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by local 2nd graders from Acorn, Wickes, Vandervoort, and Louise Durham Elementary Schools
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Payson Blecher: me and my family make snow cones. We have fun make abunch. Mimi or my sisters get the snow we can put food flavoring in it u eat it. I love eating snow cones and so do my sisters. Gavin: Putting cookies and milk on the counter and carrots for the reindeer. Shelby Rusert: to me Christmas is love on another. Christmas is all about Jesus’ birthday.
Louise Durham Elementary:
Mrs. Medford’s Class: Trinity: It means sharring. It means carring. Bring thankfull for what you get even if your parents don’t have the money. Being joyfull. It means giving, singing songs, spending time with your family. Playing with new toys, having fun together. It means loveing. It means hapiniss. Sage: Playing with the toy. It means sharing. It means being helpful. It means present. It means Joy. It means reading Christmes stories. It means playing with toy and means haveing fun. It means being thankful. Rebecca Cade: Haveing fun and singing Christmas carools hearing the sound of lafeter and haveing famley time and having a holey,
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joley time and being thankful for gifts and lisaning to Christmas songs and my asuloot favarit part of Christmas is looking for the elf thate is in my hawes is my favrit part of Christmas. Acelynn: It means to be thankful. It means to be nice. It means to be helpful. Singing Chistmas songs. It means being together. Being thankful for gifts. It means to be joyful. And nice at all times. It means geting together with family and having the time of your life every year. Rich: Christmas selbrating Jesuses birthday. That meanes ulot to me. then you can sing songs bing helful to people be thankful that you have a famly and seeing Gearge. On Christmas for 1 week maybe 2 weeks but we make the best of it. Then we get 100$ on Christmas I saveing it this year. Play with my brothers. Kayden: eat Christmas feast. Sing songs. Be helpfull. Read Christmas stories. Play with toys. draw a Christmas list. Be nice. Be sharing. Be braver. Be together. Be thankful for toy. Be listening. Have fun. Trey Shun: It means sharing It means happiness It means joy It means songs It means reading It means presents It means helpful It means snow It means fun It means giving It means famly It
means toys It means food It means careing It means get together. It means making stuff. Kady Jo: It means happiness. It means careness singing songs joy being together with your family playing together haveing fun being thankful for your gifts reading Christmas stories It means giving. Jaysha: It means happiness. It means sharing. Joy It means helpful. Singing songs. Haveing fun. Being thankful for gifts. Being together with family. Reading Christmas stories. It means giving. Playing with toys. It means presents. It means to be caring. It means loveing. Cashus: It means singging Christmas songs and It means readding Christmas stores. It means being together with a family. It means Love your parents and santa. It means Love your hole family It means thank you Santa. Love Cashus Demember 25
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Jimmie: It means happiness. It means sharing. It means being helpful. It means nice. It means to be vore good. It means thaks for Jeuse. It means to do good stouf. It means we sing sogs. It means we prase God. It means we love God. It means we obay your dad and mom. It means we like Juse. It means he is nice. Hailee: God’s birthday gifts joy happiNathan ness songs playing Brock October having fun sharing 18, 2017 helpful giving being with family having a elf on the shelf giting new things like shoes. Jordan: It means giving being thankful for gifts. Being together with family haveing fun. It means joy. It means being helpful It means sharing playing with toys. It means happiness. It means presents. Trey: It is speshel to me and my flimly I like Chritmas I love Chrimis light at the park I love Chrimes songs at pop G house I
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love my frinds and famly because at my rill dads house I have four bruthurs thay like Chrimas to thay love as much as me. on Chimoes so thay love my elf from santa is funny it hang on the door. Anubis: Singing sum Christmas songs. Playing with miy dad and mom. Playing in the snow. Fun to play with my femlee. Sum pee pol do not selbrat Krismis. I like Krismis. But sum pee pol do not like Krismis like richee do not bleev is senta but I do. Marshall: Being to gether with famley. Having fun. Gifing toys having crimase trees. Having a snow ball fiates. Belding snow mans. And happey time. Conner: It means happiness. It means giving. Singing songs joy reading being together with family. Playing with toys haveing fun It means wait it means to me being thankful for wait you have. Olivia: It mean in joy. It mean happiness. It mean
giving it. It means presents. It mean singing a song. It mean having fun at Christmas. Being thankful for your mom and dad. It mean being Helpful to your family. Being together with your family. Being together with your family. It means sharing with your familu. It mean to read Christmas books. Hang ordamist to the Christmas tree. Conner W It mean what yman June 1, did you git for 2017 Christmas. Being thank ful for your family. Mrs. Trammell’s Class: Donivan Davis: I am getting a gumball machine. Kypton Miller: It’s Jesus’s birthday. It mean to spend time with my family. It mean’s to have fun with my cousins. It mean to get presents. It mean’s to catch santa. It mean’s to be patient to get my presents. It mean’s that to go
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to me that Santa comes to give us toys.
Isaac Hughes: I git presents and I am thank fool for them.
Jaasiel Hernandez: It is time of presents. I can see my coasins. I can have fun. It is Gods birthday. I can see my coasins and I can play with them.
Truett House: Christmas means to me to spend time with my faily. It means it’s Jesus birthday. It means to present’s from Santa and Lord. It means to give thanks. Sam Hopper: For Christmas, I spend time with my family and have fun decorating the house and getting up the Christmas. Ashlyn Short: Is that I get to spread joy to my family. It also means to me that Jesus saved us. It also means that it is Jesus’s birthday. Katherine Barfield: It is sharing with friends, spending time with falmy, and decorating the hose. Aiden Whisenhunt: Jesusis barth day. My family gits to be happy. Santa brings presants to tawn. God is my father. Jesus did fur us. We git to decorate the house. Mason Tamblin: Haveing fun We get toy We decorate the tree. Brylee Cox: is spending time with my family. Also what it mean to me is Jesus’s birth. What it also means to me is that we give thanks. It also means
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Ryan Walston: Everything Jesus did for us. And his sollvation and our sins, his forgiveness. His birth, and his love. Braxston Hendershot: I am thankful to be alive. God is my father in the bible god have us birth to me. Kiera Killian: It means you are spreading joy to family and friend on Christmas. I love Jesus my savior. Serenity Gasca: It is a time for presents, friends and family. Wyatt Head: It is Jesus’s birthday and his salvation, the Lord! I am thankful for the Lord. I am thankful for Jesus. Cady Minoza: Spreading joy with my family and friends. Also it is the birthday of God. I love getting presents. I love to put up decorations. Sergio Maldonado: You need to shere Christmas. Makayla: What Chiristas mens to me. Chiristas
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mens to spred joy to the world. Havin Chiristmas with my family. Im happy to have Chiristas with gramma and popol. On Christmas it is Jesus Birthday.
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Joseph Morgan: What Christmas means to me is geting presents and geting to see santa.
Lily: on Christmas we celebrate Jesus birthday then we open present grandma gets us present then they whach us open present then they leave then we eat breatfast.
Austin Fields: What Christmas means to me is selulbrating Jussus’s birth and birthday. It mens Jusus died for our sins. It mens Jussus savde us. Mrs. Miller’s Class: Brynlee: It makes me have joy in my soul because at Christmas eva time it is Jesus’s birthday. He was born on Christmas. Christmas is a spcial holiday because Jesus was born on Christmas. On Christmas you get to spend the day for tow weeks on Christmas with your Mom, your Dad, your Uncle, your Aunt, you Meme, you Pappi. Jacob Cole: I feel joyful because it is Jesus’s birthday I celebrate with presents and see my family and eat and have a good time. Lily Kate Doughty: It means that it is Jesus’s birthday and I am excited because I like geting presents and spending time with my family. My cousins and I always go upstairs and play at my
Athenna: Christmas means a lot to me because it is my little sister Kinsy’s birthday. It’s also Jesus’s birthday too and I’m so excited.
Klover Kiersey: is happiness to spend time with family and friends. I like to get presents. We have two weeks out of school! If it snows I can play outside. When it gets darck we can eat gingerbread and drink hot coco. We can sing songs. Brody: It feel reley relly happy abat Chrismas because it is Jesus birthday. Brookelyn: I feel happiness because I get to spend time with my family. And its Jesus’s birthday. Lane: It is exciting because Jesus’s birthday was on Christmas. Close to Christmas I go to church and so a hay ride at my church and my nana’s church. Krista: I’m the most excited because it is Jesus’s birthday. It reminds me of Santa and I get to spend more time whith my famliy. I get to get a lot
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of presents and I get to spend more time whith my aunts and uncles. Vaughn Vacca: On Christmas I feel excited because It’s Jesuse’s birthday and because I get to spend time with my family. My brothers and I usually make a snowman, ride down the Wall-Mart hill when it snows or make snowballs. Patricia: is joy oy because it is Jesus’s birthday. We get to open present and we get to go to my grandmas. Lance: Christmas tmas is excitement becuse it is Jesus’s birthday It is we get presents from mom and dad on Jesus’s birthday. Ross Henry: It means a lot to me because you get lots of presents. and it is relly important because Jesus born on Christmas. Gabriel: All we do Christmas is open presents and feel good for what we got.
Ms. Smallwood’s Class: McKenzie Jaggers: When it’s Christmas it doesn’t mean present it makes me think about Jesus when he was born on Christmas Eve. It make me think about when I spend time with my family. It makes me happy! It makes me cheerful! It gives me happy memorys happy times it gives me funny Alexand times. Christmas er J. Em erson makes me think October 5, 2017 of cold snow, lights, Christmas threes! Christmas is wonderful! Carsyn Horton: it is about god wen he was boren I love Chismas Chismas is about love and thankfull that your here be thankfull because some peaple are dead and that is sad be thankfull that you have a good chismas that what means to me Some peaple are diing to see there, open there present wen there in the armey. Be thankfull.
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Landon Bush: What means to me is my family Violet Andrews: It is like a b-day pary but with because they say that every thing is real and Santa. And you be with your famaly. But it is they love me and they care about me and Santa Jesus birthday and we trust in him and we nevey cares about me everybody loves me and it’s not stop beleving in him because if we do we wot all about presents it’s about being with your family be a part of him inne mor so we have to do the right not the wrong I’m glad I’m my self and I will never change I because you need to be good say who I am and what I am. I love because the nicssis Jesus everybody and they love magic and nevey evey be me so I love everybody bad you might wat to be and Santa loves me Elizah W ilson good because satana is to Santa. If they don’t October 31, 2017 seeing you. If you are bad then they are not true you might git col. If you are so that’s the end of my nice he will git you gifts. story the end. Oh one more thing don’t catch Santa Christian Scott: Being He’s invisible. nice, happy, and Jordan: It mase me happy giving gifts. Becoase whin he givs me presens to its fun and I like to be open on Christmas brake. Whiy very nice and I want is Santa nise to kids. I whil eat to spend time with my food to eat. Spend tim with my family four a hole entier fammley. day. And I moved heer and my dad lived where I use to live at and I want to spend as much as I posably can with him and my family.
Gavin Griffin: I like slepeing on Christmas. I like the presints on Christmas. I jist like Christmas.
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time. famaly. Because I love my famaly. Jesus because I love Jesus and God. Cind of presents Karrie Parker: It is Jesus Birthday and I can not rile. Because presents is not be with my flimay, and my cusens. Because I all about Chrismas. My sister behavint sen then in for ever. And I like cause she is my sister and I love to open the presints her. My mom because she is that he gives me on Aubree M . Burt my mom I love her sooo much. Christmas moning. August 1, 2017 My GG and Pops and my cuI get to play hinseck san. Because I love them. My with my flimay and my grandma and papa because cusens. they are nice to me. Naomi Shone: Christmas Dani Neer: It macs me means to me cause you get to happ. Because I get to open peastns. I get to play with be with my femle. And my my sister on Chirsmas. And cusins. And I get to open we selbray. Jesei birthday on prasins with my cusins too. Cirstmas. And I get to see my I get toys to. gramamma. Averi Ortiz: Becuase Jeus no it is Jezus, William Pierce: I now is born, peter pan does funny becase it was Jezusis birthday but things like rap toolite paper arond when jezus was barn theher Anjuls told the tree, And all of the kids get presents some of the sheperds and more pepool that Jezus and we get to play with them. Santa is nise to was barn there are some songs to it to. The End. kids. It is my dad’s birthday. We get to have fun and play games. It means to me becuse my whole Braydn McVicker: It is about Gods birth. And it is fun to selbrate Chrimas and it is fun to open famly gets together and to go to my memals hose present. I will be in Haitvill. and have lots of presents. And it is relly fun when every body opens there present. And I get talking Angel Miller: It is all abate God Because it is
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his bithday was win he was born and evey December it is his bithday and I learnd that form chrch they tot me thut so we can celbrat his bithday evey December we ars spost to be Happy for him and he aols loves us very much and aols in December 25th is his bithday and will go to heven and he die for our sins because so will be clene. Carter Quillin: Because it is nise to me. Because fun to people. Santa is a nis prsen. I like Christmas. Chirstmas is my fravrit day. Christmas is a good holday. Ms. Castor’s Class: Asher: Chtistmas means love to me and good. We have a big diner evry year at Chtistmas. I git lots of toys. James: Opn petsents with my mom and my dad. Shooter: Its almost Christmas. Christmas is a special day. It is Jeses birthday. There should be a way to catch Santa. I’m gunna try too catch you Santa. Santa you don’t now how I’m gunna catch you Santa because I thought and learned. Caylee: Chistmas is awesome. It means to me the world. I have two Chistmas’s. And that is grate. I go to Texarkana. And I go to Mena. I love Chistmas And family is why I love it so much. And family being to gather Makes me happy. Megan: Jesus Birthd. And it is like Chistmas presents are like God celebrating Jesus birthday. And wene elf is waching you it is like God watching you. Hailey: Christmas means Jesus birthday. When we all gather aruond the tree and are perens woching us. All of are family with us. Santa giving us presents. Owen: It’s Jesus’s birthday and I can see my whole family. I can open presents.
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Christian: It means to me being with family and celebrating Jesus’s birthday. And singing Chrismas songs. Rylan: It’s is Jesus birthday. The family gest to gethr. It’s is fun. Mollee: It means that Christmas is Jesus’s Birthday and my famaly celebrat’s it at my NaNa’s church. And on my dad’s side we go to my Ancols and my Ant’s hous. We love Chrismas. Mason: It’s a bwat celebrating Jusu’s birthday and be with you family. Abbie: Christmas is Jesu birthday. Christmas is win we all gather aruond to eat Christmas dinner. Christmas is win we all gather aruond. Annie: Christmas means to me is seeing my family in Texas we all gather together for Christmas. This Christmas my cosins are comeing for Christmas from Winslow. Jakob: Christmas means all of hour family get to gether sell a brate and be happy and be thankfol for stuf for whait the goves you. Abbagail: My ant Angey comes from Nebraska all the way to Arkansas. It is Jesuses birthday. Drexley My family gathers Averyn B eck to gather at my Septem ber 6, 2 017 grandparent’s hose for Christmas eve. We open presents on Christmas eve. Evan: It means to celebrat Jesus’s birthday mosest peple have christmas some do not. The people ho do not please do it if you can it is fun for your childs. But if you cant thats ok. Aiden: It’s not just about the presents well the presents are super fun. But what Christmas means to me is Jesus birthday. Thats what Christmas means to me.
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Jaxon: Christmas benez awr female togithr. Ms. Wagner’s Class: Isiah Ortiz: What Christmas mean to me is everyone gets together and opens presents and feasts. Isaiah Clovis: to me it is fun. Jaycee Jones: Christmas is verey special to me Becuase We Go Visit my Family. Grampa’s and Gramas aunts and uncles even my cusin Cody and Allin Got me a early Christmas present.
Zachary: Christmas mean that Santa gives poepole gifts and sing Christmas songs and Chritstmas Dinner and drink hot chocklate. Paeyton Hostetler: It’s evrything to me. I just love to celabrate God’s birthday and the giving I love it so much. Isaias: Chiristmas means a lot!! To me because you get a lot of presents and a lot of stuff.
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Makayla: Spending time with family and having fun. Treven Ralls: a family time, its a special time of year.
Wayne: All of our family meets up to celebrate.
Ravyn: I love Christmas Because its God Birthday. Bryer: It feels good I am thankful about Christmas. Im happy and excited. Jordyn Gilchrist: Celebrating Jesus’ birthday and having fun. Alec Erickson: to me Christmas means love, sharing, family, caring, Jesus, happiness, giving and friends.
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Emma: Christmas means to me that famly gathers up.
Serenity: It’s a time when we get to go visit my Grandpa and celebrate Jesus’s birthday.
Marcus: It’s a family holiday where we get presents from Santa.
Dori: It’s whar two families get together to get Christmas dinner.
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Ms. Martin’s Class: Gabi: Christmas means about haveing time wift my family and haveing a good tome and Jesus was born on Christmas and im going to have a good time at Christmas and I hope I have a good time wift my family and Christmas is a good hallday and my family is a good family and I hope this is a good Christmas and I have a good Christmas. Madox: to celebrate Jesuses birth. To see family members. Stori: Loveing my my home and santa class. My Gtandmalls burthday close to Crismess!
Kyle Smith: Santa give kindness to kids and kids give kindness to Santa.
Steven: I love celebrating Jesus birthday and I get more toys from santa and I like Jesus.
Blayden: Candy joy of any kind I bless turkey. I bless you love that’s what Christmas mean’s to me.
Isaac: I luve seeing my famulee I luve making cukee Four santa. I luve selubrate Jesis brthday. I luve put up the Christmas tree. I luve visit my famule.
Jaylynn: is when it is Jesus birthday and you celebrate with you family and give each other presents and have fun and put up a Christmas tree.
Jessie: Presents, cookies and celebrating Jesuses birtday and a day off of school and when the Christmas train come. What I like about Christmas
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is the pretty decerations. Chloe: Celebrating my dog Angels birthday and Jesuses birthday. Christmas is the time of year that evryone gathers together and has a good time. Christmas is the time of year you get wonderful presents. Christmas is the time of year you get to see all your family. Shawn: to celabrate Jesus brithd. Eat candy and spend time with freinds and family. Ayden: I in joy Christmas presents and having a brake from school. I in joy Christmas because it is Jesus birthday. Avery: I love Christm because get free gifts. And celebrating Jesus chris birthday. Montana: What Christmas means to me! is Gods birth. My big brother’s birthday. And Christmas presints. Raymond: I love to eat cokkies. I love Santa. I love you God. Happy birthday Jesus. Desirae: 1. Celibrating Jesuses Brithday. 2. Christmas is specel to my family. 3. my friends. 4. My elves. 5. Santa 6. My mom and dad. 7. Crise. Ryan Denton: We celebrating gods birthday. And giting presents. And visiting my gramow. Getting in the crismis prade. And seting up my gramows tree. Going sleding. Zander: It is abot gots b on fday and have fun wit your famly and one mor thang I thank you Sate thor all ove the prnzens and the presents thit your brging me thes yure. Lilly Crider: Jesus birthday Satna’s birthday. Make cikkes milk and be with the love ones. Pesstens Christmis thees. I visit my family. I joan my family for a feast. Zasslynn Floyd: I wat a robot cat that flis for chismis. Sequoya: A happy day when people and family join together like Dads and moms all join together.
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Miss McCleskey’s Class: Jerry: I like Christmas because Santa comes to town. On trees the sound of bells are ringing. Santa comes with the toys. I leave treats Santa
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works with the elfves to make the toys. Christmas is my favorite holiday me and my mom put lights on the tree. I like Christmas. Erick: Do you know why the holidays are my July 24, favorite? Christmas is my 2017 favorite and I like to play in the snow. It is fun and we open our presents. I get a lot of toys and we sing a lot of songs and Santa rides in a sleigh. We eat treats.
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mom and me will hang Ben: My mo up the Christmas lights olso we will have fun. It will be the best Chistmas ever! Also it is a fun holiday and thar will be los presins ever my cousins and thar will b a big sticking I will get deseol and my dog will get trest. Also my dog will celebrate Christmas with me and his trest are bones. Melenie: I love when we celebrate Christmas with my cousins. Because we get alot of presents and we put up a tree. We put decorations on the tree. We have treats so we can eat. I will put up stockings and lights so I won’t be dark. Raeleigh: I Love when my family comes to one house and celebrates Christmas. I Love to open my presents. Christmas. I love to look in My stockings and eat the candy in it. We stay with Sas and Mom Vol and Sadi My Ants go shoping for presents. My Mom hides the presents in her room. My favorite part of decorating is the Christmas tree. Thats why I love Christmas. Kinzee Christmas is the Harper McAfee Best! June 20 , 2017 Jorden: My mom, dad, and I wrapped presents. so elves and Santa will come and see us and put presents under the tree I give Santa milk and cookies.
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Aliha: Celebrating Christmas and decorating trees. The thing that I am happy for is the presents and playing in the snow, ringing bells, singing songs, hanging stocking and having
Jacqueline: I will decorate trees with Chrismas lights. I would play some songs. I would put some elves outside. I will hang up bells. I will put some Chrimas trans. I will help my family outside. I will put up some fun stuff. Of course I will jump on my trampline. Vanessa: Christmas is my favorite holiday of
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the year. Becuas of presents under trees and Christmas lights on our houses Also playing in the snow and making snow angels, ice skating on a pond, and going to my cousins house to open our presents. Sophia: On Christmas I liket o put the tree up. It is fun to put lights on the tree. I like to sing Christmas songs. My favorite thing is Santa. Samuel: Holidays are my favorit because all my family is together. That what it means to me.
Yarel: We put trees up and have fun. We tack pictures with Santa. We see the elves on the tree we have presents we put the Christmas light on the porch to make the house pretty for chistmas. Violeta: My mom makes treats. We put ip the tree then wrap presents. I wrote a note to Santa. We sing songs, put stockings beside the fire, bells ring, decorations in the halls, and snow falls down. Merry Christmas to Everybody. Kortsen: It is a holiday for my family and many
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others. It is Christmas. Bo: I like Christmas becuase you get and presents I like Santa cluss we get candy and trets and yummy sanks. Gabriel: I like Christmas besause the elves build presents also santa give you presents. Mrs. Duggan’s Class: Aedan Arcos: What Christmas means to me is celebrating Jesus’ birthday. Dad decorates the house with lights. We sing songs after we eat. I give presents to my family. Celebrating Jesus’ birthday is what Christmas means to me. Jaylie Brantley: What Christmas means to me is having fun! I like opening presents on Christmas Eve. My brother and I have snowball fights. I like it when my mom and I make snowangels. Fun is what Christmas means to me. Richard Campuzano: What Christmas means to me is my brother and sisters and I get in to a snow fight. Jesus’ birthday is in December. On Jesus’ birthday, we celebrate his birthday. My mom and dad make hot chocolate for everyone. Christmas means family and Jesus’ birthday. Yeshle Campuzano: What Christmas means to me is Jesus’ birthday. Jesus was born in December. We all celebrate Christmas. It is a marvelous holiday. It’s Jesus day. Jesus is light. Jesus is the meaning of Christmas. Jazlynn Hackworth: What Christmas means to me is having fun. On Christmas, I like to play inside if it is cold and open presents. On Christmas, we will watch a Christmas movie and drink hot chocolate. On Christmas, I make snowballs. Having fun is what Christmas is all about. Kimber Hayes: What Christmas means to me is NO SCHOOL! I like to spend time with my family. At Christmas I play with my toys. At Christmas, I enjoy opening presents with my family. I like to make Christmas cookies with my mom. Christmas is funner with no school. Karder Helms: What Christmas means to me is having fun. I get to stay ip all day and play video games. I will have fun playing whith my family and having a snow ball fight. I’m going to enjoy eating fried deet meat and Christmas candy. Christmas means having fun to me. Angela Juarez: What Christmas means to me is to be happy and helpful to my family. Christmas is the best day to give presents and eat special
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food. Christmas we go to Mexico to celebrate Christmas. We have a lot of fun at home drinking hot cocoa and building snowman. Celebrating together is what Christmas means. Elina Oliver: What Christmas means to me is having fun. I make snowangels and snowmen. I drink hot chocolate. I will build snowballs and play in the snow. Fun is what Christmas means to me. Heath Parsons: What Christmas means to me is everybody is home. We opening presents and spend time together. My family gets to play in the snow. My family also gets to go on trips. My family going Christmas things is special. Ashlyn Richardson: What Christmas means to me is spending time with my family I like Christmas because I can sleep. I like Christmas Because I can drink hot chocolate. I play in the snow with my sisters I like Christmas because I get presents Christmas means family time. Dayami Ruiz: What Christmas means to me is spending time with my family. I spend time in church with my mom. I play with my sisters. My uncle takes us to McDonalds. Jesus is the meaning Christmas. Bolton Russell: What Christmas means to me is having fun. I get to go to the toy store. I get to have a snowball fight with my brother. I can ride my horse and bike in the snow. Having fun is what Christmas means to me. Jayna Sanchez: What Christmas means to me is having fun with my family. My family is putting our Christmas mas tree up. I make cookies Tommy B for my family and Ms. a il ey August Duggan. My family 24, 201 7 makes hot cocoa with marshmallows. We celebrate Christmas because it’s Jesus’ birthday on Christmas. Lance Thomas: What Christmas means to me is spending time with my family. My family does to the deer camp when it’s Christmas. I play games with my family. I open presents with my family I make snowballs and snowmen with my family. Family is what Christmas means to me. Korey Wheeler: What Christmas means to me is spending time with my family. I get to drink hot cocoa with my mom. I eat the cookies after Santa. Unwraping presents with my mom and dad is fun too, and that’s what Christmas means to me. Mrs. Avila’s Class: These students worked as a group to brainstorm and came up with a good meaning about Christmas. These meanings are all the same.
Temoc: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Paola: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Makayla: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Elianna: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Porter: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Ethan: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Isaac: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Damania: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christ-
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mas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Emily: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their Athena D houses with . Morga n Christmas March 2 9, 2017 trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Yurani: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Hayden: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Billy: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Kailee: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Shawna: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday. Alexis: It is a day to remember Jesus and celebrate his birthday. Family gets together, santa comes, and we give him cookies. Everyone is happy. People decorate their houses with Christmas trees, ornaments, wreaths, cross and lights. During this time we need to remember Jesus Birthday.
Vandervoort Elementary:
Ms. Caldron’s Class: Cheyann: It Means to me that God is Love. God is the Christmas. Christmas is God’s brtoday. Beaudy Lile: Joy too remember Jesus and God and love others. Feleena K. Shores: Jesus Birthday. Family present snow Abagayl: It means to me that its Jesus Birthday!!! Faith: Because it is Jesus Birthday. It is a time to be happy. And to be Thankful. Shilda Taylor: That Jesus was born! Jay Moss: Love and Jesus’ birthday and giving Charlee: fimily frends and Jesus Tristan: Spend time with our family freinds.
Chelsea: love and famlye and God Conner: family get togethers Jakub: opening presents Mrs. Sellers’ Class: Kodab: Jesus deid on the cros and presents to. And Jesus was bron on Chrismas and spind time we my famly to famly and my brother five and cody and cookies. Laymon B: Christmas means a lot to me because my famly gather’s at my NaNa’s and Pappol’s hous to eat and open presits and get stufft. Joseph B: I like to spen time with my dads and I like to trow snow. Brody C: Christmas means many things like spending time with famiy. And geting good food
and geting video games and toys. Christmas means having hot choclate and pies. Looking at decoratitions. Adan G: It feels good especally when I get to drink hot coco. We get to open presents and get coolst stuf and decorate a chrismas tree and make ornaments. Madison J: happyness and to be loveed and playing in the snow and Hot choloate and frinds and family. Jacee M: On Christmos we selebrat Jesus’ birthday we get to go to my nanny’s feast. Christmos maks me feal happy. My mom maks cookys for Santa Claus. I like to look at the snow flakes. Pantera M: To me Christmas means time with family and play in snow.
Ottawa S: I git to visit with my gramol and my grapol and I get to play in the snow. Trinity S: Chirstmas is a exciting time of year it means to me… my Mom always makes her hot chocolate it is homemade! We play a Chirstmas game. The game is we get a hat and then we get tollit paper balls. We see how many we can get in the hat! Mom makes yummy Chirstmas pancakes! We sing Christmas sangs! Chirstmas is Jesus’s birthday. We wake up in the morning with presents! Merry Chirstmas! Temperance B: Jesuses birth day spending time with my elf prinses eating snow cones. Hot coco deckerating the Christmas tree. Makeing cookes for Santa. Laing out carrots for the reander. And spending time with family.