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BC-IG preschoolers ask for toys, crayons, pets, book, tablet Students in Brookelyn Savoy’s kindergarten class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary write letters to Santa Claus.

Dear Santa, I really need a batman toy. I want a cyborg. I love Santa.

Micah Gustafson Dear Santa, I want some markers. I need some crayons and a new house.

Do you have a favorite cookie?

Danika Schupe

Dear Santa, I was superman. Can you give me lots of toys? I will leave you out a cookie.

Aiden Miller Dear Santa, I want a puppy. I need a toy dinosaur pet. Do you have Rudolph?

Kolt Spotts Dear Santa, I want some new crayons. My mom wants more bras. When can

I touch an elf?

Jordan Rollins Dear Santa, I really want gemmies. My brother needs more pants. I love one of your reindeers. His name Rudolph.

Camryn Ludwig Dear Santa, I want an Xbox One. We also need more Band-Aids and Travis needs a cast. Thank you for bringing us presents.

Bodi Eason

Dear Santa, I want a Christmas book. I want to get an owl for my mom. I will leave you out cookies and milk.

Emma Johnson

I need new American girl doll clothes and shoes. Could you bring me new crayons and markers? I will set out cookies and milk.

Tenley Oldham

Dear Santa, I want a big T-Rex because I saw it on T.V. My brother doesn’t share.

I will leave you out some cookies.

Gavin Ullrich

Dear Santa, I want a new tablet. I need a new charger. I like you Evy Kelly

Dear Santa, I want a new Easter dress.

Dear Santa, I want a 250 four wheeler

that comes with the trailer.

The four wheeler can hold up to 300 pounds. My mom needs a cookbook. Thank you for making your elves make us presents. I will leave you a present.

Aaron Ulrich Dear Santa, I want batman. I need a tablet.

I like you. I will leave you out some cookies.

Myles Iverson

Dear Santa, I want another cat. My mom needs me to get her a ticket to go see our family. Can I get toys for my sister?

Amari Henry Dear Santa, I want batman. I really need a pillow and a bat cover. Can you bring me lots of toys?

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If I was an elf, I’d make cars, dolls, snow globes, farm toys BC-IG second graders in Danielle Babcock’s class answer: If you were an elf, what kinds of toys would you make?

are so fun to play with outside and I am collecting them and I play with them after school.

Michael Greder: If I were an elf I would make a hippopotamus because it is cute and it can stay under water for ive minutes. A lot of animals can’t stay under water that long and they help us by eating plants and grass.

Ella Boysen: If I were an elf I would make a train because it will be easier to make. I love trains.

They are fun to make and I am the boss of the train. They are fun to ride. It feels like you are in a donut.

You should ride a train.

Creighton Cadwell: If I were an elf I would make hot wheels cars and matchbox cars too. I like hot wheel cars because they are cool.

I like matchbox cars because they make them look real.

Kadyn Conolly: If I were an elf I would make some farming stuff like combines and semis and maybe tractors. And the reason why is that I play with them with my neighbor and my brother. I play with them in my room almost every night. I might play with them tonight with my brother.

Kasey DeVine: If was an elf I would make any toy that Santa told me to make like an American girl doll and a fuzzy blanket and a lot of fuzzy socks. I would make them because they are so comfy that I can do anything in them and I would make the American girl doll because I really like them.

Jayden Evans: If I were an elf I would make a snow globe because they are pretty! I will make kids clothes to wear. I will make boys soccer balls. I will make monster trucks for boys and everything. The girls will get jewelry and necklaces.

Boys and girls can get a computer.

Some Junie B. Jones books and lots of American girl dolls. Because you guys will love most of the toys you wanted for Christmas. I hope you have fun. Santa told me to make all these toys and give them all over the world to kids.

Ashlyn Frye: If I were an elf I would make all kinds of toys. Then, I would wrap them. Books would be my favorite thing to make. I would put my books into stores and contests. My favorite books to make will be diary books. These are two of them, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” I would make these books because they will be interesting.

Savanna Gigaroa: I would make American girl doll clothing and shoes and necklaces and bracelets and headbands and beds and slippers. I would make EOS containers and books and Little House on the Prairie disc and make shopkins. I would make all these toys because they are my favorite things to play with. They

Braeden Green: If I was an elf I would make Legos because all you have to do is melt plastic into shapes and then put circles on the top and gather some together to make Lego sets. I would make them because I like to play with Legos.

Xavier Kelly: If I were an elf I would make a wind up cheetah because they are my favorite animal and they are the fastest land animal. They also are endangered and they can make a bird sound to call their cubs.

Matthew Knudsen: If I was an elf I would build farm toys for people, because I like to build toys and play with them.

Jenessa Kolar: If I was an elf I would make a doll because it would be easier to make. All you would do is just get stuf ing and fabric. First you would sew a thing like a doll and leave a hole then put stuf ing in it. Then it needs eyes, ears and a mouth. Then I will bring it to my owner.

Samuel Lansink: If I was an elf I would make Lego sets for little boys and girls. I have tons of them and I feel like all kids should play

with them.

Surianna Messing: If I were an elf, I would make stuffed animals because they help you go to sleep sometimes. If you have a hard toy they won’t help you sleep because they are hard.

Ali Nichols: I would make stuffed animals. Mostly big ones that could hold your dog. It would be a great help. I’d make some small ones. I would make every kind you ask Santa for. Because I love stuffed animals just like you. I’m also really fast at making them so I need to make big ones. I’ll make hundreds of small stuffed animals in one day.

Two big stuffed animals in one day.

Joshua Parks: If I was an elf I would make a football, because kids really like to play with them and they are fun.

Kylie Petersen: If I were an elf I would make a huge teddy bear that would be bigger than a house so I can sleep on it. I would make this because I’ve always wanted a huge bear.

Niyalla Reitz: If I was an elf I would make a toy doll, so all the children on the earth could have one. I like them because you can dress them up and you can pretend they are real.

Lauren Siegner: If I was an elf I would make a stuff animal elephant.

I like elephants and I can squeeze it.

Eidan Skirvin: If I was an elf I would make a card game, because a lot of people like to play card games.

O-A second graders — My favorite Christmas present was Legos, a stuffed animal, boots Students in Calee Hoffman’s second grade class at OdeboltArthur Elementary answer: “What is the best present you ever got for Christmas and why?

I got a favorite Christmas present last year. It was a remote control helicopter. I got it from Santa last year.

Damian Blackman

My favorite Christmas present was an Xbox because I like to play Call of Duty Black Ops III. I also like to play Madden 16. I got my present from my grandma and grandpa.

Jaxx DeJean

The best present I have ever gotten was a remote control car because it is fun. I ride it all day because it is fun. I got it from my mom and dad.

Hudson Hoefling

The best Christmas present I have gotten is a bar, beam, vault and mat because my sister and I play on it a lot. We do pullovers, back hip circles and windmills.

Addisyn Pritchard

My favorite Christmas present I have ever gotten was a lego set because you can built it. Also when it’s finished you can play with it. The legos can be different colors and shapes. I got it from my dad and mom.

Brady Youngren

My best present was a stuffed animal. It is a monkey. I liked it because I could play with it and sleep with it. My uncle and aunt got it for me.

Shaylynn Blume My favorite present was a nerf gun. It was called the Chainsaw gun. When you pull back the string it moves and it can scratch you. It makes a loud noise a lot. It can shoot bullets.

Mitchell Brummer

The best present I have ever gotten was legos because you can build anything. They are also cool because your friends can help build too. I got them from Santa.

Wyatt Bengford My favorite Christmas present was a robot cat. It is black and cool. It is nice to my brothers. I got it from Santa.

Brooklyn Martin My favorite Christmas present ever is boots. It is my favorite because I like to wear them to school. They are light brown.

Zach Hoefling My favorite Christmas present was the mermaid set because

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Concert elves: The BC-IG Elementary School held its annual holiday concert on Dec. 1 at the high school in Ida Grove. The music performance, “Elflandia,” featured Santa and Mrs. Claus introducing elves to a real human. Students from first, second and third grades performed during the evening, along with the fifth grade band.

Here, Chase Pierson, left, and Kyli Traylor, right, perform speaking pieces during the concert. The concert was under the direction of Renee Fritz. (Photo by Bethany Jones)

G-H kindergartners compose Santa letters Students in Tammy Chance’s kindergarten class at GalvaHolstein Elementary send letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, We are so excited for Christmas. We have decorated our Christmas trees and are waiting for you to come. We are all being good. Just ask our Elves on the Shelf. Are you all ready for your big night or are you still making toys? Here is a list of what we would like to make it easier for you. Thank you for our presents.

Ethan Bivens - a Nerf gun Kaylee Boogerd - books

Viktor Brunelle - an Iron Man helmet Elizabeth Forristal - make-up and a lipstick kit Jayden Jacobson - Star Wars playset Kenny Jahnke - dinosaurs Aubrey Kilts - Junie B. chapter books Sariah Lee - make-up and lipstick Elizabeth Martin - farmset with chuckwagons Leo Nedved - an Iron Man helmet Stefan Ree - Lego dimensions Ryder Schmidt - iPhone 6 Kegan Stieneke - trains

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G-H second graders list reasons they love Christmas Students in Julie Wiese’s second grade class at GalvaHolstein Elementary list the top 10 reasons why they love Christmas.

10. I am going on a train ride this year.

9. We are going to see Santa on the train.

8. We are going to drink hot cocoa.

7. We are going to go sledding.

6. We are going to go have Christmas at my Grandma’s.

5. We are going to give Santa cookies.

4. We are going to get toys.

3. We are going to build a snow fort.

2. Sunday night football And the number one reason I love Christmas, I am getting toys.

Tate Schossow 10. I like to make snow angels.

9. I ride a sled.

8. Snow walls are awesome.

7. Snow slides. I like snow slides.

6. Snow sleds ramming. It is awesome.

5. I like pancakes. We have them every year.

4. Friends. I like friends.

3. I make snow forts. It is awesome.

2. Sunday night football is awesome.

And the number one reason I love Christmas, I like Jesus. It is His birthday.

Alax Goettsch 10. I love to eat cookies dipped in milk.

9. I like to decorate the Christmas tree with Christmas ornaments. It is fun.

8. I eat candy canes.

7. Santa Claus brings me toys.

6. My brother has a Polar Express Christmas ornament.

5. I love Jesus.

4. I like toys.

3. I love to see Rudolph.

2. I would love to see St. Nick.

And the number one reason I

love Christmas, I would like to see the real baby Jesus.

Janna Friedmann 10. My Mom bought stocking hats for me and my brother.

9. I have an elf at my house.

8. Mrs. Claus is nice.

7. St. Nicholas gives us presents.

6. I like snow a lot.

5. Baby Jesus was born on Christmas.

4. I bake cookies with my Mom for Santa.

3. Rudolph has a shiny nose and I like him.

2. My family is a nice family.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, Christmas is a holiday.

Brooklynn Lukins 10. Family is the most important.

9. Frosty the Snowman is my favorite.

8. Santa delivers the presents.

7. Snow is fun to play in.

6. A holiday comes once a year.

5. Christmas is my favorite holiday.

4. Milk is good to wash it down.

3. Cookies are yummy to eat.

2. Presents are fun to get.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I like the toys that I get.

Merry Christmas.

Kolton Witzke 10. I like snow because I make snow angels.

9. We set cookies and milk out for Santa for Christmas.

8. Santa brings us presents.

7. He is magic.

6. I have a Christmas tree in my basement.

5. My Mom puts on ornaments.

4. My Dad and I play football in the snow.

3. My family comes for Christmas.

2. I am happy.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I think my Dad is thankful.

Brock Conover 10. I like snow because it is fun.

9. I like toys because they are funny.

8. I like snow lakes because it’s shaped like a star.

7. I like Rudolph because he has a red nose.

6. Joy because I enjoy Christmas.

5. Happy because I like happy joy.

4. Family because I get to see my family.

3. Presents because I get to open them.

2. Christmas lights And the number one reason I like Christmas, the Christmas tree because presents get put under there.

Zadrian Solomon 10. My Grandma and I put her Christmas tree up and we decorate it.

9. I make cookies for Santa.

8. I talked to St. Nick and Mrs. Claus.

7. I have Christmas at my Grandma’s too.

6. I love this holiday.

5. I hang stocking up.

4. I like Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer.

3. I heard Santa’s reindeer.

2. I catch snowflakes when it snows.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I love Christmas.

This is the best holiday ever.

Emery Otto 10. I love making cookies with my Mom. 9. I like decorating the Christmas tree.

8. I go sledding every year with my sister and brother.

7. I make igloos with my sister and my cousins.

6. Frost gets all over my home.

5. My family goes to my Grandpa and Grandma’s house.

4. I make snow angels when I get home every day.

3. I love giving toys to my friends.

2. I like spending time with my family.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I love making cookies with my Mom. Tailor Vincent

10. I love Jesus. He saved us.

9. I like elves. He brings Elsa ornaments.

8. I stick my tongue out and catch a snow lake on my tongue.

7. I love to be with my family.

6. I like to decorate my Christmas tree.

5. St. Nicholas is a nice, jolly man.

4. I believe that Frosty the Snowman is real.

3. I love reindeer.

2. Sleighs are cool.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I like presents.

Regan Ruble 10. Christmas is special.

9. When you be thankful you get treated the same way.

8. You need to put out cookies and milk for Santa.

7. Mrs. Claus is special like Santa.

6. Santa can sparkle away.

5. Santa is going to bring kids toys.

4. Snow can turn into frost.

3. Santa can do magic.

2. I will like a sled for Christmas.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, Baby Jesus is special.

Aiden Hernandez 10. I like Rudolph because his nose is red.

9. I like my friends because we play.

8. I like candy canes because they are sweet.

7. I like Santa because he brings us toys.

6. Snow is fun because you can make an igloo.

5. Fishing is fun because you can catch bass.

4. I like baking cookies with my Grandma.

3. I like milk because I remember Santa.

2. I like snowmen because then I can wrestle the snowman.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, I like presents because they might have a hoverboard.

Luke Whitmer 10. I like to decorate the Christmas tree with ornaments.

9. I like it when we get out the Polar Express.

8. This Christmas I will be in a parade in Cherokee with Santa.

7. I help my Mom make Christmas cookies. I get to put on the sprinkles.

6. I like to go sledding. My Dad makes us a big pile of snow.

5. I like to eat the cookies that I made.

4. I like it when Iowa State plays basketball.

3. When it it Christmas break, I have to move snow.

2. I like it when our Elf comes on the 25th of November.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, when Santa comes we get toys and that is the best thing of all.

Jonathan Friedrichsen 10. I like St. Nicholas because I think it is amazing to give everyone in the world presents in one night.

9. Toys are my second favorite thing about Christmas.

8. Jesus is my first favorite thing because it is His birthday

that is why Jesus is my first favorite.

7. Skating is my third favorite favorite because you get to sit on Santa’s lap and tell him what you want for Christmas.

6. Getting together as a family is my fourth favorite because getting together makes me happy.

5. Rudolph is a cool reindeer because he has a shiny nose and I think that is super, mega, ultra cool.

4. Elves are really fun because they hide when you are asleep and then in the morning you look for them.

3. Santa Claus likes milk and cookies. I think he is allergic to cats though.

2. I like the Christmas tree and it’s where Santa Claus puts our toys. I am excited.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, if you have a fireplace, Santa Claus will get in by your fireplace.

Shane Reiss 10. Going shopping for other people.

9. Try to find the best tree.

8. It’s freezin cold outside!

7. Doing the Christmas play 6. Putting the Christmas decorations up.

5. Putting the tree up.

4. Making Christmas cookies and gingerbread houses.

3. Eating lots of food.

2. Going to nanies and grandmas.

And the number one reason I like Christmas, being with family.

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O-A second graders share what they love about Christmas Students in Ashley Wittrock’s second grade class at OdeboltArthur Elementary School answer: “10 Reasons Why I Love Christmas.”

1. I love Christmas because I get to spend time with my family.

2. I also love to go to my Grandma MiMi’s house.

3. I love it when Santa brings all of his presents.

4. I love to read Christmas books, they make me feel joyful.

5. I like to listen to Christmas music.

6. I like to build forts in the snow.

7. We make cookies for Santa.

8. We get to sleep in the living room the night before Christmas.

9. We go sledding, our sled is a pool.

10. My favorite thing is seeing everybody looking joyful.

Brynn Lindskoog 1. I love Christmas because I can play in the snow.

2. I love Christmas because I can have hot chocolate.

3. I decorate with stockings.

4. We sled down a hill.

5. I can get Christmas because I can bake cookies.

6. I can get Christmas presents from Santa.

7. I go to my Grandma’s house.

8. I read a lot of Christmas books.

9. Do crafts with my cousins.

10. I like Christmas because Rudolph guides Santa.

Chloe Murphy 1. I like to spend time with my family.

2. My elf on the shelf.

3. We decorate the house.

4. Santa brings presents.

5. Jesus was born.

6. I play in the snow.

7. Dad pulls me around in the ranger.

8. I get Christmas cards.

9. I set cookies out for Santa.

10. I can go snowmobiling.

Jackson Wulf 1. I love when Santa comes to my house.

2. It’s fun to go sledding.

3. It’s fun to go on a lot of vacation.

4. My mom sews our stockings.

5. I love to open gifts.

6. I love to sing Christmas carols.

7. I love to have hot chocolate.

8. I love to see my cousins.

9. I like to go to my grandma and grandpa’s house.

10. My most favorite thing is building a snowman in the snow.

Molly Hoe ling

chimney.

3. Santa has a red sleigh that can ly.

4. Rudolph’s nose glows.

5. My grandma comes over.

6. I give Santa cookies.

7. I decorate the Christmas tree.

8. We give the candy cane to the elves.

9. We are thankful at Christmas.

10. I love Santa.

Marilyn Johnson 1. I love Christmas because I spend time with my family.

2. I like Christmas because I get presents.

3. You can give Santa cookies.

4. Santa rides in a sleigh so he can bring the presents.

5. I see elves at Christmas.

6. Santa has to climb down the chimney.

7. You can give Santa breakfast.

8. Rudolph has to ride with Santa on his sleigh in the sky.

9. Opening presents Santa gives us.

10. I like to go sledding.

Kellen Hoe ling 1. Santa comes.

2. I get to see my elf on the shelf.

3. I get lots of presents.

4. I watch Christmas movies.

5. I like to leave cookies out.

6. I love getting candy in my stocking.

7. I love playing in the snow.

8. I like to decorate our house.

9. I love to spend time with my family.

10. I like to sled in the snow.

Lia Hansen 1. When I went to Hyvee I see Santa.

2. I ask Santa if I could have a three wheeler.

3. I went to my Aunt Linda’s house.

4. When it is Christmas I want to ask Santa for a four wheeler.

5. When I go to my mom’s for the weekend.

6. I go to Ida Grove to visit my Uncle Andy.

7. My Dad and I go to friends’ houses.

8. My Grandpa Ron comes over for Christmas.

9. We go to Nathan’s house.

10. I like to build snowmen with Jackson.

Kaleb Namanny 1. I like to spend time with family

and friends.

2. I can’t wait for Santa to get here.

3. I can’t wait to get presents on Christmas.

4. I like to leave out cookies and milk for him.

5. I like to listen to the sleigh bells at night.

6. I like when my mom sews our stockings.

7. I love sledding at my house.

8. I like the big meals on Christmas days.

9. I like sharing with others.

10. I love going out on a holiday.

Aaron Neumann 1. I love to spend time with family.

2. I like to have snowball ights.

3. I also give Santa cookies.

4. I drive my four-wheeler in the snow.

5. I like to build a snow cave.

6. I also like to be pulled on my sled.

7. I like to open presents.

8. I also like to have Nerf wars.

9. I like to build big snow piles.

10. I also like to watch the Polar Express.

Cooper Sleight 1. We go sledding in the snow on Christmas.

2. Santa brings presents over night.

3. I go ice skating in Ida Grove.

4. I love spending time with my family and friends.

5. We like Christmas trees.

6. We watch movies together.

7. We leave Santa cookies and carrots.

8. We watch Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer.

9. We go to grandma and grandpa’s house.

10. My dad, Jezabelle and Piper play in the snow.

Shane Babcock 1. I like to spend time with my family.

2. My grandma Debbie puts up a naughty elf.

3. Every Christmas I sneak up the stairs.

4. I like to see Santa.

5. I’ve seen Rudolph.

6. I like opening the presents irst.

7. I like to play in the snow.

8. I like Home Alone.

9. I like baking cooking and candy.

10. I like singing in church.

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Historical Christmas: The Ida County Historical Society hosted its annual Christmas Open House at the Moorehead House Museum in Ida Grove Dec. 3-4. A Christmas memories theme ran throughout the house this year. Here, Patty Nelson of Ida Grove is dressed in a period outfit relating to the late 1800s to early 1900s. (Photo by Mike Thornhill)

BC-IG preschoolers compile letters to Santa, wish lists Students in Timi Wunschel’s four-year-old preschool class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I would like a Baby Annabell.

Her real cries, sucks on a binkie and real drinks from a bottle.

Thank you.

McKenleigh Hannel Dear Santa, I would like a Barbie jeep and an American Girl doll named Annabell. Thank you.

Sophia Buns Dear Santa, I would like a Bat Girl costume and scissors. Thank you.

Piper Moser Dear Santa, I want a baby Annabell, and a diaper for her and a bottle for her and its going to be a girl and I want her to have pink eyes. And what else I was thinking was to have a

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Peppa Pig family and a Peppa pig car and a Peppa Pig jeep. And the Peppa Pig jeep has to have everything that comes with the set. Thank you.

Charlie Henderson Dear Santa, I want a real horse. Thank you.

Nicole Madsen Dear Santa, I would like a real horse, and 190 fake horses what you can ride for downstairs because Jacob and me are making a farm. Thank you.

Julia Clausen Dear Santa, I would like a train and a picture.

Thank you.

Chloe Boysen Dear Santa, I would like a jewelry box. Thank you.

Natalie Siegner Dear Santa, I want a little train, a new piggy

bank cause mine broke, a little truck, dumper truck, and I want a Bat Man costume and I want a airplane with a remote control to ly it and that’s all. Thank you.

Elijah Boysen Dear Santa, I would Santa to bring me a real grown-up BB gun and a toy garbage truck and some Coke so I have something I can drink in my bedroom lying on the bed drinking. I would like a lot of stuff and lot past New York. Thank you.

Israel Muniz Dear Santa, I want a Paw Patrol set and a Paw Patrol bike that’s it. Thank you.

Jacob Johnson Dear Santa, I want a toy T-Rex and a King Cobra and a Bald Eagle. Thank you.

Xavier Blunk

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O-A kindergartners pen letters to Santa Students in Alycia Sporrer’s kindergarten class at OdeboltArthur Elementary write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been really good. Could you please bring me a toy dart gun and some semis? Could you bring my dogs some doggie bones? Thanks, Santa.

Michael Babcock Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a baby doll, a kite and a Barbie doll? Thanks, Santa.

Bailey Blume Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am five years old. I live in the country by Odebolt. I have been a little good.

Could you please bring me a boat lego set and some tractors? My dogs would like some little dog treats, too. Thanks, Santa.

Logan Boyle Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been really good. Could you please bring me some toy cars, some necklaces and a toy boat? My mom would love some pretty necklaces. Thanks, Santa!

Cole Carstensen Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a baby doll that you feed, a balloon and the game Pie Face?

My sister would like a new baby.

Thanks, Santa.

Ava Corbin Dear Santa, I am a boy, and I am five years old. I live in the country

by Odebolt. I have been really good. Could you please bring me a pickup with a head, a New Holland bean head and a mower that swings around? My dog would like a candy cane that has puppy food in it.

Brecken Godbersen Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a Ninjago suit of Kai, Ninjago nunchucks and Spiderman webs?

My dogs would like a tennis ball football. Thanks, Santa.

Lucas Hannam Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am six years old. I live in the country by Ida Grove. I have been very good.

Could you please bring me a dinosaur dig, a Pokemon game and a Minecraft sword? What is it like at the North Pole? My family would love a new dog leash, too.

Thanks, Santa.

Brooks Jensen Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a live turtle, tsum tsums and that I have love and care this year?

My dog would love something, too. Why do an elf and a reindeer come to my house? Thanks, Santa.

Harper Ladwig Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a WiiU Inspiro game, some traps and a play house? Are you doing good, Santa? Thanks, Santa.

Logan Lantz Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me

a doll, a house for my pretend dog and a playground? My brother would really like a fire truck and a boy dollhouse. Thanks, Santa.

Lily Lucht Dear Santa, I am a boy and I am five years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a new bike, a stocking, and new shoes? Can you bring my dog a new bone? Thanks, Santa.

Caden Mickelson Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in the country by Odebolt. I have been good. Could you please bring me a toy horse, some new crayons and a baby doll? My brother would like some Pokemon cards. Thanks, Santa.

Chanel Schulte Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am six years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been really good. Could you please bring me some puzzles and some Lego people? My brother would like a Nerf gun. What do your reindeer look like? Thanks, Santa.

Briley Schultz Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in Odebolt. I have been super good. Could you please bring me a Nums Nums ice cream truck, an American Girl ice cream truck and a doll?

My cat would like a mouse toy.

Thanks, Santa.

Shelby Skyes Dear Santa, I am a girl and I am five years old. I live in Kiron. I have been good. Could you please bring me a Barbie, a doll and a Barbie camper? My mom would like a new pot. Thanks, Santa.

Brooklyn Wulf

Team Santa: Donning “Team Santa” shirts, Brock, left, and Kyle Conover, sons of Dan and Shelley Conover of Holstein, took to Kris Kringle’s lap on Dec. 3 during Holstein’s community Christmas celebration to share their top picks for what they want to see under the tree this year. (Photo by Bethany Jones)

BC-IG preschool students send le ers to Santa Students in Leah Harriman’s preschool class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary School wrote letters to Santa Claus.

Dear Santa, I want a dress for Christmas please. Ho. Ho. Ho. Thank you.

Autumn Rector Dear Santa, I want a play Super Hero Superman. Merry Christmas. Thank you.

Jacob Zimmerman Dear Santa, I want Ninja Turtle Car please.

Thank you Santa.

Jax Reitz

Dear Santa, Please drink the milk, you can drink it and eat the cookies too. Please bring me a toy tractor. Thank you.

Carter Montgomery Dear Santa, I want a car that I can drive in, Elsa blue please. Also, three rings and jewelry and that’s it. Thank you.

Journey Minor Dear Santa, Please bring me toy dinosaurs.

Thank you.

Ian Weber Dear Santa, Ho. Ho. Ho. I would like a fake Barbie

car to drive for pretend. Thank you.

Mylah Boger Dear Santa, I want a Barbie for Christmas.

Thank you.

Hilda Carlin Dear Santa, Can I please have a race car. I would also like a Santa tree. Merry Christmas.

Brennan Van Houten Dear Santa, I want a Rudolph with a nose so bright that walks by himself. Thank you.

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G-H fourth graders share tradi ons Students in Mikell Brosamle’s fourth grade class at GalvaHolstein Upper Elementary School answer: What does Christmas mean to you?

What Christmas means to me is gathering around the Christmas tree, or being with family and even making a gingerbread hous. It’s not about what presents, clothes or shoes you get. It’s about spending time with your family. I celebrate my Christmas with my cousins. Last year we made home-made cookies for Santa. Sometimes we make decorations for the tree too. I think you should think of Christmas like a very special holiday.

Xaria Rojas What Christmas means to me.

It means having a big family surrounding me. Just take a second to think about the people who don’t have a family or don’t even have a home. I just love everything that I have. Chritmas reminds me just how fortunate I am.

Elizabeth Schimmer To me Christmas means being with my famly. We get to spend time with them and eat with them.

We play games like checkers and uno. When we have Christmas with my Dad and Mom we get cool presents. It is Jesus birthday and that is important. I like Christmas because I got to spend time with my family and it is really fun.

Conner Jacobson When I think of Christmas I think of waking up and running downstairs to open presents with my family. I also think of our church Christmas play on Sunday.

We always look in our stockings irst. Then we open our gifts.

After that we usually go to our grandparents and eat patatoes and other amazing things at both of my grandparents houses. We also stay up late and talk for a long time. It is so fun.

Carson Harriman What Christmas means to me is that families get together and celebrate Jesus’s birthday. I think that if Jesus was not on Earth we would not have Christmas. We also celarbrate Christmas with gifts.

Santa goes around giving presents to everyone. We also celarbrate Christmas with Christmas trees.

That’s where Santa puts the presents. Since Santa goes around the world people leave out milk and cookies too.

Brody Bisenius Spending time with my family and celebrating Jesus’ birthday.

Two of the traditions our family

has are decorating cookies and putting ornaments on the Christmas tree. We leave cookies and carrots out for santa and his reindeer. My cousins and I also like playing games and listening to songs. I love Christmas.

Noah Struck Christmas to me is a time to get together with family and to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

It’s not about getting. It’s about giving. Although it is very fun to set up the tree and set out the milk and cookies; it’s not about that, it’s about family and Jesus.

It’s a very important holiday. I celebrate family traditions such as getting on pajamas, drinking hot chocolate while driving around the night before we leave for Grandma’s house.

Kyle Burk Christmas makes me think of Christmas traditions. Every year my Mom’s side of the family gathers around the Christmas tree and watches were is Santa Claus is in the world. When we celebrate with my dad’s side we always sleepover at my grandpa’s and grandma’s house and stay up really late. I love spending time with my family on Christmas.

Addison Voge Christmas means to celebrate Jesus’s Birthday. It is not about presents. I think that it is about family. Jesus gave his life for our sins. It is also about making gingerbeard houses with family. It is also about playing with cousins.

Gavin Vohs I don’t celebrate Christmas just for presents. I celebrate Jesus’s birthday with my family. I like when the kids put on a play at are church. It’s a lot of fun because when the mom and dad leave the toys come alive. I love when my family celebrates Christmas. I like when the kids play cops and robbers at my grandmas.

Ethan Dutler What Christmas means to me is a lot about family. My family gets together and we have egg bake. It is very good. We open presents all together. My family thanks God for doing everything for us. My family goes to church with us. We blow out candels. My favorile part is leaving out cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. I Love making cookies with my family. I Love putting up the Christmas tree at Christmas.

Cadey Vohs Spending time with my family.

One other thing I like is opening

presents. A nother thing I like is putting cookies out for Santa.

The thing I like best I putting reindeer food out on the lawn.

I enjoy gathering around the Christmas tree. Celebrating Jesus’s Birthday. We have traditions like playing Hide and Go seek, tag, snow football, snow baseball, snow hide and go seek and snow tag. I love spending time with cousins and friends and staying in my pajamas all day.

Landon Dubord Well there’s Jesus’s Birthday and my cousin Kyllens birthday.

To celebrate Jeus’s birthday we have a Chistmas concert at the Galva Lutheran Church. We do our family traitions. First, I open my presents. Then, I go to my grandma’s house and I also go to my uncles house. You might have diffent traditions, but that is ours. Do you spend time with family? I know we do.

MaKayla Rasmussen Christmas is one of my favorite holidays not because of the presents but we get to be with are family and it’s Jesus’s birthday. When it’s Christmas Eve we put out cookies for Santa and carrots for the rein deer. We go to sleep at about 7:30 and wake up at 6:00.

Dranelle McCray Christmas is the only holiday we decorate for. It’s one of the few times our whole family gets together. I like making Christmas cookies. We also go to church on Christmas week. We go to church during the week day because Jesus’s Birthday is on Christmas.

Elle Juelfs What Christmas means to me is eating with my family on Christmas Eve. Also reindeer, Jesus’s Birthday and Christmas trees. I like leaving out cookies and carrots for Santa and the reindeer. A Christmas tradition for me is putting the old wrapping paper in garbage bags and burning the bags and most importantly lighting a big firework. At school we play games, eat treats and do a gift exchange. That’s what Christmas means to me.

Lillian Whitmer Christmas is my favorite holiday. It is so fun. We gather around the Christmas Tree. When you go to bed Santa will give you presents so you can open them.

When we go to church there is a dance. It is so cool.

Melanne Herrera

Elflandia: The BC-IG Elementary School held its annual holiday concert on Dec. 1 at the high school in Ida Grove. The music performance, “Elflandia,” featured Santa and Mrs. Claus introducing elves to a real human. Students from first, second and third grades performed along with the fifth grade concert band. Here, soloists Bailey Holst, left, and Hayden Holst, right, perform “Making Toys.” The concert was under the direction of Renee Fritz. (Photo by Bethany Jones)

G-H preschoolers pen letters to Santa Dear Santa: We love you. Thank you for letting us sit on your lap when we visited your castle in Storm Lake. We liked seeing your trains. Does magic make your reindeers fly? Thank you for the presents you are going to bring us…here is what we would like: Books – Avery Lunddt All the Paw Patrol Mashems – Anna Schnuckel A real puppy dog – Aubrey Nobles A little vacuum – Ivy Bruns Nerf Gun – Bodie Johnson Spiderman Umbrella – Ivy Tesch Ultimate Spider-Man Web Warriors Color Shock Slinger – Henry Friedrichsen My Little Pony Umbrella – Mia Grundmeier Hello Kitty stuff – Olivia Sauter

Batman Umbrella – Aiden Pullen Bow and Arrow toy set – Graham Boling Ultimate Spider-Man Web Warriors Color Shock Slinger – Karver Jensen Baby Doll – Adilia Rodriquez Remote Control Car - Gus Schweitzberger Love, Jennifer Leftwich’s afternoon preschool class at Galva-Holstein Elementary.

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Dear Santa Claus, Please can you give me toys or colors. Thank you for bringing toys every Christmas.

Keira Baughman Dear Santa Claus, I want a train.

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Dear Santa Claus, I would like a Barbie please.

Haley Johnson Dear Santa Claus, I hope you have a Merry Christmas.

I would like a present please.

Landen Gigaroa Dear Santa Claus, Merry Christmas. I’d like a coloring board like you color on the table. I want a Woody toy and a truck that’s a really big truck. That’s

it, that’s all I want. Thank you.

Raymond Salcido Dear Santa Claus, All I want is puppies.

Gemma Arbegast Dear Santa Claus, I want presents please and thank you.

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Sebastian Walton Dear Santa Claus, I want toys for Christmas. Um, and tape. And Make up.

Avery Schable Dear Santa Claus, Hope you have a Merry Christmas. Thank you for my Mommy and Daddy. I would like look and find books, blocks, puzzles and dolls.

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BC-IG Snyder’s fourth graders share holiday traditions Students in Janet Snyder’s fourth grade class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary School answer: What are your favorite holiday traditions?

One tradition I have is my elf on the shelf. I have a girl one and a boy one. Ever since I got one we put it in the living room. The male one is Chip and the female one is Vannah.

At night they move around the house, one year Chip was siting on the tree.

At Christmas we have my Aunt Bee and cousin Robert. We play board games too. We have a board game with marbles and we sit in the living room, or the kids sit on the table and watch tv. Then my family leaves, and we sit down, then go to bed.

Savannah Meseck My family traditions are $5 gifts.

That’s when you buy a $5 gift and you pick a card. We also do pictures of ouer family. Me and my sisters go bake Christmas cookies. We dercorate the tree on Christmas Eve. Ashytn sets out cookies for Santa. Then we open our presents at our house and my Grandmas house and my other Grandmas house.

We all go to my Grandmas house to have nachos. If we want we will take out are new snowmobiles and ramp and race. Then maybe we will take out my uncles fourwheeler.

We all open are letters. We open are stockings. We open are small gifts, the medium ones and then my favorite, the big ones. We go to my Grampas house and open our gifts.

In conclusion we eat our cookies.

I always take the most frosted one and the most sprinkled one. Those ar some of my favorte holiday traditions.

Jaiston Jung A holiday tradition at my house is when I wake up I go to my moms room and wake her up. Then, I wake up my sister and we open presents.

But before Christmas, we have a Chistmas Eve presents which are a movie, some pajamas and a cup with hot coco. Also, we put up the Christmas tree and decorate it and the house to. Then, we go to granda Shanon’s house for Christmas.

When we get there we make homemade play-dough. Then, we open presents and play games like horseshoe, kickball, bowling and Sorry the board game. We also have a Christmas feast. We have turkey, pizza, stuf ing and lots more. Those are some of my favorite holiday traditions.

Jayms Williams A holiday tradition at my House would be setting up a Christmas tree. Me My sister Brynley help our mom put all the decorations on the tree. Then we put the decorations all over the house. There is so many thou its really hard for everyone to pick one. I picked a calender it’s a calender that we count down from.

My mom helps us get started. All the way till Chrismas. But before Christmas day the night before Christmas we set some cookies out for Santa Claus. Some carrots for the rain deers too. On, Christmas Morning Me My sister Brynley and maybe my little sister Tornice will get a thing or two. She is the best baby in the world you know. My other sister too. After, Christmas

Day we go to my Grandma Mary and Grandpa Tonys house for Dinner. We eat chicken, ham, ice cream, pie, casserole, chips and dip and especially lots of love. These are some of my favorite Holiday traditions.

Marley Smith A holiday tradition at my house is putting names in a hat and pulling them out. I’ll explain to you. It’s only my mom’s family that does this but she brings us along for it because its fun. So you put all the names in the hat and you pull two of them out. Those are people that get each other presents. Here’s one thing that almost happens every year. Sometimes we pull the same names in the same house. That’s a problem because then we know what there going to get us. We have to draw again. Now I’ll tell you how we open presents. We go oldest to youngest in my unkles house well for the kids we go oldest to youngest.

At my Nana’s house we go youngest to oldest. First we go look at the stocking’s and open them.

We open them one by one. I like waching other people open their presents but I opening mine too.

We go upstairs and eat breakfast.

The kids sit at the kid table in the living room. I have to sit there with Brayden, my brother and Anna and Cara. After breakfast the adults play card games and I wach Brayden if Anna and Cara are playing too.

Those are a few of my favrite holiday traditions.

Abbe Uken A holiday tradition in my family is on Christmas Eve we always go to my Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house.

Our cousins are always there. If it is snowy outside we will either sled or make a snowman. After that we eat. We always eat chicken, mash potatoes and gravy and corn. Then we all gather in the living room and open presents. Usually the little kids open their presents irst then the grownups. Then we go home.

Another tradition is after we go to our Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house we go home and open presents from our Mom and Dad. We all open our presents one by one. The reason we do that is because my mom and Dad take pictures. Sometimes after that we watch movies. Then we go to bed.

Another tradition is on the morning of Christmas we all open our presents from Santa. First we take the stuff from our stockings.

Then we open our presents. We open them one by one. Then we get ready to go to our other Grandma’s and Grandpa’s.

Another tradition is we go to our other Grandma’s and Grandpa’s.

When we get there we eat. Then we open presents. We always spend the night there. The next morning we eat breakfast. Then we leave.

Those are some of my favorite traditions.

Kaleb Taylor What are my favorite holiday traditions? I have tons of them.

From putting up the tree to making cookies. I have a lot more, and I mean a lot. Let me tell you about them.

Every Christmas the irst thing we do is put up the Christmas tree.

It’s super fun. We usually have green, gold and red ornaments.

Then we watch movies and have cocoa. One of our favorite movies is Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

I also like making cookies. We have a few and they’re really good. We usually have Santa, reindeer, bells, sleights and Christmas tree shaped cookies.

Every Christmas Eve we go to my Grandma Nichol’s house. We play for a little while then go church.

Then we come back and Santa comes. Then my cousin McKenna and I sing songs to everone. Then we open presented with everyone.

Next we go home and get cookies and carrots out for Santa and his reindeer. Then we read “The Night Before Christmas.” We wake up in the morning and rush downstairs.

There’s tons of presents. I’ve never gotten coal before. We open our presents. Then we go to our stockings. There’s always a ton of candy.

Then around 12:00 we go to my Grandma Patera’s house and open presents from her. Then my cousins and I go and play. One of our favorite games to play is pioneers. Then we go back to home and hang out.

Those are my Christmas traditions.

Christmas is my favorite holiday.

It’s the birthday of Jesus and is really fun. I love celebrating it with my family. Do you have Christmas traditions Do you spend them with your family? I hope you do. Merry Christmas.

Alexis Patera One holiday tradition I do is go to my second cousins house. When we go there we get presents from them and just hang out. We usually meet up with some of our family there.

We some times turn on Christmas movies. Like “Home Alone.” That’s one of our favorites. We might just choose a random movie that’s on.

Another tradition we do is we sometimes put all of the kids names on different pieces of paper and put it in a hat. We then pull out two different pieces of paper. Then we look at the names on the paper and those two people have to buy a present for the each other. Some times our parents give us a little bit of money for the other persons present.

For another tradition we put up our stockings. We have two different ire places to hang up our stockings. One is fake and the other is real. We usually put our stocking up on the real one because there’s a bigger place to put them. On our stockings is the irst letter of our name. To hold the stockings up we each have little statue things that we put on the string connected to our stockings. Those are some of my holiday traditions. I could write a bunch more. Hopefully you have some fun traditions too. I also hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Hayden Zimmerman I have three Christmas events.

I go to one of my grandmas and open presents. Then I open my own presents at home. Then I go play with my cousin grandmas.

Then we leave and go to our other

grandmas.

We even get are cat toys to play with. Last year I got shoes last year.

They were my favorite gift. I get to play with my other cusens. We play boardgames.

Patrick Ehrig At my house on Christmas Eve we get the tree. When we get the tree we like to igger out were to put it.

Then we like to put ornaments on the tree and have Christmas music playing. We make cookies too. I like to help my mom make them.

We don’t always make cakes on Christmas but we tend to. It’s fun.

On Christmas Day we like to wait till everyone is up then we open presents. I like to test them out if it shoots. But I wait to play with them after everyone is done opening presents. We then eat the food like cookies and cake and other food too. Scaty Cat would always climb up the Christmas tree. Those are some of my favorite holiday traditions.

Cale Tromp At my grandma Patera’s house my cousins come over to my grandma’s house. We eat and talk. Then when it’s time we open our presents. The youngest opens irst. When we are all done opening our presents. We get to play with our toys that we got.

At my other grandma’s house all my other cousins go to my grandma’s house. We watch tv we play with our cousins. Then we open presents. They youngest goes irst and then the oldest goes last.

My grandma usually has cookies and they are usually so good.

At my house we eat dinner witch is a special dinner. Then when were done we go and open presents. The youngest one gets to open irst the oldest last. Then we go to bed. Then on Christamas we go down stairs to open presents. Then we go upstairs and eat breakfast and then we play with our toys that we got. Those are my holiday traditions.

Andrew Parks On Christmas eve we go to my Grandma’s house. At Grandma’s house we have supper and we hang out together. We open presents watch a cupple of movie. Then we go home to decorate the tree. We watch a video of Santa. The we read “The Night Before Christmas.” Then we go to bed and wait for Santa to come.

On Chrismas day we go down stairs and open presents. We play with them. We get ready for family to come. We cook a big lunch and then we all hang out. Then we play cards. It’s really fun. Then they go home. And we rest. We watch movie and spend time together. What do you do on chrismas?

John Kruse A holiday tradition we do at my house is we do baking. Well, my Grandma and I do. This year Gary and I and my Grandpa are putting an air hockey table and a ping pong table together. My Grandma have

nine Christmas trees and most of them are small. Gary and I go outside and make a wall. Then we have a snowball ight. My Grandpa is going to take us skiing in Des Moines.

On Christmas Gray and I open our presents. I know what I am getting this year. My Grandap is going to ty to get an iphone 5. We eat a turkey, mash potatoes and corn. This year I’m going to get my Grandpa and Grandma a present. Those are some of my favorite holiday tradition.

Jordyn Hinrickson On Christmas Eve we put up the tree. Then we put the star on the tip top of the tree. But irst we have to put up all ive mini trees x-mas trees. We have to put up three tall trees, a 12 foot, a three foot and a four foot.

On Christmas Day we make green and red obbleck. This year I have to put a cat in a box for my baby sister.

Then we open presents. And then we play with them.

Keegan Hoaglund My favorite holiday tradition is that one week before Christmas we put up our Christmas tree. We take a box of decorations from the basement and decorate the tree.

The ornaments were from long ago, and my Mom made some of them when she was little. In second grade, I made a snowman ingerprint ornament and hung that on the tree. We also decorate our house on the same day.

Another tradition is on Christmas Day. I open presents and go to my Grandma’s house. Other relatives go to my Grandma’s house. Other relatives go to my Grandma’s house too. We have a big dinner.

We bring some food and Grandma makes some too. Bailey and I open presents from our Grandma. We play with our cousins. Then we say “Goodbye” and go to my Great Grandma’s house for Christmas.

When we get to my Great Grandma’s house we stay there for a while before we open presents.

Then we play a game and put presents in the middle of the room.

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A favorite holiday tradition at my house is I stay at my mom’s house on Christmas Eve. When we wake up we open presents. Sometimes we take video of Santa. My Dad Great Grandpa Sister and Grandma were there. They brought presents and we all open them. We eat breakfast after opening presents.

Another holiday tradition is going to my Grandma Gail’s house.

She has a big house and lots of toy.

Sometimes we ride four wheeler.

We open presents and we get a lot of presents. One time we had a nerf gun ight. We had a lot of fun at my grandma houses.

At my grandma’s house my sister and my mom are there. One time at Christmas I got a Kinde with a case.

We had a big feast. We had ham and pie. After we open presents we play outside. Tese are some of my favorite holiday traditions.

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A holiday tradition at my house is Christmas. My family puts names in a hat or box the day before Christmas. If I picked a sibling id have to put the paper back in the hat or box, if I picked my cousin I’d have to buy them a present. Then we have a quick supper we put out cookies and milk for Santa. We put out carrots for the reindeer also.

After all that stuff we go to bed and wait for Santa to come.

It’s Christmas morning and the irst thin we do is wait for everybody to wake up. Then we open our stockings, after stockings we open our presents, ps they were spectacular. After presents I put everything away, then I got everything back out again and started playing with all the toys.

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We get cards and if someone has your card, they get to pick from the middle or steal a present. Everyone gets a present. Those are a few of my favorite holiday traditions.

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G-H preschoolers send wish lists to Santa Dear Santa: We love you. We liked going to your castle in Storm Lake, but we did not see a real reindeer and it started to rain. We have all been very good and for Christmas we would like: A Monster Truck – Emmett Stuhr A toy phone – Aliyna Jacobson A new Barbie – Mayci Heitmann Magnet shapes – Kendrell McCray

Barbies – Jayne Friedmann A new dino – Quinn Evans A toy Bow and Arrow – Zach Vohs A fairy, rainbow, sparkly costume with wings – Nikita Powell A musical toy turtle – Owen Tiefenthaler Thank you Santa.

Love, Jennifer Leftwich’s morning preschool class—Galva-Holstein Elementary.

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G-H kindergartners present their le ers to Santa Students in Barb Gebers’ kindergarten class at Galva-Holstein Elementary School write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa Claus, We know you are wondering if we have been naughty or nice this year. We haven’t always been nice, but we try hard not to be naughty. We help our friends and our family. We keep our hands to ourselves and listen to the teachers at school so we can learn. At home, we listen to mom and dad and do our chores. We are wondering how the elves make all the toys? How do your reindeer ly?

We will leave you cookies and two milks and muf ins.

Do you think we are naughty or nice? If you think we are nice, here’s what we want for Christmas: Laney Georg-Shopkins Tregg Bagenstos-cowboy boots Chloe Kinney-shoes that tie Levi Bruns-trains Jaxson Stowater-Legos Maxwell Breyfogle-action igure Iron Man Raymond Goettsch-a bike Brock Bisenius-4 Wheeler I can ride on Elizabeth Jacobson-a Hatchimals

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Merry Christmas, Santa and Elves.

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Christmas means family, Jesus birth, fun, presents, food, games Students in Kelsie Nettles’ fourth grade class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary School answer: “What Christmas means to me?”

Christmas reminds me of baking cookies with my sister, mom and dad. Every Christmas I go to grandpa’s house and open presents from our family. It also reminds me of going to church and lighting the candles. Christmas makes me think of going outside in the snow and then coming inside and then drinking hot chocolate.

When I think of Christmas I think of setting up our decorations and Christmas tree. The best part of Christmas is spending time with family.

Blake Corbin To me Christmas is about celebrating when Jesus was born.

I love Jesus.

I am thankful for my family, friends, Jesus and I am also thankful for thanksgiving. I love everything and thankful for everything.

Every year my family and I put the star on top of the tree. The youngest one puts the star on top of the tree.

Last year, I had the most presents and the one who has the most presents gets a cookie.

I love to sleep a lot, so every morning on Christmas I count how many I have. Last year I saw Santa and a reindeer.

Every year my mom makes cookies that look like Santa, so I told my mom I love her a lot and she said she loves me too.

Every year I try to play dress up with my little sister Journey. She is the best sister in the world.

Every year is fun at my house.

Every year we have a meal and the meal is goulash. I love goulash.

On Christmas Eve night I try to sleep but I cannot sleep. I wait until Santa comes.

I love putting up the Christmas tree because my family and I put up a lot of lights on the tree. The Christmas tree is special to me a lot.

We have rainbow lights. The lights we have for the Christmas tree go in a pattern of three colors.

The angel is prettier than the star.

Angels come from heaven. I want to go to heaven. Every year is so much fun. I do not know how to explain it.

Abby Minor

On Christmas we have lots of fun at Aunt Sandy’s, Grandma Deb’s, Mom’s and Dad’s.

On Christmas we get to spend time with family and friends we all play games like Bean Boozled. Last year I won. We also play games in the house like tag and Chucky.

Chucky is like hide and seek, but someone has to scare four people out of a room.

We all thank Jesus and the Lord for the food then we eat, the drinks, the clothes we wear like boots, pants, and shirts we thank Jesus and the Lord for school. We celebrate Jesus’s birthday.

We all sing songs like Rudolph the red nose reindeer. We all have a big feast at the feast we have biscuit, chicken, potatoes, gravy, Jell-O and angel cake.

Serenity Pierson Christmas means fun, family and the birth of Jesus and the food that my grandma makes for Christmas dinner. Every Christmas, we watch a Christmas movie. For example, The Polar Express. The foods that my grandma makes are green bean casserole, apple pie, pork, corn and corn on the cob.

Cooper Dausel My family and I every Christmas play Uno it’s a fun game we eat and open presents It’s fun because I always get a super hero toy. I always make Christmas cookies with my grandma every Christmas.

I always get to eat irst with my brother and my cousins. Then my mom, my grandma, grandpa and my aunts and uncles eat. Then I get to go home wait until the morning.

Then I open my gifts at my house.

Then I go eat cereal. I have some hot cocoa and watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Then I had a beautiful Christmas day.

Maddox Lantz Christmas to me is my family gets together. I love the cookies that Brylie, my twin sister and me also my grandma. I like when we put the Christmas tree up with my family and put the ornaments on. I think of my family and friends on Christmas. I also think of going to different places like my grandma and grandpa. I love building snow forts on Christmas. I get to see my cousins I haven’t seen in awhile on Christmas. That’s what Christmas mean to me.

Bailey Hansen

When someone asks me what Christmas means to me, I think about when my family gathers up at my grandma’s house and opens presents as one whole big family at the end of the day. Let’s start at the beginning of the day. Okay?

At the beginning of the day, I wake up way earlier then my parents, so I have to wait for them. When they get up, we start to open the little presents irst. Then we work our way up to the big presents. On our way to the big presents each one we open my mom has to take a picture.

After that we go to donate some clothes of my brothers, moms, dads and some of mine that does not it any more. Then my grandma meets us over at the Catholic Church in Ida Grove. To celebrate baby Jesus’s birthday and get blessed by my holy, loving God. Which takes two hours to do. To me it is boring and it takes forever to get done.

Then we go home to check on the Christmas tree because my cats like to chew on the tree. Sometimes we even put up a real pine tree, so then my cats learn not to chew on the tree. If the stuff falls off the tree and breaks we have extras in a tub that is about two feet tall and three feet long… always prepared. This is what Christmas means to me.

Adam Delong What Christmas means to me. First, the food…we have mashed potatoes, gravy, smashed cranberries, corn, steak, green beans and more. Second, I think of Jesus’s birth. Third, there is a lot of presents.

We have a tradition where we go to my grandparents house and we have a big feast and play a reindeer game.

The game is where my Grandpa Doug has reindeer ears on and we have rings and try to throw the rings at the ears. Two years ago my older sister, Ellie, won a TV. Last year, I won those TV’s that can hook on the back of the seat in the car.

I also have an elf on the shelf. His name is Ralphie. One time, Ralphie made cookies and I took them to dance to eat and he made a gigantic mess. Christmas is a fun to spend time with friends and family…. and Ralphie.

Malia Lansink When I think of Christmas I think of spending time with family, opening presents, and eating Christmas cookies. Playing Christmas games and watching

Christmas movies are other things we do at Christmas time. We go and play in the snow. We build snow castles, and we have snow ball ights. And that is what we do at Christmas.

Garrett Van Houten You may know what Christmas means to you, but do you know what Christmas means to other people? For example, people like me. Here’s what Christmas means to me.

What I like about Christmas most is having a snowball ight with my siblings. I have a gigantic ridge that gets covered in snow.

Once I went up to the Godbersen’s place and played there. They had four different snow forts. One was a rectangular snow mountain.

Another was a cone-shaped snow mountain. One had a lag, was a cave, but it collapsed. The last one was a circular wall with a arch in it.

I feel thankful for Jesus being born; otherwise we would all be dead because of sinning. I also want to go Christmas caroling, but my mom won’t let me. That’s what Christmas means to me, what’s it mean to you?

Matthew Todd What does Christmas mean to you? Christmas is the coldest and the one that gets to your heart and the one you love the most. My favorite time at Christmas is the feast. Also the present opening with each other is the best. The feast is the best because you can tell every one what happened this year and you can enjoy the food.

My aunt makes the best feast.

Sometimes we go outside and have a sliding race and make a snow fort. I like watching my dog because he does not know what snow is so he eats it. It is my favorite time of year. My brother and I play hide and seek.

He always wins because he buries himself in the snow. I ind him because I accidentally step on him. Carson, my brother, is almost seven years old This Christmas is going to be the best because I have a new baby sister now that I love her more then my brother, but we are all family Colton Boysen Christmas means a lot to me. Christmas reminds me

of the birth of Jesus. It means to have fun with friends and family. You get to celebrate the greatest traditions you’ve ever experienced. Our family has our own tradition. We all gather around at my Aunt Amy’s house.

We open all the presents in name order, which is ABC order. I think that Christmas is a special day when you get to laugh, give presents and celebrate Jesus’s birth with family. Christmas is one jolly day.

Addison Henry What Christmas means to me loving God and thinking about Jesus’s birth. Snowflakes are wonderful in the wintertime.

Presents are lovely. Cookies are yummy and delicious. Santa is jolly and his belly is like Jell-O. Candy is fun to eat. The reindeer are friendly. My family is loving. Merry Christmas.

Hunter Wessel What does Christmas mean to me? Well, you can get together with your family, bond and talk about things. It’s also Jesus’s birthday on Christmas Eve. Your family is being nice and they feed you. You can give gifts to your family. You can also get gifts from your family. On Christmas, some people bring gifts to charity to give to kids and people that don’t have any homes.

On Christmas my family and I all get together and celebrate.

We have a big feast in the middle of the day. Then, my cousins and I play downstairs in the basement. I really enjoy Christmas.

Kylee O’Brien My family and I play a lot of fun games on Christmas day.

My family and I and we eat a Christmas breakfast stockings at home we also do our presents too. Then that night we go to grandmas and do our stockings there too. Then we have a nice dinner at their house. Then us kids go have fun in the snow.

Then we all open the real presents. At nanas we all get to play around. Then we get to play with our presents they are always good. I wish it were close to Christmas. We also have to go to the church and sing a song it

is a Christmas song there too.

The church gives us pie after that to. My dad and I also go ice fishing with my cousin Riley and her dad. Our tradition is we always going to flippers house, which is my Grandpa and light bulb, is my grandmas. Mom, dad, Jager and me go cut down a tree. When we get home we put ornaments on the tree.

Jager, Riley, Karlye and Allie play some games of roll the ball.

Some of them are bored games too. All of us have an amazing time at grandma’s house we have a lot of fun memories at grandma’s house too It is a lot of fun in the basement. We all have a lot of amazing time is a good day on Christmas.

Allie Lund The best part about this Christmas is that we get to celebrate God`s birthday. We get new XBox 360 games. My family and I have the best time at Christmas.

Brady Watkins What Christmas really means to me is when we have a Christmas feast with my cousins.

We have turkey and a little bit of leftover thanksgiving.

Snow forts at my house are huge. They have an inside and a wall that’s underground. We even have a snowball fight.

Sometimes my neighbor comes over and makes two snow forts.

Every other year we go to Seattle for Christmas. We stay for five days. Sometimes we go to a cabin before Christmas Eve. This is what Christmas means to me.

Byron Godbersen What Christmas means to me is building forts with my sister and brother. Also it means going out with my family and getting presents. Also making snow angles. Also having snowball fights with my brother. Also decorating the tree. Also buying clothes for me. Also playing football with my brother. Also sledding at my grandma’s with my sister. Also playing with my cat at my grandma’s. Also playing with my dog. And putting stove on the tree.

Kaeley Wunschel

G-H second graders decorate the Christmas tree with lights, bows, ornaments, angel Students in Dina Mitchell’s second grade class at GalvaHolstein Elementary answer: Name ive things you put on a Christmas tree.

Christmas balls Disco ball Elf on the shelf Singing Santas Angel on the top Irelyn Wittrock

the tree Tiny singing Santas Flowers and pom pom skirt Olivia Schechinger Purple tree skirt Ballerina ornament Star ornament Garland Lights Tressa Downs Lights Elf on a Shelf Ornaments Picture of me sitting on Santa Singing elf Bree Otto

Lights Star Balls Angel Elf on the Shelf Clara Todd Disco ball Light up star Polar Express train to go around

Christmas skirt Lights Ornaments Star on the top

Elf on a Shelf Gillian Chance Singing Elf Singing Santas The Polar Express train Light up Santa Christmas Skirt Corbin Smith 4 Elves Lots of lights Presents Herky Star Landyn Petersen

Hawkeye gear Star on the top Disco ball Elf on the Shelf Presents under the tree Jaelynn Pierce We put presents under our tree.

Elf on the Shelf Christmas balls Lights A star on the top Tiegan Vohs Angel on top Elf on the Shelf Christmas skirt

Christmas balls Polar Express Train Kaine Coggins Polar Express train Elf costumes Hawkeye Gear Bows Light up star Carter Wright Snowmen Ornaments Lights Star Presents Ornaments Jace Ruble

Lights Hawkeye stuff Tree stand Polar Express Train Christmas skirt Raif Jensen Lights Train A stand A star Ornaments Merrick Lewis

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O-A fourth graders talk about visiting the North Pole Students in Courtney Larson’s fourth grade class at OdeboltArthur Elementary answer: What would you do if you could visit the North Pole?

If I went to the North Pole I would catch a polar bear for a pet.

Then I will make an igloo with a ire pit in the middle. I will be an inventor with a big ice house. I will have a ishing hole to catch ish for food.

Jake Larson I would go ind Santa Claus and the elves and ask him if I could look at the naughty or nice list. I would like to ind my name on the nice list. Also, I would go to the workshop to see all the presents that they will open on Christmas Eve. I would ask Santa Claus for candy and something to drink; it would take a long time to get there. Also, I would look to ind his reindeer and pet them. I would bring my family and friends. We would have a lot of fun it would be awesome to visit the North Pole.

Aavalon Gritten If I went the North pole I would help Santa. I would help him get presents ready and help pack presents. Then we would get the sleigh ready. If santa’s reindeer get hungry I would feed them food.

Then we will go deliver presents.

That’s what I would do if I visited the North pole.

Roscoe Quirk If I could go to the North Pole.

I would hunt Santa. And I will what to see reindeer the one I will want to see is Rudolp the rednosed reindeer and plus I want to tell Santa want I what I want for Christmas. And I will bring my friends to tell Santa want they what for Christmas and I will bring my teacher. Plus I will bring my family so they can see Santa too.

And I want to see the elves.

Talan Bender I would look for wrecked ice breaker boats because it would be cool. I would play with seals.

I would sneak into santa’s shop and play with the elves. I would

do chores for Santa like feed the reindeer and clean the stalls.

Tyler Raasch If I went to the North Pole I would surprise Santa by going to the workshop to help him make toys for the kids on the nice list.

First I would take mom just in case if something happened to me. Next I would check if I was the naughty or nice list. If I was on the nice list I would make sure that Santa got my Christmas list and see if he got what I wanted. I would go there every year to make sure I got what was on my Christmas list.

That would be what I would do if I went to the North Pole.

Jaiden Roeder If I could go to the North Pole I would bring warm clothes, food and a sled. Then when I get there I would build a igloo. Next I would ind a big hill of snow and go sledding down it. My goal would be to try to live there ive days.

That is what I would do if I could go to the North Pole.

Dayton Ullrich

If I could visit the North Pole I would look for Polar bears, and seals and I would also look for shipwrecked boats. I would like to go to the North Pole. I would also look for Santa (I would look for the workshop and steal an elf).

Aidan Carstensen If I could go to the North pole I would ride polar bears, play in the snow and hunt for Santa because I want to know if Santa is real or not. I would like to ride a polar bear they are luffy, But they might go too fast for me, but would land in a big pile of snow that would be fun. I would wear snow pants and boots other wise you will be cold.

It would be fun to play in the snow would go sledding because you will go super fast. You can also make snow angels and dye the snow all different colors. That is why I want to visit the North Pole.

Ally Lundell If I could visit the North Pole I would ind Santa’s workshop.

Then I would steal all my favorite toys. Then I would go back home and dig a deep hole and make a room and have my dad seal it shut.

I would have him seal it shut so the cops don’t ind me. That is what I would do if I could visit the North Pole.

Bodie Hansen If I could visit the North Pole, I would look for polar bears and seals to play with. I would make a slide for me to slide down on the sled and it would be fun to play with the seals cause I would bring a ball that loats in the water.

Ashton Hoe ling If I went to the North Pole I would hire a bunch of builders to go to. First I would plan and build a big house for us all [all the builders and I] to eat and sleep in.

Then we [all the … never mind] would plan and build a real Santa’s castle. Then I would try to ind the real Santa, but if I couldn’t I would hire someone to be [for all their life] Santa. If I did ind him I would show him the castle and ask him to move in [I hope he would agree]. Santa’s “helpers” would be machines inside the castle. That is what I would do if I could go to the North Pole.

Evan Jensen This is what I would do if I could visit the North Pole. I will bring snow boots, snow pants, a winter jacket, gloves, a ski mask and a hat. I will bring cookies and milk for Santa. Then I will say “Hi” to Santa. The people I will bring are my family, friends and my cousins.

We will look for shipwrecks. That is what I will do at the North Pole.

Ava Hoe ling If I could go to the North Pole.

First, I would meet Santa. I would feed his reindeer and play with them. Then, I would slide down glaciers and do lips of them. Last, I would ride the polar bears. That’s what I would do if I went to the North Pole.

Reece Ziegmann If I could visit the North Pole I would take my sister and family

and friends and take my sled and gear and spy on Santa Claus and ride on reindeer and visit his workshop to visit him and say hi and ride on elfs and make cookies for Santa Claus and get presents from Santa Claus and ride on his sleigh with Santa. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year have a great Christmas Eve. Santa I hope for presents soon once again have a great Christmas Merry Christmas.

Kaylie Brannan

If I could visit the North Pole I would go for rides on the reindeer Comet, Blitzen and Rudolph. After I am done riding the reindeer I would go help Santa and his elfs and see all the elfs on the shelfs.

Next, I would go see if I am on the naughty or nice list. Next I would go get Santa’s sleigh and set all the gears to as fast as they can go, then I would go lying down all the snowy land and hills that Santa owns. Then I would play in all the snow till it was dark out then I would go to bed in Santas house on the loor by the ire pit with a lit ire. I would go back to my family at my house that next morning.

That is all the stuff I would do if I could visit the North Pole.

Carter Olerich If I could visit the North Pole I would probably bring my sister Alex. When I would get there my sister and I would explore and try to see some of the animals. Then we would search for Santa’s home and workshop. When we ind it we would take a tour of Santa’s workshop and talk to some of the elves. We would ask them questions about what it’s like living at the North Pole. I would have some of the cookies and hot

chocolate that Mrs. Claus made.

That’s what I would do if I could visit the North Pole.

Olivia Schroeder This is what I would do at the North Pole. If I went to the North Pole I would go to Santa’s shop right away. Then I would go see all the elfs. I would see what they are making. Then I would ind Santa and tell him all the presents I want. Next I would tell Santa bye and go play with the polar bears.

Last I would look for shipwrecks then go home. That’s what I would do at the North Pole.

Josilynn Pritchard If I could go to the North Pole, I would try to get all the presents.

I would wait for Christmas Eve so Santa is not there. I would still have a lot of elves there so I will dress up as Santa Claus. Step B get all the presents. Before I leave I should check if I am on the naughty or nice list.

So if I want to leave I will half to get santa’s backup slay. Then I would get out of here.

But the North Pole army will make so I can’t leave. So I will half to ind the key but where is it?

First I will check Santa’s house second I will ask a elf. Third and last I will check his of ice. Yes I inally found it. It was in Santa’s of ice. I started the electric deer I checked my meares and I road out of there. Ho. Ho. Ho. Mary.

Christmas. Everybody. Ho. Ho. Ho. Preston Harris If I could go to the North Pole I would take a trip there and we would take our gator there.

We would look for Santa in his workshop to say hi. Also we would go to his work shop and see his elfs.Then we would go sledding on a big hill. After that we would tell Santa what we want. Then we would make cookies for santa so he can have a snack. If we could go there we would have a lot of fun.

Heath Schultz If I could go to the North Pole. If I went to the North Pole I would take a few friends and my sister.

We would take supplize and a sled.

I also would take my snowmobile

too. My friends would take snow dogs and skies. My sister would be in her car seat on the back of my snowmobile. We would explore for Santa and ask him if we could see his workshop. He let us explore his workshop and gave us a free night stay. At midnight we all woke and explore even more.

Ryler Ziegmann If I could go to the North Pole I would go to Santa’s house. I would go in his house and ind the good and naughty list. Then I would see if I was on it. Then if I was on the naughty list I was on it I would cross off my name and cross off my sister off the good list and put my sister on the naughty list. The I would go ind shipwrecks. That is what I would do if I could visit the North Pole.

Gabe Clifton What I would do if I could visit the North Pole. First, I would go see Santa and the elves, then I will go talk to the elves Next, I will give santa and Mrs. Claus and to elves some hot chocolate and feed and water the reindeer before it is christmas and take pictures with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunner, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph. Finally I will go to help wrap the presents and go with santa and ask if I can ride with him on the sled if he says no I will ride on the reindeer I know it would be mean but I am sure that the reindeer won’t mind.

Jadyn Friedrichsen If I could go to the North Pole I would go to Santa’s workshop.

After I got done going to Santa’s workshop I would go to see if the elves could play with me. If I went to the North Pole I would bring Livi, Jaiden R, Ally, Ava, Josilynn, Ms. Larson, my mom, my dad, my sister and Mrs. Sorensen and some more people. The reason I would bring them is because they are my friends. After I get done playing with the elfs I would go play with the polar bears. That is what I would do at the North Pole.

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BC-IG kindergartners ask for toys, shoes, phone, glasses, sled Students in Lynette Wunschel’s kindergarten class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I have been good. I want an I-Pad, a big Mickey and socks for Christmas. I am going to leave you candy downstairs on the bed.

Briaunna Ackerman Dear Santa, I want toys for Christmas. I have been good.

Alexis Boysen Dear Santa, I would like a racetrack with cars. I would also like an x-Box, TV with remotes, a jet, motorcycle, airplane, helicopter and a car.

Ben Burgus Dear Santa, I want a doggie bone for my

dog. I want a newborn baby doll, a blanket and socks for Christmas. I have been good.

MaKenna Barnum Dear Santa, I want a Baby Annabelle, a sled, the Troll Movie and a little dry erase board with an eraser and markers. I am going to leave you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some milk.

Ashlynn Bruns Dear Santa, I want new shoes for Christmas.

I have been good. I will leave chocolate chip cookies for you.

Elise Simmons Dear Santa, I would like a toy tractor and fake dog for Christmas. I will leave you cookies and milk. I like you.

Sam Parks

Dear Santa, I would like a BB8 from Star Wars. I would also like a dirt bike. I have been good. Could you give my dad a pipe for his 44/30 tractor and a lamp for my mom?

Owen Forbes

Dear Santa, I would like a sumo wrestler.

I will leave you chocolate chip cookies. I am nice. Could you please get my mom a new phone?

Wyatt Van Houten

Dear Santa, I want Power Rangers for Christmas. My brother Dawson wants a trampoline. My sister Sophie wants a Barbie. I have been good.

Preston Hinkeldey

Dear Santa, I would like a baby doll for Christmas. I will leave you chocolate chip cookies and milk.

I have been good. Could you get my big sister a computer?

Jakinzi Krayenhagen

Dear Santa, I want a phone for Christmas.

I want an I-pad. I will leave you cookies. I have been good.

Rylin Mott Dear Santa, I would like new glasses.

Jacob Wehr Dear Santa, I want stick on nails and a real phone. I have been mostly good. I want a new Halloween pumpkin for my dad for next

year. I want a ring for my mom.

Tinley Redenius Dear Santa, I want an I-Pod. I’ve been good.

Brody Schiernbeck Dear Santa, I would like a new computer, a new Captain America blanket, a skateboard, a real cat, a Batman movie and new blue/black shoes with laces and no pictures.

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G-H fourth graders share their favorite holiday recipes Students in Chad Hustedt’s fourth grade class at Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary School answer: what is your favorite holiday food and how do you make it?

Christmas cookies The irst think you need to buy is the dough. Second you spread out the dough. Third you cut the dough in any way you want. Fourth you put it in the oven for about 350 degrees. Fifth take out the cookies and let them cool down. Buy any kind of frosting then put it on the Christmas cookies, buy sprinkles and put them on and enjoy.

Xavier Rojas Hot Coco with a mint By hot coco pack. Now use the pack put in the cofe maker when its done put a mint.

Marley Williams My family’s Halloween tradition is Witches Brew which is chili. You will need black beans, chopped corn, chili sauce, tomato sauce, hamburger and heat for fur hours on low, but two hours on High in your crockpot.

Jared Taylor Graham Cracker Bars The food we make is graham cracker bars. We make them for Christmas and Thanksgiving. My mom and I always make it. My grandma passed it down the recipe to my mom. First, you smash down graham crackers. Next, you melt some peanut butter and butter together. Then, you stir the peanut butter and butter together.

You then dump it into the bowl with the graham crackers. Then you add a lot a lot of powdered sugar. The you latten it all down in a pan. Last, you melt chocalate and spread it out on the bars. You don’t have to cook it.

Kiara Luscombe My favorite holiday food is thankgiving turkey. First get a turkey from the supermarket. Next get a roaster and put the turkey in it. Last put the roaster in the oven at 320 degrees for two to three hours.

Braxtan Galvin

Terkey is made by getting a terkey then you kut it. After that you cook it for one hr. and last you eat it.

Jose Angel Loera

My favorite holiday food is my gramndma’s amzing Angle food cake. First you put the lower in.

Next put one cup of milk in. Then a half of a cup of vegetable oil. After two eggs in the bowl. Stur for one min. Put in oven for one hour at 350 degrees and your done.

Sydney Blackmore My favorite holiday food is turkey. This year my mom and stepdad made the turkey. First you get the turkey. Second you shoot the turkey. Third you clean the turkey.

Fourth you cut up the turkey. Last put in a crockpot. Then divour.

Austin Wood My favorite holiday food is turkey. This is how you make it.

You have to buy a turkey from the store. Then you put in the oven for 360 degrees.

Aeris Kruse My favorite holiday food is my grandma’s jello pinweels. She uses black chery, apple and strawberry jellow mixes and shapes them into pinweels. It’s for the children’s Christmas menu.

Josephine Schechinger My favorite food for the holidays is on Thanksgiving the food is turkey my grandma makes it and it tastes really good. First you get a turkey, then you set the oven to 400 degrees and you wait for it to heat up. Next you put the turkey in and wait three hrs. Then take it out and set it on the table. And carve it then stuff it. Last you share it with your family on Thanksgiving.

Jack Todd My favirte holiday food is terkey.

My favorite holiday food is star cookies. Me and my Grandma make it every Christmas. You make it by two sticks of butter, two eggs, then you mix them together, but irst you have to warm the butter, rapid pre heat the oven at 350 degrees.

Put two teaspoons of vannila. 2 ½ cups of lower. One teaspoon of salt. Mix all these ingrediants together. Get a long skinny pan.

Put the dough on the pan three by four do that until you run out of dough. Put the chocalate stars on the dough. Then, Put the cookies in the oven and wait 15 minutes then you have your cookies.

Kellen Jensen My favorite holiday food is ham.

My Grandma makes on every holiday. I think my Grandma goes to the store, buys the ham and puts in the oven to cook it. Put it in the oven at 350 degrees f and cook it for 30 to 45 minutes. Then take it out of the oven when the oven beeps and cut it in some slices to eat.

Gabrielle Diane Mason My favorite holiday food is my mom’s fruit salad. We put a whole bunch of fruit in it like strawberries, blueberries, pears, rasberries, blackberries, pinnapple, peaches, watermelon, Mango, whip cream and crushed pretzels. We all love my mom’s fruit salad.

Lea Johnson My favorite thing to eat on a holiday is ham. We make ham on thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. We cook our ham in the oven. You put the ham in the oven and set the oven on 425 degrees f.

You can get the ham at the store.

Lacey Stieneke My favorite food is ham. Ham is my favorite because it is juicy and sugary. We also have jello salad for desert. All you need to make it is whip cream and jello.

Dorian Downs

G-H transi onal kindergartners write le ers to Santa Students in Brittany Eckert’s transitional kindergarten class at Galva-Holstein Elementary write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. I would like a new DS for Christmas.

I will give my old DS to my oldest sister.

Pryce Aschinger Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. I want a new toy semi for Christmas.

Tristan Herrera Dear Santa, I have been very good this year.

I would like a new toy truck and trailer for Christmas this year. I would like it to be a big blue semi and a gravel trailer.

Ryder Mahlberg Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. I want a Barbie with shoes that will it her for Christmas. I also would like some clothes for my Barbie.

Layla Peterson

year. For Christmas, I would like a Hatchimal. They start out as an egg and then it turns into an owl. When it turns into an owl, it does whatever you tell it to do. There are yellow ones, blue, orange and pink. I would like a pink one.

Braelyn Witzke Dear Santa, I have been really good this year. I would like an iPad for Christmas.

Joseph Pribble Dear Santa, I’ve been pretty good this year.

I’m not sure what I want for Christmas yet.

Finley Ruble Dear Santa, I have been very good this year. For Christmas, I would like a Look Out like in the movie Trolls.

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BC-IG elves: The BC-IG Elementary School held its annual holiday concert on Dec. 1 at the high school in Ida Grove. The music performance,“Elflandia ” featured Santa and Mrs. Claus introducing elves to a real human.

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BC-IG second graders discuss decora ng the Christmas tree with candy canes, jingle bells, lights Students in Joan Sohm’s second grade class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary answer: Name ive things you put on a Christmas tree.

Reindeer that is a stuffed animal.

An Icicles that will like it’s stuck to the Christmas tree. I have a sign that said Jesus. I have an ornament that looks like Santa Claus. There is a star on the top that means it is Jesus’ birthday.

Dawson Allen I put orniments on my Christmas tree. I put lights on my Christmas tree. I put a star on my Christmas tree. I put my bone I made in school in kindergarten. We have orniments that have are faces.

Drake Ernst Lights. Ornaments. Candy canes.

Star. Jingle bells.

Aaliyah Fiedler There is a star on the top. There is ribbon on it. There are ornaments on it. I put orange lights up. I put stockings under the tree.

Austin Hansen I will put a star on top. I will put on ornaments. I will put on candy canes. I will put on lights. I will put on an angel.

Xavier Hansen The star is for the East star that lead the shepards to baby Jesus. I would put the round shiny ornaments on. I would put an elf on the tree, lights, garland and candy canes.

Shane Eakens Snow lake. Ornaments. Lights.

Candy canes. Tree skirt.

Journey Iversen An Angel because it represents Jesus. An ornament that said sisters. Santa because it represents happiness. Lights because they

make it pretty. Pictures of me from school.

Hailey Jepsen First ornament is candy canes so I can eat one or ive. The next one is a star on the top. The next ornament is lights so the tree looks colorful. Santa Claus so he gives me a lot of presents. The last ornament is icicles so it looks good.

Josiah Ladwig On my tree I put ornaments candy canes and you might put up a star to represent Jesus’ birthday.

Also, decerated pinecones and inally an elf.

Kaeden Leonard On Christmas Eve we sometimes set the Christmas tree up. I have a star, candy cane, bulbs, pictures of me and Karlye and an angel too.

Riley Lund Cat ornament reasons my cat.

Candy cane reasons my cat likes to play with them. Icicles ornaments reasons my irst snow. Star ornament it reasons when I was born. String lights reasons when my parents met.

Avery Mason I would up a football on it. I like football and candy canes, an angel, reindeer, santa and Jesus’ lights.

Chase Miesner I have a star at the top. It stands for Jesus. My ornaments stand for me. I have a baby that stands for me. I have lights on my tree just if the lights go out. I have candy canes they stand for decorations.

Jenna Miller My Christmas tree has ornaments on it. My Christmas tree has an angel on the top. My Christmas tree has lights on it. My Christmas tree has a Skirt on it. My Christmas tree has stars on it.

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I have family ornaments. Then I have lights on the Christmas tree. It was fun helping decorate the tree. Then we have a bow on the Christmas tree. Then we have some candy canes. Then we have some kids ornaments. Then we went outside. We put some lights up. I help put them up.

Alicyn Neddermeyer Star. Ornaments. Dale Ernhart Jr. decorations. Hot Wheels circle track that goes on the tree. Three doves for each one of us kids.

Dane Ossman Star. Lights. Angel. Candy canes.

Jingle bells.

Brynley Smith I like My Angel because I think it stands for My family. I Love it is favorite thing on My tree it is beautiful. I have candy canes on it. I have ornaments with family pictures on them. We put lights of all colors on it. We also put Happy Christmas garland on the tree.

Delaynee Steele The shoe that my parents gave me on my ifth Christmas. The santa to tell my baby sister what Christmas is. My baby pictures.

The ornaments my mom got when the irst baby died in her belly. My brother’s Rudolph Sense back then he loved him.

Caity Todd

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BC-IG Steil’s fourth graders plan their Christmas dinner, serving ham, corn, mashed potatoes, pie, brownies Students in Chelsea Steil’s fourth grade class at Battle CreekIda Grove Elementary School answer: If you were in charge of planning your family’s Christmas dinner what would you serve?

If I were in charge of Christmas dinner I would make ham as the appeticer. I would have beef nachos as the main course. I would buy evry pop on planet Earth. Both white and chocolate milk. For dessert pie, cake and my personal favorite chocolate cookie dough and chocolate chip cookies.

Sawyer Larsen For my Christmas dinner I chose something like my Thanksgiving.

It would be ham, stuf ing, buttered bread, corn and mashed potatoes. For my dessert I would make pumpkin pie, cookies that are shaped like santa, raindeer and presents. I would also make Christmas tree brownies and raindeer pops for a drink is Hawaiian punch. How to make raindeer pops. Raindeer pops are simple and easy and fun to mak. All you need is marshmellos, mealted choclate, sprinkles that are red and white and a candy cane for a stick.

I chose this food because my family likes it all. The most important thing about chistmas is celebrateing Jesuses birthday and all my friend and family and don’t forget to pray for your food.

Calli Ulrich For dinner I would serve my Grandma’s famous meatballs.

I would also serve cheesy hashbrowns. I would also serve cheesy rice. Last, but not least, for a drink we would have Sprite.

They are delicious and warm.

For dessert I would serve Ice cream snowmen. Special hot cocoa with a snowman face on the cup. A cake in a shap of a present.

It’s all Christmas the med.

Skylee Rohlk Today I’m going to tell you what I would serve for Christmas dinner.

I would make pizza, salad, some watermelon, cheesy potatos, chips and chicken. I might also make mashed potatos and mac and cheese. For dessert I would make cupcakes with white frosting and marshmellow snowmen on top.

I would also have chocolate chip cookies. For a drink I would make hot chocolate with marshmellows.

If you don’t want hot chocolate you could have milk or water. After that I would have candy canes and mints. That’s what I would serve for Christmas Dinner.

Sierra Jepsen If I was going to serve Christmas Dinner, I would serve some hot chocolate and some sugar cookies.

I would serve this because it would go with the theme of Christmas.

And mabye some milk. Then we would open presents that have food in them. After that we would eat it. It would be so much fun.

Then we would eat dessert and it would be marshmelloso and chocolate covered scotcherros.

Blake Petersen If I had to serve my family Christmas dinner I would serve them Turkey, Mashed potatoes, Chocolate coverd strawberrys, Grape salad And of course dessert would be Christmas cookies some that look like Santa, some that look like reindeer, some that look like elve’s And some that look like snowmen. I forgot I would also serve stuf ing. And when everyone is done eating there will be a present for each of my family members. Ooo. We would have eggnog for bevereges. Of course you just cant resit not giving your pets Christmas dinner. So my cat gets salmon and my dog gets a bone from the turkey. And Mom and Dad get to break the wish bone. Hope you love my Christmas Dinner.

Abby Skirvin I am going to plan the Christmas dinner this year. I was thinking some green luff, cherry fluff

and some nice gingerbread man cookies. I would also make snowmen made out of marshmellows and decorate them with chocolate chips and some frosting to keep the marshmellow’s together.

Then for hot food I would do mashed potato’s, stuffing and corn. I would also do biscuits.

The I would do drinks and the would be watermellen, cherry and peach pop.

Then for desserts I would do pie’s, ice scream and some fine strawberry’s. I would have five pies and they would be cherry, strawberry, watermellen, peach and apple pie. Yemmy.

That’s what I would do if I was in charge of Christmas dinner.

Addison Shever If I could put anything in our Christmas dinner. I would make some cookies and some hot chocolate and um.. Oh maby som marsh mellows oh and how could I forget candy. I would put in candy just to annoy her.

She doesn’t really lik me eating candy. I would also put in mash potatoes and broccolli. Now I just hope mad squirl Anthony doesn’t get in as I was saying I’d put in broccolli. So hears the main meal. So I have mash potatoes broccolli and what els is there. I now hamburgers and french fies. And that’s the main meal. Now time for dessert.

Wait I think I’v already started it. I have cookies, marshmellows and candy. Well I guess that’s it.

I hope my family enjoys dinner.

Beau Malcom If I was serving Christmas dinner I would serve meat loaf and potatos. It would be bad because I don’t know how to cook. Then for dessert we would have cookies. We would have milk and hot coco. It would all be bad, exept the drinks. No one would eat it. So most of it would be thrown away. Then we’d go home and eat something else. That is why I don’t serve Christmas dinner.

Sawyer Harm If I was in charge of planning the Christmas dinner would plan Lasagnia, mashed potatos, ham and chocolate covered scoteroos. I would also serve hot chocolate and milk. Another dessert would be reindeer cake pops.

The reason why is because I like it. My siblings like it. It sounds supper good and we all love it. Hopefully everyone eats it all gone.

Brysen Kolar If I was going to serve Christmas dinner it would be marshmallows in hot chocolate, cookies, turkey, fruitcake and eggnog. I chose these foods because they are very delicious and good. I love hot chocolate the most.

Kendra Baker If I Planned my family’s dinner, we would have a Big tables So my family can eat in peace and have a Big and corn The dessert would be reindeer cookies and vanilla cake with blue frosting.

For our Drink we would have blue raspberry Koolaid.

Haiden Ford My Mom and Dad were having a Christmas dinner and I have to plan it. The main course was chicken and ham and mac and cheese. The desert was carmel cake but it all went wrong. I was cooking ham and it blew up I forgot to take the firecracker out.

I was cooking mac and cheese and I ran out of cheese so it was mac and brely cheese. I was cooking desert and it caught on fire though. So we ordered out but they messed up our orders so we ate leftor than awesome candy.

Calvin Corr I’d serve roast turkey because a lot of people like turkey. Also mashed potatoes because if you smush it up and make it squshy, it’s even tastier. I would bring coca-cola because it’s super tasty. Also some ham because my family always brings ham.

For dessert, I will bring a birthday cake to celebrate Jesus’s birthday. Also some chips because people like some chips.

Another drink will be sprite because it tase awesome. Finally, some corn because they’re good and good for you.

Quintin Samway If I was in charge of Christmas dinner which I probably wouldn’t I would serve ham for the main course. For the side dish I would serve poatatos, gravy, corn, carrots, broccili and stuffing. After my guests are done, I would serve oreo fluff, peppermint humbugs and chocolate frogs straight from Hogworts. Last but not least, drinks. I would serve sparkleing juice, hot cider and wine for the adults. I hope you have a fantastic Christmas. Please try my ideas. Or come up with your own.

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First visit: Nine-month-old Quinn Baldwin checks out Santa during his visit to Willow Dale Wellness Village in Battle Creek Dec. 4. Quinn is the daughter of Ross and Kallie Baldwin of Anthon. She also visited her Great-Grandma Wilma Clausen. (Photo by Deb Loger)

I would have some good candy yeams and some good soda I wll give my dad 5 dollars to buy what ever he whans to eat.

I would get my Grandma cup of coffee. I will give my brother a tub of oreo icecrem. My main food would be chicken lags. We will go play outside in the snow after our amazing meal of our favorite foods.

Gerad Baughn I would serve cinnamon rolls and all sorts of soup. I would serve it because It would warm you up the kinds would be like veeitadle, beaf, chicken toreea, chicken noodle and tamato. I woud also like pot roast. I do not want if vegitabals. I really want really hott. I will have angel food cake and pie for desert.

Gavin Remer I would serve hamburger and cookies. I wood also have lasagna. Have milk for cookies.

I would have chicken. I would have cocucold as a drink. My family would like this because everything I listed we like to eat. I would be happy to make Chrismas dinner. The dessert would be orea ice cream. Also we would like to have tacos. I would order cheese crust pizza.

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If I was planning my Christmas I would serve hot chocolate, mentoes a chocolate fountain and mint flavored chocolate covered strawberrys. For drink I would do mellow yellow and poweraide mixed together, orange soda and punch. My main meal I would have fancy chefs to cook some ham, garlic bread, spaghetti and hamburgers, hot dogs. If my family is lucky I will take them Christmas carolling.

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BC-IG KEY students compose le ers to Santa Students in Lisa Henderson’s KEY class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary School write letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I like cats the best. I would like a toy cat for Christmas that eats ish and has a toy ish with it. I saw it at Target so you can get it from there if you don’t have one. I want some Shopkins too. I want the golden apple Shopkins. And I would like some Trolls. I have the sparkly one but my favorite one is the pink one so I would like that one. I love you, Santa.

Mia Quail Dear Santa, I saw you at Santa’s Castle last year and at someone’s house in Ida Grove. I would like a ishing pole for Christmas that is all red. It’s the one that I saw on a commercial.

What is your reindeer’s favorite food that they like to eat? I will try to leave some for your reindeer at my house. I love you, Santa.

Colt Blackmore Dear Santa, I would like a remote control jet and a bouncy ball that looks kind of like a beach ball. That’s all I want cause I already have a lot of toys. I know why you always wear red‌because it’s a bright color so everyone can see you in the sky. I hope I get to see you this year.

Leo Remer Dear Santa, I would like a real motorcycle that I can ride and I would like a ire truck that makes noise. I would like some keys of my very own. I love you, Santa.

Kaidyn Tingle Dear Santa, I have been wondering why you always wear red? I would like a Santa stuffed animal for Christmas.

I would like a pink dress-up dress.

That’s all I can think of. I love you.

Kaydee Frank Dear Santa, What do your reindeer eat? I think they eat hay. I would like a dump truck for Christmas‌it can be any color. And a garbage truck that comes with some pretend garbage. If there is no pretend garbage, I can just have the truck and then I can just crumple up some napkins and put in the back of the truck. But‌that might be a waste of napkins. I love you, Santa.

Wayne Baker Dear Santa, I’ve been wondering what you do all year long when it isn’t Christmas? I already got a backhoe from Bomgaars. It’s in my backpack and out of the box already, so I don’t need one of them. I would like a tractor with a hay bailer, that’s on my list at home and then a stinky garbage truck and Marshall, the Paw Patrol ireman.

That’s all I can think of right now.

Maybe tomorrow morning I might think of more. I will have to write you another letter if I do. I’ll be coming to see you Santa’s Castle with my class.

Kayson Taylor Dear Santa, I would like a John Deere Dirt Bike like the one I saw in the store.

I would also like a remote control airplane that can spread chemical fertilizers. My grandpa has a ield that I can take it to so that I can spread fertilizer on his ield. I love you, Santa.

Bryce Brenner Dear Santa, I would like a John Deere tractor and a blue remote control fourwheeler. My dad knows what your reindeer eat, we put it in the

driveway, so we will have some in our driveway for your reindeer to eat while you are at my house. I will see you when I come to Santa’s castle with my class.

Peyton Collins Dear Santa, I have been wondering, how do you get to take presents to all the kids in just one night? I think your reindeer are just so fast and maybe you drop the presents down the chimney and then just jump down to set them up and then use a grappling hook to pull yourself back up quick.

I would like a medium sized police station and a police car that can go in it. And I would like a town to go with my police station.

I am going to your castle with my class so I will see you there.

Jacob Todd Dear Santa, I would like you to bring me a present for Christmas. I love you, Santa.

Colten Rodgers Dear Santa, I want a shiny present for Christmas under the tree. I want Peppa pig and a baby doll and a snowman and a Ho-Ho-Ho Santa. I love you, Santa.

Brodie Cranston Dear Santa, I would like a Barbie Dream House, but I know that it’s too big for my house. So, I would like you to bring me a dice game so that I could play with my Mama. I would also some Barbie dolls. I want a new book to color in. That’s all.

What do you do all year long when you are waiting for Christmas time? I think that you tell your elves what kind of toys they need to make that the kids are wishing for. I love you, Santa.

Grayce Connick

Santa and Mrs. Claus: Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped in Ida Grove to visit with children. Here, from left, Preston, Dawson and Madison Hinkeldey (on Mrs. Claus’ lap) talk with the North Pole couple about what they want for Christmas. (Photo by Mike Thornhill)

O-A AK, pre-kindergartners write le ers to Santa Students in Carrie Gorden’s alternate kindergarten and prekindergarten classes at OdeboltArthur Elementary send letters to Santa.

Dear Santa, I would like a doll, book and two high chairs for my dolls. I hope you have a safe trip. Thank you.

Aspen Miller Dear Santa, I would like a remote control drum set, a remote control Gator, a big tractor and combine and remote control monster truck.

Also, I would like a ire truck that makes noises. Thank you.

Brayden Miller Dear Santa, I would like some Paw Patrol toys. I will leave a sled for you to ride in. Thank you.

Jacob Lundell Dear Santa, I would like a big trampoline with a cage on it. I would like some playground toys like the ones at school. Thank you.

Ben Larson Dear Santa, I would like a lot of dinosaurs. I will leave carrots for your reindeer and some milk and cookies for you. I would really like to see you.

Thank you.

Zac Pope

Dear Santa, I would like a pulling tractor. I will leave some cookies and milk for you. Thank you.

Alec Lindskoog

Purple and black choir: The Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove High School purple and black choir, under the direction of Jacob Pedersen, sang “Veni, Veni Emmanuel,�“Winter Song� and “All I Want For Christmas Is You� during the annual holiday concert Dec. 12. Other groups performing were the silver choir, jazz band and concert band. (Photo by Deb Loger)

Dear Santa, I would like a Rescue Bot and some more presents. We have our Christmas Santa out in our porch.

I will leave cookies for you. Thank you.

Gennar Loger

Dear Santa, I would like a dozer. Could you bring a doll for my baby sister? I will leave reindeer food for your reindeer and milk and cookies for you. Thank you.

Jack Olerich Dear Santa, I would like a new puppy for Christmas because my puppy died. I was very sad. Can you bring me a black, white, and brown kitten?

I will get some carrots for your reindeer. Thank you.

Blaire Lindskoog Dear Santa, I would like presents for Christmas. I would like babies to play with. Also, I would like bottles and blankets for my babies. Thank you.

Moriah Remmick Dear Santa, I would like a Ninja Turtle and dinosaurs to play with. We just put our Christmas tree up. Thank you.

Sheldon List Dear Santa, I would like a new semi so I can empty the grain cart into it. I will leave a candy bar for you to eat.

Thank you for my presents.

Kesed Buehler Dear Santa, I would like Paw Patrol toys and a Minnie Mouse House for Christmas. Thank you.

Teagan Blackman Dear Santa, I would like crayons to color my pictures, a telephone, and a shelf organizer. I will leave you some cookies to eat. Thank you.

Kynley Abbott Dear Santa, I would like a drinking baby

doll, and an Elsa microphone.

Thank you for my presents. I will leave carrots for you and your reindeer to snack on.

Evie Friedrichsen Dear Santa, I would like Aquabeads to make things and some Shopkins. I love you, Santa!

I will leave some carrots for you and your reindeer to eat.

Thank you.

Mahaela Spetman Dear Santa, I would like a tractor to hook up to my grain cart and a car hauler. I will set out cookies and milk for you. Thank you.

Rhett Diersen Dear Santa, I would like some guns and a fort to play in with my Dad. Make sure to bring these to my house. I will make sure to set out cookies and milk for you and carrots for your reindeer. Thank you.

Jenner Fineran Dear Santa, I would like a hammer to fix things with and a racing car to play with. I will leave you a piece of pumpkin pie and a carrot for your reindeer. Thank you.

Jaxon Raasch Dear Santa, I would like a new choo choo train, helicopter, and a Hatchimal. I will leave a new belt for Santa. Thank you. I love you, Santa.

Jaxston Weitl Dear Santa, I would like a cop car, cowboy boots and a play gun. I will leave cookies for you and your reindeer.

Thank you.

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Santa: I love your white beard, I’ll leave carrots for the reindeer, I want a dirt bike Students in Anne Zobel’s kindergarten class at Battle Creek-Ida Grove Elementary write letters to Santa Claus.

cute shinny nose.

I might leave you a sucker on Christmas.

Avery Ernst

Dear Santa, I would like some Mind Craft Lego’s. I love when you give me toys. I will leave carrots for the reindeer.

Olivia Bengford

Dear Santa, I would like a dirt bike and a 4-wheeler for Christmas. I like you a lot. I will leave you a note when you come to my house.

Camden Holzer

Dear Santa, I would like an Arielle mermaid for Christmas. I like that you bring toys. I will try to stay up in the dark to see your reindeer and wave.

Remington Blackmore

Dear Santa, I would like an army guy and a dinosaur puzzle. I like it when you bring us presents. I will leave you cookies on Christmas.

Cesar Jimenez

Dear Santa, I would like a drum set for Christmas. I like you because you bring us presents. I will leave a special snack for you.

Laura Carlin Dear Santa, I would like a new monster truck for Christmas. I like your red clothes. I will leave you candy canes and milk and cookies on Christmas.

Connor Drey Dear Santa, I would like a Barbie for Christmas. I like that you deliver all the presents to all the good girls and boys. I also like you little reindeer Rudolph and his

Dear Santa I would like you to bring me construction play dough and construction trucks. I like it when you bring me toys. I will have my Christmas tree on for you.

Peyton Kinnaman

Dear Santa, I would like a new calendar for Christmas. I like your reindeer. I will leave my tree with the lights on for you on Christmas.

Satira Totten Dear Santa, I would like an Elsa doll that sings with a microphone. I like that you bring me presents. I will leave you a drink of milk and Santa cookies on Christmas.

Brooke Samway Dear Santa, I would like a dirt bike for Christmas. I like your little reindeer and your Rudolph. I will leave you cookies and milk on Christmas.

Jake Siebrecht

Dear Santa, I would like a dirt bike for Christmas. I like it when you bring me toys. I will leave you cookies and milk on Christmas.

Kingston Lichtenberg

Dear Santa, I would like a real pony that does not buck me off and a dog, that doesn’t bite that trains really easy. I like that your reindeer fly and you have a magic star on your sleigh. I will leave you cookies and milk on Christmas Eve. Addie Rydberg

Dear Santa, I would like a red power ranger that is real and a real dragon. I like it when you bring us presents. I will leave cookies and milk for you on Christmas.

Dakota Monroy

Dear Santa, I would like PokĂŠmon cards and a dirt bike for Christmas.

I like your white beard. I will leave milk and cookies and for a present I will give you a hat.

Kordell Popp

The story of Christmas From time to time, as Christmas approaches, I love to pull out one of my sons’ board books and read it to them. The book, written by Joseph Slate, entitled “Who is Coming To Our House?� gives a glimpse of what happened in the barn over 2,000 years ago. “Who is coming to our house?� “Someone, someone,� says Mouse.

Who is that someone?

As Christmas approaches just a few short days ahead, I’ll recite Matthew 1:18-2:12 of the New International Version.

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother, Mary, was pledged to be married to Joseph, but, before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But, after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.�

All this took place to ful ill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel�--which means, “God with us.�

When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.

But, he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And, he gave him the name Jesus.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.�

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the

Christ was to be born. “In Bethlehem, in Judea,� they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: “’But, you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’� Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you ind him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.�

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him.

Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And, having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,� he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.�

So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was ful illed what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt, I called my son.�

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. Then, what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was ful illed: “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.�

Santa Jr.: Emmett Blackman, one, of Ida Grove showed Santa he is ready to take over the role of St. Nick if need be when he wore his Santa suit to Arthur’s Christmas celebration Dec. 10. (Photo by Mike Thornhill)

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.�

So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

But, when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was ful illed what was said through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.�

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you, our loyal readers. My family and I would like to wish you nothing but the best of health and good will in 2017.

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To our friends near and dear, thanks so much for stopping here!

All the best!

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At this special time of year, we recall all the good people we’ve had the privilege to serve and wish you all much peace, joy and harmony at Christmas.

We value your friendship and are sincerely grateful for your loyal support.

All the B est at the Holidays!

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We wish you a

Merry Christmas

Christmas brings dings of comfort and joy. It’s an opportunity to reflect on the many blessings we enjoy every day.

Here’s hoping your Christmas is filled with childlike wonder and excitement!

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Thanks for your trust in us.

We wish you and your loved ones all the best this holiday season.

Friends and customers like you truly bowl us over with your kindness. Thanks for your generous support.

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Season’s greetings to our neighbors, friends and patients here in the community. Your support and trust mean the world to us, and we’d like to extend our heartfelt best wishes to you and yours for a happy, healthy holiday.

Merry Christmas!

Fresh from the oven: our Christmas best!

We’re all Smiles at Christmas With friends and neighbors like you, we have every reason to smile at the holidays and all year!

Customers like you are the main ingredient in our success and we couldn’t be more grateful. Thanks for sweetening our year with your visits.

Serving you is always a treat for us and we hope to see you again soon.

We hope you have a merry and bright Christmas and a dazzling New Year. Best wishes to you and yours!

We hope your Christmas turns out just right!

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We thank you for your business and wish you all the best this holiday season.

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Here comes Santa Claus!

Another Christmas is rolling in and we hope it delivers everything on your wish list!

Thanks for being an important part of our year.

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May this holy season show you the way to peace, happiness and contentment. Blessings and thanks to you, our customers and friends.

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Your friendship and support have made 2016 a great ride for us, and we wish you all the best this holiday season and in the coming year.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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We wish you a season full of fun, celebration, family & friends.

We feel very fortunate to have you as our member and look forward to your continued patronage and goodwill.

A round of best wishes to you and yours at this festive time of year!

Thanks for your patronage.

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Best wishes this Holidayy Season!!

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As we celebrate the birth of our Savior, we hope your hearts are filled with the same wonderful feeling of abundant joy.

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Thanks & Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas

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With gratitude, we wish you a very Merry Christmas.

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FILLED WITH OUR GRATITUDE In the spirit of the season, we bid you all best and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Thanks, friends!

We’d like to take this opportunity to present our sincere thanks for the loyal support our friends and customers in this community have shown us in 2016.

Your trust in us is truly a gift.

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May this holiday season deliver everything on your wish list and more.

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Soon it will be Christmas Day, so we’re chiming in with our best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday!

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At Christmas time, may the company of loved ones present and the fond memories of those who have passed surround you with happiness and fill your heart with peace.

We wish you all the very best this holiday season.

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Merry Christmas and thanks for choosing us!

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