by Petroupoli, Częstochowa, Vinkovci, Daugavpils, Khust, Zlatar-Bistrica, Dorohoi, Andritsaina
Christmas salad
4th Junior High School of Petroupoli, Greece A paragraph from "The Legend of the Christmas Tree� by Lucy Wheelock (link): Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter's night. All at once they heard a timid knock at the door, and one ran to open it.There, outside in the cold and the darkness, stood a child with no shoes upon his feet and clad in thin, ragged garments. He was shivering with cold, and he asked to come in and warm himself. "Yes, come," cried both the children; "you shall have our place by the fire. Come in!" They drew the little stranger to their warm seat and shared their supper with him, and gave him their bed, while they slept on a hard bench.In the night they were awakened by strains of sweet music and, looking out, they saw ‌.
Szkoła Podstawowa nr 53 Częstochowie, Poland a paragraph from “The second spirit - A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
(link)
by Charles Dickens
Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been; and though the Spirit's eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them. “I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,” said the Spirit. “Look upon me!You have never seen the like of me before!” exclaimed the Spirit. “Never,” Scrooge made answer to it. “Have never walked forth with the younger members of my family; meaning (for I am very young) my elder brothers born in these later years?” pursued the Phantom. “I don't think I have,” said Scrooge. “I am afraid I have not. Have you had many brothers, Spirit?” “More than eighteen hundred,” said the Ghost. “A tremendous family to provide for!” muttered Scrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Present rose. “Spirit,” said Scrooge submissively, “conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.” “Touch my robe!”
OŠ Ivana Mažuranića Vinkovci, Croatia “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” (link) by Charles Dickens Tiny Tim was dead, because his parents couldn't afford medicine for him. The Cratchits were heart – broken and Bob was crying. Someone else was dead, too, but nobody cried for him. In fact, a lot of people were happy. ´Who has died?´ asked Scrooge. The spirit said nothing, but he took Scrooge to a cemetary. ´Why have you brought me here?` he asked. Again, the spirit said nothing. He just pointed to the dead man's grave.On it was the name – Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge was terrified. ´Spirit. Listen! I have seen many things tonight and I have learnt my lesson. Please tell me that I can change my future. Please! Please!´ The spirit didn't reply. Suddenly, Scrooge was back in his own bed again and it was morning. He jumped up and ran to the window. ´What day is it?´ He called to a boy in the street. ´Today?´ replied the boy in great surprise. ´Why it's Christmas Day.” “So I haven't missed it,” thought Scrooge. ´God bless you, Jacon Marley. And God bless Christmas!´”
J.Raiņa Daugavpils 6.vidusskola “The Boy With the Box” By Mary Griggs Van Voorhis. (link for the whole story here) It was an ideal Christmas day. The sun shone brightly but the air was crisp and cold, and snow and ice lay sparkling everywhere. A light wind, the night before, had swept the blue, icebound river clean of scattering snow; and, by two o'clock in the afternoon, the broad bend near Creighton's mill was fairly alive with skaters. The girls in gay caps and scarfs, the boys in sweaters and mackinaws of every conceivable hue, with here and there a plump, matronly figure in a plush coat or a tiny fellow in scarlet,made a picture of life and brilliancy worthy of an artist's finest skill.
Khust Specialized school 3, Ukraine reads
a paragraph from
“THREE KINGS� (link) (by H.Wadsworth Longfellow) Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar. Three Wise Men out of the East were they, and they travelled for their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star. The star was so beautiful, large and clear, that all the other stars of the sky became a white mist in the atmosphere, And by this they knew that the coming was near of the Prince foretold in the prophecy. Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows, three caskets of gold with golden keys; their robes were of crimson silk with rows of bells and pomegranates and furbelows, their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.
Osnovna škola Zlatar Bistrica, Zlatar Bistrica, Croatia
reads a paragraph from “ The night before Christmas: a visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore (link) ', Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
soot;
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
jerk,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
whistle,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
He had a broad face and a little round belly
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
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