said Tresa “okay mom” said Julie “ I love you “ said Teresa “ I love you to mom “ said Julie “mom” said Julie “yes Julie” said Tresa “could you read me a bed time story ?”asked Julie “I guess so “ said Tresa “what kind of story?” Asked Tresa “well I was thinking maybe a Christmas story” said Julie “ok” Tresa said “how about we make up a Christmas story” said Tre-sa “ok!” Said Julie “ok let’s get started” said Tresa once upon a time there was little snow fairy and she had lost her way home so she stayed the night at her friend shim-mers. Shimmer was a snow fairy too. Julie was out like a light so Tresa gave her a kiss goodnight and went up stairs with Bob . Julie was having a dream .Her dream was about the snow fairys in the story her mom made up .

Christmas for Biscuit By Mason JohansonOnce Biscuit was so excit-

ed because it was Christmas!When we went shopping

Biscuit saw a bone.I could tell that he wants it cause

he’s looking at it.When we were about to

leave, I saw Santa and even the puppy. I went up to him and he said, “What do you want for Christmas, kiddy?”

I whispered in his ear and said “A bone.” When we went home I wrapped the present then gave it to Bis-cuit,I opened it and there...was the Bone.

Twas the night before Christmas

By Chase Crawford‘Twas the night before

Christmas a bright night moon so bright it reflected off the snow into my room then all the sudden I herd feet steps on my rooftop I dashed outside and there he was Saint Nick I stared as he went down my chimney then I ran inside as fast as I could I hid behind the couch as he pleased presents under the tree I snuck In to my room as fast as I could and went to sleep I woke up and woke up my parents and asked if I could open my presents witch I usually don’t do and there it was the present I have been waiting for all year a new pare of basketball shows

The Christmas Rudolph wasn’t available!

By Mikaela CowleyThe day before Christmas

Eve Santa was making sure his reindeer were well fed. When he got done he told Rudolph he was counting on him. Before he left he said “Ho,ho,ho good night”. They all slept until 3 in the after-noon. When they got up Ru-dolph was gone. He escaped. They didn’t dare tell Santa.

That night before they left Santa said “ Where’s Rudolph?” They then knew they were in trouble. So they went to go get ready. But there was bad weather and they needed Rudolph. So they yelled his name. But no Rudolph. So they left without him. When Rudolph came back he was sad. Rudolph

talked to Santa and told him he was mad. Santa told him he had to leave. Rudolph understood. They both used the habit Seek first to under-stand then to be understood.

Christmas Day By Saiyam BhaktaIt was a very special snowy

day in Maxville.Joey woke up and stood tall on his bed Screaming,”It’s Christmas Day everyone!” “Get out of your beds and look out theWindow,it’s snow-ing!” Everybody in Jo-ey’s family woke up and looked out the window.Joey’s little brother Kim was still sleeping in his bed snor-ing all the way through hisPillow.Joey screamed at him,”Get up!” Then Kim got up and said,”Quit yapping,can’t youSee I’m trying to sleep man!”

“I woke you up because it’s Christmas!”said,Joey.So they celebrated.The whole livingRoom was loaded with

gifts and just more gifts the whole family could i m a g i n e . S u d d e n l y ,They heard a weird sound coming from their chimney.Then a jol-ly man with a red cloakAnd pants fell down.It was Santa Claus.” I can’t believe Santa Claus is actually real.” Said,Joey and Kim.” Ho,ho,ho, merry Christmas!” said,Santa happily. Joey and Kim were givenA special gift.So they opened it. They got new video-games and two warm-soft blankets to Stay comfortable in.

Finally,the whole town cel-ebrated the favorite holiday and had a awesome party withHot-coco to drink.It was the very special Christmas Joey and Kim would never forget.

A Christmas story By Alex HallI love Christmas because

this year there are way more presents, the meals are big-

ger, and the Christmas lights may number at the million! But we have not forgotten the true meaning for the sea-son. It is we come together to honor our lord as a family.

What I do during Christ-mas is we put duct tape on my family’s Christmas pres-ents and you must have a pocket knife when you open them up in case you get the duct tape on your presents. Last year I had it so this year I will put it on my papa’s.but I love Christmas because I love spending time with my family. And I love having fun with my cousin to. And my cousin like opening pres-ents to. And it is fun to watch them get all excited. about opening their presence to.

Hunting Santa By Brian VazquezOnce upon a time there

was a kid named Mike. His friends Bruce and Kim did not believe in Santa, but Mike did believe in Santa, so

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he told his friends that San-ta was real and that he could prove it.

Bruce said, “He’s just a fairytale.” But then Mike said, “Tomorrow come to my house at 10:00 p.m. Then Kim said, “We’ll be there.”

The next day they went to Mike’s house.When they got there, Mike was outside waiting for them. Mike said, “Come inside.” So they all went inside.

Bruce asked, “Why is there gear on the floor?” Mike told him to just put it on. So Bruce put the night vi-sion goggles and camouflage clothes.

Kim put hers on, too and laughed, “Let’s go catch San-ta.”

Each of them hid some-where in the living room. Thirty minutes later they saw Santa.He was eating cook-ies. Bruce was prepared and caught Santa on film. Sud-denly Santa saw Kim and ran for his life up the chimney.

When the kids ran outside to look, Santa was already gone. Everyone’s jaws hung open. Mike quietly said, “ Told you!”

After that, they ran to their stockings and found only chunks of coal for scar-ing the living day lights out of Santa.

The white Christmas By Joshua StephensonOnce upon a time there

was a boy that lived in Des Moines. There was 2 inch of snow on the ground. He liked to play in the snow. It was almost Christmas Eve and the boy was so exited. On Christmas Eve the boy a knock on the door and there was Santa Clause also known as Saint Nick. Well Santa Clause had brought toys for the boy and his brothers,but Santa had brought 2 friends along they were police. The boys ran upstairs in fright. Later on the boy’s found out That the police were not going to arrest them.so the

boy’s came downstairs and opened there presents. They had a merry Christmas.

The christmas tale By Savannah SwansonA time ago there was a girl

and her family her name was Amy. Amy just moved in to a place in the country. She had a older brother she did not like him he was mean to she he stuffed snow in her face. This was the first time she had seen snow it was al-most Christmas she was so happy on Christmas Day she got many things she was so happy with her gift she said this is the best Christmas ever.

Christmas story By Jacob KistlerOne night there was a boy

named Ryan and Ryan was my friend and he just moved here from a different Coun-try and he asked me what Christmas was and I said a fun holiday that you get to see your family and most of all you get presents.Ryan came over to my house and I got him a present and he got me one and we both got a lot of presents and we play for a long time.And the next day my family and Ryan we all eat together.

Christmas Day!! By Isabel YañezWhen it’s christmas my

brother and I wake up at 6:00am in the morning to see if we got any presents. And if we did we would always go to my moms room but her door room will always be locked because she doesn’t want us to wake them up. So we will always Have to go back to sleep until 9:00am and then when we go to my moms room the door would already be unlock because by 9:00am she would already be awake. My sister an my brother and I would put a pile of my gifts in one spot then we put on other pile of my brothers and my sisters also. So when were

done doing that we open our presents and when we are done with that we pick up the trash and then we open our toys so we could play with and use them. Once we are done playing and getting bored we go for some dinner and we usually also go to my moms friends house and we play with all the kids. Then we drink hot coco, yum-my,yummy,yummy

CHRISTMAS STORY By Kelli McAfeeIt was December 24th and

Dazlie was reorganizing her room so she had enough room for all her new toy’s!

While Dazlie was reorga-nizing her room,her broth-er E.J. And her sister Josie were rapping her Christmas present witch was a necklace and a ring. Dazlie has anoth-er sister named Deseree.

It was Christmas Day and Dazlie jumped out of bed and ran downstairs and looked under the tree for her presents she only had four present and the other three kids had six presents.

The rest of the family ran downstairs sat down and passed out there presents. E.J. opened his presents first he got a wii, lego’s, video games, books, new cowboy boots, sock’s and NFL cards. Josie got makeup, sock’s, cowgirl boots,softball cards,a dress, and books. Dazlie got a ring, a necklace, cowgirl boots, soccer cards, socks, and books.

Dazlie ran upstairs put all new things away.

Then the family had to clean the house be-cause they were having a big Christmas dinner.Then there family started showing up first was her grandpa and grandma then there aunt and uncle, then E.J.’s girlfriend then Josie’s boyfriend.

They sat down and had a lovely Christmas dinner.

While Dazlie was eating she looked out the window

and it was snowing. Dazlie yelled no school tomorrow because of the snow.

A Christmas miracle By Lexi CooperOne day it was a hot day in

Texas. Elizabeth was hang-ing out with some friends. It never snowed in Texas.One day it was Elizabeth’s 10th birthday. Her and her friends went outside,and there was a strong wind blowing. There was also some white stuff falling on the ground.

That year for Christmas it was a magical,white Christ-mas. Everyone in Texas was joyful and happy! That next week all of the snow went away. Everyone in Texas was so so sad,but hap-py,because they got there hot,hot,hot,hot Texas back.

My Merry Christmas By Colton Wyatt Schnei-

dersWhat do you do on Christ-

mas? Do you go down town and see the Christmas tree? This is what I would do. I would go down town and sing a carol. Then walk around town with my broth-er and sing the carol, I wish you a Merry Christmas. Next I go and decorate the Christmas tree at my mom’s then my dad’s. We watch movies then we go to bed. Then we wake up for Christ-mas.

The Evil Santa By Jessica Guerrero

There once was a man named Dylan. He was the meanest of the meanest, rudest of the rudest, and fat-test of the fattest. One day he thought to himself, “San-ta never gave me a present, why should kids get pres-ents, all they are are spoiled brats.”

So he dressed up like San-ta Claus . He was already pretty fat so he looked a lot

like Santa. There was just one problem , he did not have any reindeer . But he did own deer. He want to the barn and tied antlers on all of his deer. He found his old sled and tied the deer to his sled and went off.

He got to this house that was decorated. He was about to go in the door but then he remembered that Santa went through the chimney. He climbed on top of the house and went down the chimney and got stuck halfway. That night he died.

The Christmas Memory By Kacey Boyer 5CTwo years ago on Christ-

mas Eve at my church we acted out what happened when Jesus was born.I acted out the mean and good inn keepers. I also acted out one of the wise man and a guard it was fun acting out stuff. Then we sang several songs while holding candles. Then

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a guy dressed as Santa hand-ed out gifts . When we went home that night we went to bed . I could not go to sleep because I was so happy for the morning to come. Then finally fell asleep . When I woke up and my brother and sister woke up. We were about to go down stairs but we saw that it was three in the morning. So we yelled down stairs to mom and dad to get up. They did and we down the stairs. There where a lot of presents there. They said lets get a picture before we start un-wrapping the presents . Me and my brother didn’t want to get a picture but we did. Then we unwrapped pres-ents and had a wonderful Christmas.

Snow day By Ashton OhnemusOne day Ashton woke up

then he look out the window it had snowed more than two feet. Ashton was chant-ed snow day! snow day! Then he called his friend Kaleb. Ashton asked him if he wanted to come over.kaleb sed yes .so kaleb got his mother to drive him to Ashton’s house.then kaleb asked what do you want to do.do you want to build a snowman. Sure. they made a snowman then it Started getting dark so Ashton and kaleb went home.

A Snowy Day By Kodi Kent 5COne day Rose wake up and

looked outside and it was snowing so she got dressed for the day she when to the living room her brother Avery was watching tv.Her mom was in the kitchen she was making eggs and when she saw Rose was awake she told Rose that it was a snow day and they didn’t have school.A few minutes later they all were sitting at the table and eating there eggs then when they were all done Rose what to her room

and watched tv.When Rose came out of her room her brother and her mom was getting dressed to go out-side.Her mom drove then to East Lake Park and they climbed a big hill and they all rowed there sleds down the hill they rowed there sleds all day long then Rose remember that tomorrow was Christmas Day so right after rose got done eating dinner she got dressed for bed and what to sleep. The next day was Christmas and that morning Roses brother woke her up that morning so she got up picked him up and carried him to the living room were her mom was they opened there gives and had hot cocoa and they what to there grandmas and grandpas house for a big feast and they open their gives from then.

And lived happily ever af-ter the end.

Winter story By Kaleb HansenOne day on Christmas

Day Kody saw snow and asked his mom to see if he could get his best friend Ju-lia to go sledding at the park today.They built a snowman named Bob.They gave him a ball cap,carrot nose,cole buttons

They put the sled un-der him so they can push him.They got in it and sled down a big hill Bob the snowman fell down on Kody the hat,carrot,and cole stayed on.Then Kody and Julia went home and had a snowball fight and had hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies for a snack.

Christmas story By Jamie RugglesOne Christmas Day there

was a girl named Joy .Joy was a joyful kid.She loved Christmas.It was her favor-ite holiday.She likes putting up the tree and putting up Christmas lights and fill-ing stockings with her mom

for her new brother he is a new born baby.She loved him almost as much as her mom.Anyway she had know clue what she was going to get from Santa this year.She had been extra good this year.Little did joy know that that when she fell a sleep she would be sent to the North Pole but she came back and then she she found that there was a hole bunch of gifts under the tree she had the best Christmas ever.

The Christmas By Steven HiattOnce when I got up there

was 2ft. of snow,I went out-side to play in the snow,but there was to in the way,so I had to climb through my window to get outside,but when I got outside the snow was so deep I had to walk slowly through the snow.

So when I got to my friends house house he was stuck in his room.So I asked where his shovel was.He said it was in the garage.So I went in the garage.I found a snowblower,but not a shov-el so I asked him if his dad bought a snowblower and got rid of the shovel.He said yes.So I started to snowblow a path for him, but it ran out of gas. So I asked him if there was any gas around and he said there was some at the gas station so I got in there car and grabbed a gas canister with me and filled it up and took it back and Poured it in the snowblower and finished the path

When he got out we where we’re in trouble be-cause there was to much snow all over the place,but then Santa clause flew in and he asked us if we can help him with something at the North Pole.And we said yes.he told us that he wants us to ride the “ express”.We were so excited about it.So we rode the “polar express”.To the North Pole and we helped Santa deliver the presents.

The snow day By Jairus DavisThere was this one day in

December. It was a snow day for school. There was this boy named Jake. He was re-ally bored and had nothing to do. He was bored of going outside and playing by him-self. But then he asked his dad if he could drive him to Jairus’s house and with him. So his dad took him down to Jairus’s house. When they got there Jake’s dad told him that he would come and pick him at 5:00p.m. At the time it was 10:30a.m.Jake came into Jairus’s house and they asked each other what they wanted to do. Jake said,”let’s play outside”,and Jairus said,let’s play on the Xbox”. They done rock,pa-per,scissor to find out witch one they would do first. At first Jairus won but they where doing the best out of 3. At the end Jake won so Jake and Jairus had a lot

of fun making a snow fort. Then they had a snowball fight. When they all done with playing outside. They went inside and had some hot chocolate. They played hid and go seek. And they forgot all about playing on the Xbox and they had a very good day.

A Christmas story By Ryan Phillips‘Twas the night before

Christmas, everyone was in there beds. Santa clause was at the North Pole getting ready for a surprise in Duf-fle town. In the middle of the town stood a tall bright tree. It stood there about 60 feet high, and 20 feet wide.

The next morning in Duf-fle town all the lights, and decorations on the tree were missing! Everyone ran outside to check what had just happened. “Why would someone do this!” Cried a lady in the crowd. The may-

or came up on a hill, and announced, “I have 20 men looking for he, or she who had done this.”

All the sudden 20 men came out with armor on. 1 of the men seen a man run-ning with a lot of wires in his hands. The man told the mayor he had seen someone with a red jacket, and a long white beard, plus he’s fat. The mayor made the man show all the rest of the 19 men to show them the way. When the men went around the corner there was Santa Clause with his Rain deer, and sled with a bag full of surprises and toys.

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Christmas Story By Alivia BakleyA couple years ago I went

to go get to get a Christmas tree with my mom, sisters and also my dog. My dog was sitting in the car. It took a long time to get there. So I took a nap. When we finally got there, we had to bundle up because it was freezing cold. We had to put the dog on a leash so he wouldn’t run away. We looked at all the trees. There were chunky ones, skinny ones, and tall ones. There were about ten million trees. So my mom wanted a perfect tree but there is no such thing as a perfect tree. We went look-ing and I wanted to help car-ry the tree but it was really heavy. I couldn’t help, so I played in the snow with my dog. My dogs name is Sally and she is crazy. Then we had to go pay for the tree it still had snow on it. The log cabin where you pay at was warm and cozy. There was a couch and everything. So I stayed in there with my mom while they strapped the tree to the pickup.

We were playing in the cabin and we had to leave because we had to go put our Christmas tree up. When we were in the car, I went in the back with Mallory and my mom was outside of the car talking to someone. Mallory let me play on her phone and I got a new high score on Pac man. Then we stopped at Casey’s and we got some Pringles. Then we stopped at McDonald’s and

got a hamburger with french fries. When we got home we noticed we did not have a tree stand. We had to go to Walmart to get one. We looked and looked and fi-nally we found one. It was red. Then we decorated the Christmas tree. After we were done it looked fantas-tic.

Pepper By Ami JacksonOnce upon time there was

a little girl named Pepper. She was the daughter of the black smith and the baker her mom’s name is Trixy

and her dads name is Parker. Parker was best black smith in the village. Trixy was the best baker in the village to. But one day it started to snow. Also pepper knew what was coming up and that was Christmas .Christmas was the best day of the year for pepper. Pepper wanted a pony. Christmas Eve so it was the Christmas Eve and Trixy was going to the barn to pick out a horse she picked the perfect horse. Christmas Day Pepper woke up and ran down the stairs and looked. There was a train and a doll-house also some candy and

a rocking chair it was a little one too.

Big Rock Candy Moun-tain…

By Breanna Selsor“Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,

Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Don-ner, Blitzen, and Rudolph,” barked the little elf Ralf as he took roll call.

“RUDOLPH!? Where is Rudolph?” said Ralf?

“I don’t know, “ said Prancer

“Last time I saw him he was taking a walk” said Blit-zen.

“A Walk! Why was he tak-ing a walk, and where?” Ralf questioned.

“Up Big Rock Candy Mountain cause he needed to deliver something, but I don’t know” said Blitzen.

“Has he come back?” Asked Ralf.

“No avidly “ Vixen grouched.

“We need to send out a search party! Right now! Right away! Where are you Rudolph?” Ralf command-ed.

As the search party went on, Rudolph was dangling off a candy cane cliff. An elf named Trixie saw him. Trix-ie was not part of the search party, Trixie was an orphan elf. Her parents died sav-ing Santa from the evil Jack Frost. Trixie was not like the other elves she had much bigger ears and loved to run. One day the children were making fun of her, so she ran away to Big Rock Candy Mountain. She thought that

Rudolph came to make fun of her. So she didn’t help, till Rudolph yelled “HELP! PLEASE HELP ME! “

When she heard Rudolph yell she ran up to help him. She asked how she could help.

Rudolph said, “ Run down this mountain, go and get Santa and the reindeers.”

“Can’t do that,” she said“Please you have to help

me!” Rudolph whined.“Is there another way for

me to help you?” she ques-tioned.

“Oh please you have to help me. PLEASE! “Ru-dolph whined again.

Finley Trixie speeded down the mountain. On her why down a letter hit her it said,

Dear Trixie, Santa would love to have you back. He needs to have someone who is smart and strong. He miss-es your parents and loved them dearly. He says you remind him of your parents. Please came back,

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer

Trixie started to cry. She took a deep breath and start-ed to run again. As she ran down, she bumped into Ralf and Blitzen. She wondered why they were going up the mountain so fast. “Why are you guys up her?”

“We’re looking for Ru-

dolph the Red Nose Rein-deer. Have you seen him?” said Ralf.

“Red nose right?” asked Trixie.

“Yah “ said Ralf.“Yes, I’ve seen him he is

in danger follow me” said Trixie.

Calling all Santa hunters we’ve found Rudolph on Big Rock Candy Mountain. Go back home and get ready for Christmas, Ralf command-ed through his walkie talkie. They ran to were Rudolph was. Ralf yelled, “Rudolph we are sending Blitzen down to get you. Blitzen got Ru-dolph and flew down Big Rock Candy Mountain with Trixie and Ralf. They got to Santa’s workshop, everyone cheered and got Christmas. Eventually Ralf and Trixie got married. Everyone lived happily after.

Christmas By Jennyfer Alexandra

Salvador HernandezI have lived my first ten

years in El Salvador. This will be my first Christmas in Iowa with my mom, step-dad and snow.

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Osceola Sentinel-Tribune — Thursday, December 25, 2014 — Page 15cup in our new, nice clothes. Around 8:30 P.M. my aunts and uncles arrive, and we eat delicious foods like “panes con pollo,” which is bread stuffed with chicken. We eat salad and rice. We drink soda. We don’t eat deserts.

After eating, my cous-ins and I play soccer in the street. We always play in the street. At 11:00 P.M. we set off fireworks, until midnight, the beginning of Christmas day. Most fam-ilies have the same tradi-tions. Then everyone goes home and goes to bed. We don’t exchange gifts.

The next day, Christmas day, we sometimes go to church with my grandma and brother.

The Christmas Eve Disas-ter

By Devesh DesaiIn December 24, 2014 a

boy named Devesh was hav-ing a great snowball fight at his motel against his dad Jay. He was happy until he was almost blasted by a giant snowball. The giant snowball hit the side of the mountain. He quickly es-caped the snowball before it hit the mountain. SLAM! There was an avalanche. Devesh quickly rolled and sprinted away before he was covered in snow. Then blizzard came and he went inside.

Later he was drinking hot cocoa. Then he saw the storm was over, but when he opened the door to play in the snow, the door was covered with snow. He ran into the snow to get out and make a path outside. He said “uh help?” Then he tried again nine more times. On the tenth time he got outside. When he got out-side he had another snow-ball fight with his brother. Then he was in front of the mountain and another av-alanche came. This time Devesh couldn’t escape the

snow. He was completely covered by snow. Maahir tried to help Devesh, but he couldn’t. Maahir went and got his dad to come help get Devesh out of the snow. De-vesh’s dad got a shovel and started digging Devesh out. After about thirty minutes of digging, Jay saw Devesh’s hand and pulled Devesh out. All three of them went inside to warm up. They never played in front of the mountain again.

What I Do In Winter By Dominic LopezWinter is cold, fun and

enjoyable. What I do in winter is I go skiing in the mountains with my family. It’s fun getting snow in your face but not to much. We drink hot co-co with marsh-mallows when it’s to cold to build a snowman or a igloo but when my family and I build a igloo we have fun falling down but we keep on building. Also I build snow forts, my brothers always cheat one way or anoth-er but it’s still fun to play snowball fights with them and I can’t forget my sister she’s also helps by building the snow fort. After that we go in get changed eat then watch a movie or play with our dog. Finally we do something like the ice buck-et challenge but instead of dumping a bucket of ice on

our heads we dump a bucket snow on our heads and keep it there until everyone else gives up its just for fun,so far I haven’t lost to my brothers or anyone but I probably will eventually

Winter fun By Dominic LopezI’m looking out the win-

dow looking at other kids they are having fun but I’m stuck in here sitting here sleeping here eating here and its boring, I so wish I could go but I can’t I just can’t I just want to go out-side but I can’t because I’m sitting in a pile of super glue, my sister always bothers me she teases me she will nev-er leave me alone I wish I could get out of here to tell her leave me alone! But I can’t because I’m stuck in a pile super glue. I wish I could go outside and build a snow man or a snow angle or even build a igloo (I can’t really build one). I wish I could roll that big ball for a snow man then the medium then the small but I can’t be-cause I’m stuck in a pile of super glue. Well now I think it’s time to tell you how I got in this pickle. First I was called to go to super, when I got there my sister was there she gave me something that made want to sleep, so I went to sleep. When I woke up I found myself in this su-

per glue, so that’s how I got in super glue.

How to Make a Snowman By Eric Zaragoza-RosalesFirst make a large ball of

snow. Then make a medi-um ball of snow. Next make a small ball of snow. Stack them on top of each other. Get two sticks and 9 rocks, two mittens, a scarf and a winter hat. Poke the sticks on each side of the medi-um ball. Put mittens on the sticks. Put 2 rocks on the small ball for eyes. Put a car-rot for the nose on the little ball, too. Use 5 rocks for a smile and the rest for but-tons on the medium ball. Tie the scarf around the top of the medium ball and place winter hat on the small ball. Now go inside and have hot cocoa!

Snow Day By Ethan DominaOne day there was a snow

day. When I woke up I

looked out my window and I saw there was 25 feet of snow! I was in shock it was higher than the house. Then I told my mom there is a lot of snow. I got my snow stuff on and I went outside but I couldn’t open the door. Then I told my dad to help me and he did and I barely got out. When I got out I was under the snow I had to dig my way out of the snow. When I got out I went straight back down in the snow. Then I got the sled and I got out again and I got on the sled and I had to use all my might to push the sled. I couldn’t see anything but snow in my way not even the fence. I dug passageways to get though the snow. I found a really steep hill to sled down of I went so fast down the hill. Then I found a way back to the house when I went in the house it was so warm when I got there I put on 10 sweaters to keep me warm. Then I had

some warm hot chocolate and it was so warm it burnt my lip I couldn’t believe it was that warm and it felt so good! At the end of the day I couldn’t believe how fun it was but I was glad to be in-side and cozy. Till the next time bye!

How Hank Spends Christ-mas

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One day there was a lit-tle boy named Hank. He was jumping on a trampo-line and one by one people came on it. That is his fam-ily. They were jumping on the trampoline and then one of them had to get off of it, because it is too crowded on the jumping trampoline. It was Hank who got off the trampoline. Then the tram-poline flew in the sky and the little boy Hank was cry-ing. The little boy walked inside the house.

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MOM COME BACK! DON’T GO!” He yelled out the door.

But the family went to Candy Land and the tram-poline had a mouth and it ate the whole land. At the end it snowed and everyone danced and sang and started to get silly. This is how he spent the day at his house and his family spent the day at Candy Land.

Christmas Story By Jaxsyn BoswellCHRISTMAS there’s is

a lot of snow outside. The Christmas tree is up and decorated. The smell off cinnamon filled the air. Suddenly I heard a crash. I ran and hid. I heard some-thing fall down the chim-ney. When the black smoke cleared I saw a man. He had a bright red suit and a bag on his back. It scared me so I went down stairs and grabbed my gun. When I got back up with my gun, he was half way up the chimney. I went out side, and there was a bunch of 12 point bucks standing on my roof. The man said Ho Ho Ho then the deer started to fly. When I got back inside I saw a bunch of presents. Then it dawned on me I scared off Santa.

Christmas Eve By JaydenI like Christmas because

it is fun and because Santa gives me lots of presents and my parents do, too. My fa-vorite kind of candy is can-dycane . I like Christmas because it is the best time of the year.I like Christmas because Jesus was born in Christmas and because Christmas is the best holi-day ever.

How to Spend Christmas Day

By Jessica PeddycoartDo you like Christmas

morning when all the family gets together to open pres-

ents? Well then I’m going to tell you how to have fun with the family on Christmas morning and day. If you like waking up everyone to open presents, get up at 5:00 to do it so you have a lot of Christ-mas Day ahead of you. Start with the stockings because their most fun to do first. What I would do to have fun is eat some good breakfast. After I open my presents, I eat breakfast. You’ll have some fun on Christmas Day opening presents. What I like to do is open the big ones first because they could be really good or sometimes not, but still open them first. Next I would do the medium presents because those can be really good, too. Then I open the small presents be-cause they are the best of the best presents to open. I’m going to tell you some of the presents I got for Christmas and these are the cool ones. First I have a 3DS which is pretty cool. Then I am going to be getting an Xbox one and Just Dance 2015. I’m also getting tablet to help me with my home-work at home. Go look at the Christmas lights around your town. Once you got all your presents open start playing with them. Here are some things to do. Have fun!

Christmas Day By Joey BucyI open presents at Christ-

mas. I eat a lot of food like peach cobbler, ginger bread, cherry pie, Apple pie, and candy cane pie. I go sled-

ding, make a snow man, and have a snow ball fight with my cousins. We play the Xbox 360 or play the Wii with my cousins. And we celebrate my cousin’s birth-day. We celebrate his birth-day because it is on Christ-mas week. We play with the toys we get from Christmas.

Isaac the Green Nose Reindeer

By Jose VegaOnce upon a time there

was a reindeer named Isaac, the green nosed reindeer. He was so lazy and not healthy. His mom, the pink nosed reindeer, was making dinner. She said, “Isaac, it’s time for dinner.”

Isaac said, “What’s for dinner? Soup?”

Mrs. Pink Nose said, “Yes, we are having vegeta-ble soup.”

Isaac whined, “NO!”Mom insisted, “YES! You

have to eat soup. Vegeta-bles are good for you. If you want to be strong enough to pull Santa’s sleigh, you bet-ter eats lots of vegetables.” She asked him, “So, do you really want to, or not?”

“Yes, I really want to be on Santa’s team,” assured Isaac.

Mrs. Pink Nose went to call her family for dinner. She called her husband, Mr. Yellow Nose. She called her oldest son, Alfred, the blue nosed reindeer. Alfred was with his little sister, the pur-ple nosed reindeer, Julia.

All the family was eating soup. Isaac was not really eating soup. He took only three little sips of soup, be-cause he really didn’t like vegetables.

Isaac went to bed. He was thinking about what his mom told him. Isaac went to his calendar and looked at the date of Christmas. He saw it was three weeks away. He said, “If I eat healthy all three weeks, I should be strong enough to pull Santa’s sleigh.”

Isaac decided to eat only healthy food for the next three weeks and to exercise for an hour every day run-ning in the field.

By the time Christmas came Isaac was as big and strong as his big brother. Santa chose him also to help

pull his sleigh.

Christmas Morning By Kayden Schnick-Elk-

enI wake up, and then I wake

my mom up. I also wake up my grandpa and grandma. We then open our gifts. Af-ter I open my gifts, I go to my dad’s house and open gifts there. It is fun and I get to see my dad on Christmas. I enjoy seeing both my mom and dad on Christmas. I also like that I get gifts. Gifts are not the best part about Christmas. The best part is getting to see your family and everyone getting along.

Buddy By Kevin Kelso 5AOnce upon a time there

was a reindeer name Bud-dy. He was one of Santa’s favorite reindeer. In fact he was Rudolph’s son. Every-body knows his nose was red but buddy’s was blue.

Elves thought he got the color because of Rudolph. It happened one Christmas night when they were given presents. Rudolph’s nose went out they couldn’t see. When it turned back on they were skidding off the wa-ter. Some water got in Ru-dolph’s nose it turned red to blue. But that’s what the elves thought why buddy’s nose was blue. But Rein-deer knew the truth. It was in the morning when they were getting ready they herd bump and thump. It was Buddy he was playing in some blue paint some of it was in his nose it started to glow light blue. Then Santa came in and he said “what’s going on in here?”. He saw buddy’s blue nose he said “Someday you will be like your dad.

Is there a Santa Clause? By Konrad BoyerThere’s been some peo-

ple who claim they seen a brilliant red sleigh. Here’s one of those people. I seen a lot of light and in a flash was gone. I was so scared I was shaking like a little liz-ard in winter said Aren’t of Clarke,IA. Here is another one of those people. I was plowing snow and then there was a sled and reindeer. I thought I was just seeing things so I went home and

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here we are,said Carer of Nebraska. There was many more people who claim they seen Santa Clause. We may never know what happened this Christmas.

The Santa’s By Madison JohnsonOne day there was

a kid named Leo he was sledding with his friends. “Hey guys I got to go its getting dark and tomorrow Is Christmas Eve. “said Leo.” Ok see yah lat-er dude “said his best friend Ty. I hope Santa comes to my house first tomorrow night. I’m gonna go to bed

Ho ho ho I hope all the elves finished the presents said Santa. We sure did the lead elf said I’m so excited for tomorrow Santa. Yes it will but ... But what San-ta. Well umm. Umm what. Well my brother Nicky has always been jealous that I’m Santa and he’s in town and I’m a little worried he will ruin it somehow like I kinda hired him to help you and me. Oh Santa your always doing something funny. Yes I know but he might leave me somewhere or at some-one’s house. Ok oh I see I’ll make sure he doesn’t. Good then.

Good morning Denver said Leo. Its Christmas Eve ya. Mom can I go sledding. We are having a Christ-mas party and your grand-ma and grandpa are here. Ok. Said Leo. Santa said Rosa the elf. You have a visitor. I’m coming. Oh hi Nicky .hi brother Santa is u ready to go. Yes of course I am let’s go in a minute. But hurry its six o’clock .Ok I’m coming Gosh. Leo time to go to bed .ok hold on I’m finishing the cookie icing and putting out the carrots. Leo get up to bed. Ok I’ll set the plate here.

Ho ho ho looks like little Leo finally went to bed we can go now. Wait are the reindeer ready. Yes sir said the head elf Jacky

Ok let’s go. Where are we Jacky um little Leo’s awesome. Yes awesome said Nicky in an evil way. So Santa went in and Nicky drove off in the sleigh. Wait I’m still here no. Hannah good by brother said Nicky. Leo woke up and heard something he went outside. He looked around but saw nothing huh. Better go in. Brr is that snow cold said Santa. Who was that Leo looked back and saw San-ta? Santa what are u doing here don’t u need to deliv-er presents. Well yes but my brother Nicky took off when I brought your pres-ents. Oh no. Do you need help getting home? Yes will u help me? Well um I guess. Thanks u will get a surprise sometime this Christmas. Really like what. I can’t tell you it’s a surprise.

Oh yeah I forgot. Ok little Leo lets..you don’t have to call me little Leo just Leo. Ok then let’s go save Christ-mas .Yeah Leo said loudly. Ahh that was quit loud I don’t think you want your mom to see or hear. Oh yeah I mean yeah said Leo in a quiet voice. A few hours later. We have been walking for ages. But we got a long time a head. But this snow is so cold. Whoo ouch that tree branch is mean bit this snow is fluffy .Yes it is. It’s been 6hours since we left .Yes I know. Hey I just for-got I have magic in my pock-et to get us from your house the North Pole. WHAT, WELL we better use it. Ok let’s goooo. Hey is that your brother. Yep that’s Nicky .Get him. Shh be quiet. Oh sorry. He’s coming. Nicky give Santa back his sleigh or else. Or else what. Uhh

I will take the presents you got. I g-got presents. Yes said Santa .Oh here’s the sleigh. Thank you. Now Leo we better get you home and finish my route. Can I help? Mm of course. Awesome. Wait where’s Jacky I’m right here. Oh no your hat oh here I’ll fix it. Thanks. Santa thanks for letting me help. No problem. See you next year

Santa Clause and Some Tips

By MEADOW CRUICK-SHANK

Santa Clause is the best because he gives us gifts. Did you know that Santa’s birthday is on Christmas and he doesn’t give himself gifts? He gives us gifts be-cause Christmas is not all about him. He cares about us too.

Christmas is my favorite holiday because I get to be with my family. On thanks-giving I do to, but you get a lot of gifts and other things too. Do you ever get so ex-cited for what you get for Christmas? I do because I get a lot of CANDY.

Santa Claus puts gifts and toys under your tree. I heard that if you believe in Santa Clause that you well get more presents. Santa can put us on the naughty list, and you can be on the good list too. Santa has nine reindeer. Their names are Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Don-ner, and Blitzen.

Santa’s elves make the toys for us and other peo-ple. I have seen a Christ-mas movie and it was Santa Paws Two. There was a dog named Eddy, and there was an elf. His name is Eli. The dog could talk just like the other elves.

To me and my family be-lieves in Santa clause.

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#1078 - Handyman special. Need a quick sale on this small 1.5 story fixer-upper. Being sold “as-is.” $19,900.

#1021 - Modular home with many updates including: roof, plumbing, C/A, doors, sheetrock, flooring & more. Deck and garden shed. Reduced to $32,500.

#1052 - 2 BR home in Leon. Near school & hospital; great for beginning home buyers or investment property. New roof. Corner lot with extra lot beside it.

#1094 - Perfect home for 1st time, retiring or downsizing buyers. 2 BR, 1 BA. Handicapped acc. w/ ramp & oversized parking pad. Lrg deck, newer roof.

#1066 - Cape Cod on cozy lot. Well-maintained, low maintenance. Eat-in kitchen and main floor laundry. Lrg master BR + bonus room above garage. Brick patio.

#1072 - Remodeled 2 BR home! All new kitchen, bathroom & laundry room. New windows, floor coverings, roof, fresh paint. All appliances included!

#1036 - Small but efficient 3 BR, 1.5 bath ranch on small lot. Oversized 1 car att. gar. Central heat & A/C. New roof in 2010. Most appliances included.

#1051 - 2 BR bungalow in Corydon. Near schools & business district. Great investment, 1st home or downsizing for retirement. Reduced to $27,500.

#1091 - 2 BR, 1 BA ranch is cheaper than rent! Newer roof, fresh paint. Full bsmt, attached carport. conveniently located near downtown Osceola.

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#1074- Ideal bldg spot for your dream home near the Country Club Manor Golf course area. At only $13,900, its priced well below all lots in the area!

#1087 - COMMERCIAL BLDG LOT. Hwy 34 in Osceola. 165’x300’. Top traffic count in town! Nice, level, buildable. Build-to-suit contractor avail.

#831 - Income property in Murray. 4-plex with 4-two BR units, includes extra lot. GREAT RENTAL INVESTMENT! $130,000.

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#981 - Newer ranch w/ att. gar., 3 BR, 2 BA, full bsmt, C/A. Appliances included. Storage shed. Priced to sell-convenient location. Reduced to $96,900.

#1045 - Lrg 4 BR country home, formal living room w/ FP, 1st floor laundry, lrg deck overlooks lawn, pond & timber. Updates include windows, heating/cooling.

#1089 - New construction! Beautiful 3 BR home on corner lot in new subdivision. Lrg eat-in kitchen, open floor plan. Full bsmt w/ egress windows.

#1055 - Pride of ownership! Like new, maybe better! 3 BR, 3 bath, lrg family room w/ FP, sliders to patio & access to oversize 3 car gar. Beautiful view of Grade Lake.

#1076 - 3 BR, 2 bath modular home on 120 ac. m/l. 2100 sq. ft. of living space & 2+ car att. gar. Hip roof barn w/ new steel roof, siding & wiring in 2006. 40x100 pole bldg w/ heated office & 3/4 concrete flooring.

#1085 - 3 BR home in Humeston. Remodeled kitch-en & dining rooms w/ center island bar & eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry. 3-stall shop, storage bldg. New barn w/ loft & deck. 3 parcels avail.

#1093 - A special place in the country! 4-5 BR home on 4 ac. Lrg dining area, country kitchen, att. 2 car garage, utility/mud room. Lots of wildlife, great view!

#1088 - 2000 sq. ft. home on 23 ac. m/l. 2 horse paddocks w/ water & elec. Hay ground, good fencing. 3 BR, master suite. Poss. 4th BR w/ FP & vaulted ceiling. Secluded in timbered countryside.

#1057 - Roomy 2 story, 3 BR home. Formal living/dining, large family room, ornate open staircase in entry pocket doors. Fenced backyard. Reduced to $74,900.

#1027 - 3 BR 2 1/2 bath dream home, shop & approx. 15 ac. only $345,000! Stone FP, LL great room. Finished shop w/ laundry & RV hook-ups.

#1082 - 3 BR home in Leon. New carpet, remodeled kitchen w/ new countertop & laminate flooring. Deck off kitchen, 1 car tuck-under garage. Move-in ready!

#1081 - In-town acreage! 3-4 BR, 2 story home on 14 ac. m/l. New roof, CA, storm doors in last 7 years. Convenient main floor utility room.

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#1083 - An acreage dweller’s delight just outside of St. Charles. 18 min. from West Des Moines you’ll find the quiet country atmosphere you desire. The very spacious 4 BR ranch features a full unfinished w/o bsmt, lrg rear deck overlooking mature timber, 3 car att. garage, new roof & septic system in 2009 & more. $2500 carpet allowance w/ acceptable offer. Shared pond. A great place to call HOME, make an appointment to see it before it’s too late!

#1092 - Nice large corner lot location in quiet community. Large 2+ car garage with lots of space. Nice landscaping & manicured lawn. Garden shed, carport, nice rear deck. Basic appliances included, washer and dryer are near new and are negotiable with sale. Master bath has bubble tub and shower stall Owner is relocating soon and has priced the home to sell quickly. You must see this move-in-ready home soon, it won’t last long.

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LAND AND LOT LISTINGS• Weldon #1016 - Bldg. lot w/ 4 yr. old septic system, water & elec., 89 acres m/l.

• Murray #832 - 9th & Lyon. Building lot, full lot and 1/2. Water & Sewer.

• Madison Co. #1077 - 68 ac. m/l south of Truro. Currently in CRP, 64.9 cropland acres.

• Clarke Co. #1027 - Beautiful 202 ac. m/l available @ $1,350/ac. PENDING

• Union Co. #1070 - 80 ac. m/l level to rolling farm ground. 31.4 avg. CSR. House, garage & pond. Near Thayer. SOLD!

#1083 - An acreage dweller’s delight just outside of St. Charles. 18 min. from West Des Moines you’ll find the quiet country atmosphere you desire. The very spacious 4 BR ranch features a full unfinished w/o bsmt, lrg rear deck overlooking mature timber, 3 car att. garage, new roof & septic system in 2009 & more. $2500 carpet allowance w/ acceptable offer. Shared pond. A great place to call HOME, make an appointment to see it before it’s too late!

#1095 - Exceptionally nice and roomy 3-bedroom, open plan modular home. Large lot, big garage, breezeway and covered walkway, front porch and 2 decks overlook rear yard. Occupied by original owner, all appliances included with good offer. Spacious open kitchen and dining, 2 large baths, laundry area connects to garage and bonus room for extra seating and storage. Absolutely move-in ready.

#1096 - Stately older 2-story has 4 bedrooms, 3 bath areas, living and dining room, 1 car attached garage and a large detached garage for extra cars and RV’s. Home has been well-kept and is in good condition. Has a covered front entry and full basement. For the large and growing family, All appliances are included in good working order. Owner transferred. Call for your private showing.

2486 Wildrose Ct. - St. Charles505 Waters Street - Decatur City 215 S. Temple Street - Osceola

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#1090 - Stylish 3 BR, 1 1/2 bath home in move-in condition! Quality updates include new energy efficient windows, exterior doors, solid wood interior doors, newer carpet, new ceramic tile in kitchen & DR, light fixtures, recessed lighting & more. Master BR suite w/full bath & walk-in

closet. Bright open floor plan & sliders to deck. Cook’s dream kitchen. Full basement, studded with drywall. Beautifully landscaped! Check out inside shots online atwww.osceolaiowarealty.com

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To all our clients, friends and associates everywhere, we extend our sincere best wishes and gratitude this holiday season. It’s always a pleasure doing business with you and we look forward to serving you in the future.

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Christmas Miracle By Miracles Freeman 5A

While Ann and Clare sleep-ing they had a little visitor. There were sounds that creek in there room. Clare opened one eye to see a big chubby man. He had a long white beard and white hair. He was fat and he wore a red shirt and red pants and gloves. He had black boots and every time he steps on one of Clare’s toys he said ho ho ho. He had little tiny people with him.

“Who are you and what are you doing in here”, said Clare trying not to freak out. “Well I am Santa Claus and these are my elves, my dear, and my sled”, said Santa. “That’s one big sled. But Santa isn’t real and either are elves or magic deer”. Said Clare confused.

As Clare kept denying that Santa is real Ann walk into Clare room surprise as ever. “Ann does this look like Santa Claus to you or does he look like a stranger”. Said Clare.

“What on earth is going on a why is there an old man in your room”? Said Ann.

“Hello Ann, I am San-ta Claus and these are my elves”. Said Santa as calmed as possible. “I’ve heard of you before but it’s another thing to meet you”, said Ann excited.

“Ann he is tricking you for crying out loud”, said Clare trying to protect Ann. “Let me take you and Ann to the North Pole with me to prove that I am Santa Claus and these are my elves.” Said Santa.

“No you’re a stranger have ever heard stranger danger”. Said Clare. “I’ll go with you. I’ve always always wanted to meet Mrs.Claus. Let’s go now but I have to be back in time before 12:00”. Said Ann.

“Well if she’s going then I’ve no other choice but to go with but don’t think I want to”, said Clare madly.

As Clare and Ann got dress Santa got the sled ready to fly. When they reached the North Pole Santa gave a tour around. After that he let them explore. Ann went to meet Mrs. Claus and Clare went to see the workshop.

“Hi”, said Ann. “Woo you scared me who are you”, said Mrs. Claus. “I’m Ann Smith. Santa came to the child care house and he was looking for Clare and me. I don’t think Clare wanted to come but I did”, said Ann.

“She’ll love it. It’s beau-tiful outside isn’t it,” said Mrs. Claus. Mrs. Claus and Ann continued to talk as for Clare she looked around and found the naughty list. As she look for her name Santa walk in.

“May I help you”, said Santa. “Oh opps, I didn’t see you there....” Said Clare ner-vous. “Follow me miss look-er”, Santa said.

“My name is Clare and where are we going” said Clare confused. They walk in the other room. Clare was so surprised of what she saw her mouth dropped opened.

“What is that”, said Ann. “It tells me where you are and it also tells me the past and the present. Would you like to see Ann past”, said Santa.

“Such”, said Clare.As they look in on Ann

past Clare could not stand the horror Ann had to go through. Her parents were hurt so bad.

“I don’t think I can see any more of this. Can we see Ann aunt?” Questioned Clare. “Of course he you go”, said Santa. “What she doing”, said Clare?

“I believe she’s moving to a three bedroom house. She just got married a few days ago. What are you afraid that she’s taking Ann,” said Santa.

“Well I guess you can say that. It’s just when you’ve been friends for seven years it’s kind of hard to let go. Be-

sides she’ll miss me and I’ll miss her.” Said Clare sadly.

“As a friend you must in persuade her to have dreams not to tear them down. I know how difficult it is to let go but sometimes it better to let go then to hold on. You don’t want to hold on to the bad things now do you”, ask Santa.

“No, of course not I would never ever try to tear her down,” said Clare to hide what she really felt.

Santa and Clare headed back for Ann. As they walk in Ann was baking cookies and Mrs. Claus was feeding the elves.

“Well, ho ho ho. My good-ness what are you doing Ann”, said Santa in surprise. “Nothing just baking cook-ies”, said Ann.

“Well I have sorry to

break it to you but we better get going”, said Santa.

Santa took Ann and Clare home. When they got there everything was the same. They said their goodbyes and sweet dreams. The next morning Ann woke up to find that Clare was right next to her jumping on the bed. Ann pushes her off the bed and it made a big thump. Ann and Clare ran down-stairs to eat breakfast. Mrs. Berry was cooking brownies

And eggs. Mr. Berry was sending thank you cards to the lady and family who help him fix his jeep. All the oth-er kids were being called in the office and when you’re called to the office it means your being adopted. Ann and Clare were never called to the office before and they were hoping it would happen

this year. After breakfast Ann and Clare were try-ing to guess there presents. But today they were going to have to go to bed ear-ly. So when it hit 9:00 they got ready for bed. Ann and Clare said there goodnights. When they got to bed no one could figure out why they were so happy to go to bed early. But Ann and Clare new why. Clare went to her room and Ann went to hers. Hoping Santa would visit.

“Hello Ann,” said Mrs. Berry. “Oh hello what are you doing in here?” Said Ann.

“Well I already tuck in the five kids and now I’m here to tuck you in”, said Mrs. Ber-ry. “It’s hard to believe that there only five of us now”, said Ann.

“Well not really there’s only five of us till tomor-row,” said Mrs. Berry. “Who getting picked up now”, said Ann? “You. Your aunt is picking up you and Clare to-morrow morning.” Said Mrs. Berry.

“Your joking about this”, said Ann. “How about you get some sleep”, said Mrs. Berry smiling to Ann.

The next morning Clare and Ann were all ready. They said their goodbyes. When it hit 12:03 Ann’s aunt walked in with a suitcase.

“Well you plan way ahead

of me”, said her aunt.But Ann didn’t care you

ran up her aunt and gave her a kiss. Ann’s aunt took them home and had a wonderful Christmas. It was a Christ-mas miracle.

Satie By Samantha CowlingA few days before Christ-

mas a little girl named Kelly finished her list for what she wanted for Christmas. She wanted a lot of stuff. Her mom almost screamed. She was so surprised! Her mom told her she could get may-be one thing for her but that would be it. She started to cry she really wanted all the stuff on her list. Her mom could not bear to see her cry she looked outside. Her dad came home a little later. She was still crying and her dad told her that it would be ok. Two days before Christmas still heart broken. She was ok for now. The next morn-ing she noticed a bunch of presents under the tree. She screamed she wanted to open all of them right now! She could open one she got her American girl doll!

It was Christmas morning she was so happy she woke her parents it was five in the morning! They did not get up they went back to bed she did not but she did pass out after she opened all her

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presents. She loved her stuff. She would never let her doll out of her site. Six year later she got a little brother. She hated him. She made him cry. A little later she loved her baby brother. She never wanted him out of her sight. She forgot about her Ameri-can girl doll Satie.

She found her a month later. She found her in her attic. She was so surprised she hugged her like she was going to die. She loved her so much she never let her out of her sight again.

Later in her life now she was twenty she had a boy-friend they loved each other had a house her parents vis-ited from time to time. One day her boyfriend proposed to her she screamed she said YES. A month later they got married they were so in love. A year later she had a baby boy he was so cute. Then when he was five they had a baby girl. The boy was Jon and the girl Luce. He hated her when the boy was six-teen and the girl was eleven. She was sick and he was left to take care of her because their parents were out. Jon found Satie and gave it to Luce. He took care of her and they liked each other.

The Best Christmas Ever By Shayla HembryMy best Christmas was

last year for Christmas Eve I went to my aunt’s house. We ate a lot of food. We usually have soup. My favorite kind of soup is chili. We also have mashed potatoes, gravy, and rolls. My aunts usually make cheese dip and chips. After we eat, all the kids usually go down stairs and play. Some-times we play hide and seek or tag. Sometimes we watch TV. We see if there are any Christmas moves on. The grownups usually play cards

and talk. Then we usually open presents. Last year I got a gift certificate to go get new boots. I usually get that every year. Then usual-ly around 10:00 we go home and set out cookies and milk for Santa. After that I take a shower and go to bed. On Christmas Day we get up around 6:00 and open pres-ents. Last year from Santa I got a Samsung Galaxy tab-let, and my sister got a new mattress. My other sister got a new softball bat. Then we usually take our other presents up stairs, and then we get dressed to go to my

grandmas. Then we eat a lot of food. The kids have to sit at a different table from the grownups. After we eat, we play cards and watch TV. Next we open presents then around 5:00.

We go to my aunt’s house and play with my cousins. We play the Wii then we eat. The grownups eat up stairs and the kids eat down stairs. After we eat, we play some more then around 7:30 we open presents. After we open presents, we go back down stairs and play. Then around 10:30 we go home and play with our gifts and

that was the best Christmas I have had.

Family Christmas By Spruceton Buddenha-

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I am going to tell you about my Christmas. I will tell you about my family, the food, and traditions. We all meet up at my grandmas and grandpas. All my cousins, aunts and uncles go there. Then after a while we go to church. Then we all go back. When we get back we eat. After we eat we play bored games, and then we open

presents. For food we have turkey, mash potatoes, green bean casserole, and different foods that are some of my favorite foods. For desert we have pumpkin pie, monster cookies, Kringlus, and more. Now I will tell you about wintertime. In wintertime I go sledding at east Lake Park in Osceola the hill there is very big. And one time a week I go to snowboarding we go to Boone that is a long way away. My dad usually takes me snowboarding. The hills and jumps are very high last year I went with my sis-ters and my dad.

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