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and Scrabble. My family loves to go to<br />
Disney during the break to see the beautiful<br />
Christmas lights and decorations. When<br />
my grandma and grandpa come from<br />
New York, we sing Christmas carols and<br />
watch holiday movies. Our favorite movie<br />
is Elf. We also love to give each other gifts.<br />
I love to shop for my siblings and look for a<br />
gift they will really like.<br />
Christmas is also special, because we<br />
attend Christmas Eve Mass as a family.<br />
I play travel baseball along with my two<br />
brothers, so sometimes it’s hard to get to<br />
Mass. Christmas is a time where we all go<br />
and worship. We get dressed up and wear<br />
our Sunday best. I like this Mass, because<br />
we sing Christmas carols, and the church<br />
has pretty decorations. I also enjoy the live<br />
Nativity play the children of the church act<br />
in. I love to sit with my siblings and listen to<br />
the music.<br />
Christmas is truly my favorite season,<br />
and I look forward to the holiday every<br />
year!<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
A Magical Christmas<br />
by Maiya Davis<br />
Ocoee<br />
Christmas Eve was beautiful. There were<br />
bright lights and snow falling everywhere.<br />
Everyone was happy. In one of the peaceful<br />
houses was a girl named Rebecca. She<br />
was very excited for Christmas. Rebecca<br />
wanted to stay up all night, but her mom<br />
told her to get some sleep. She went upstairs<br />
happy, because she knew tomorrow<br />
would be magical.<br />
Rebecca was about to go to bed when<br />
she saw a glowing light.<br />
“I wonder if it’s a crystal,” she said.<br />
She was so curious about it that she went<br />
outside. Then she noticed that the light got<br />
bigger and bigger. Soon, the magical light<br />
swept her away. She saw that it was a portal<br />
taking her away.<br />
When the glowing ride stopped, she saw<br />
the most beautiful lights and colors! It was<br />
a small village. She saw nice people. She<br />
walked around, enjoying the people smiling<br />
and saying hi to her. She was sure everyone<br />
would get presents. While she was walking,<br />
she accidentally bumped into someone.<br />
“Sorry,” Rebecca said.<br />
That’s when one villager pulled her arm<br />
and said, “Don’t talk to her. She’s very rude.”<br />
Rebecca said, “OK,” but she wanted to<br />
help the woman. She started talking to her<br />
about being nice. She wanted to help her<br />
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make friends. Soon, villagers started talking<br />
to the woman. Everyone was happy<br />
that Rebecca had come.<br />
That’s when Rebecca saw the shining<br />
light that was her house. She knew that it<br />
was the magic portal! She said goodbye<br />
to the villagers, went to the portal, and<br />
was soon back home. She knew without a<br />
doubt that everyone was happy now.<br />
This shows that everyone should be nice.<br />
It’s always important to help others.<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
Santa’s Claws<br />
by Story Korkis<br />
Wesmere<br />
You would think on Christmas break<br />
Hamm and Jamm, the mean twin teenagers<br />
— aka Double Trouble — would let up<br />
on classmate Sam. But, no. They buried<br />
Sam upside down in the snow and made<br />
fun of him.<br />
“Frosty, please don’t melt,” they shouted<br />
while laughing.<br />
Other kids had to laugh or get picked on<br />
themselves.<br />
This kind of activity had been going on<br />
for the past three years. Hamm and Jamm’s<br />
parents seemed to be gone a lot, and they<br />
lived in a small cabin not more than 50<br />
yards from Sam’s house. Luckily for everyone<br />
else, Hamm and Jamm had to stay inside<br />
lately because of the bitter cold.<br />
Hamm and Jamm were freezing when<br />
a knock came at their door. Again and<br />
again, there was another knock. A snarling<br />
wolf was trying to get in! They closed the<br />
door quickly, but the next thing they knew,<br />
the wolf got in through the back window<br />
and was staring them down with bloodthirsty<br />
eyes.<br />
They grabbed a broom and blanket, and<br />
threw the blanket on the canine while they<br />
pushed the wolf, who was trying to hold<br />
firm with razorlike claws, into the den and<br />
closed the door.<br />
After the panic stopped, they thought of<br />
a cruel idea, and they went to get Sam.<br />
“Sam! Sam! Santa came early, come<br />
see!” they said.<br />
Sam forgot his coat, he was so excited,<br />
and ran to their cabin.<br />
“Where?” Sam asked.<br />
“In that room,” the twins said, pointing<br />
toward a door. “He has a present for you.<br />
Go on in.”<br />
Loud growling could be heard from behind<br />
the door. The twins pushed Sam in<br />
and pulled the door closed.<br />
No sound. Still no sound. Had they killed<br />
Sam?<br />
In another few moments, Sam came out<br />
holding a tiny puppy in his arms. He had<br />
put the huge blanket around it.<br />
“Hi, little guy,” Sam said. “Santa left me<br />
this puppy. Thank you. I thought you both<br />
hated me.”<br />
Then he left with a smile and the<br />
dog.<br />
Where was the wolf? Gone.<br />
When Sam got home and fed the dog,<br />
a miracle happened. The dog barked three<br />
times and turned into an angel.<br />
“Sam, you are so kind and accepting of<br />
everyone. As a reward, I will give you any<br />
wish you want.”<br />
The angel also told him what had happened.<br />
Sam thought about Jamm and<br />
Hamm, and considered putting them in excruciating<br />
pain forever.<br />
However, he thought some more and<br />
said, “Jamm and Hamm don’t have a<br />
family to show them love. Please open<br />
their hearts and help them find kindness,<br />
too.”<br />
The sun came out that day, but no one<br />
cared about missing snow during the holidays,<br />
because it was warm.<br />
FALL FOR OUR<br />
NEW AUTUMN<br />
CARVED TURKEY<br />
WITH CRANBERRY MUSTARD SAUCE<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
Ho! Ho! Ho!<br />
by Hutton Milchin<br />
Windermere<br />
Christmas is an important holiday to my<br />
family. For us, the holiday season starts the<br />
day after Thanksgiving and goes until New<br />
Year’s Day. Christmas in our family centers<br />
around family, friends and religion.<br />
My favorite part of Christmas is spending<br />
time with family. During the Christmas<br />
break, we spend time doing fun family<br />
activities. My brother comes home from<br />
college, and we train for sports together.<br />
He takes me out to eat at our favorite restaurant.<br />
My grandmothers also come to<br />
visit. One comes from Vero Beach, and the<br />
other one comes from Richmond, Virginia.<br />
Sometimes my uncle comes, too, and he<br />
plays video games with me. Sometimes<br />
we take family trips at Christmastime. One<br />
year we went skiing in Colorado. Last year,<br />
we went to the Bahamas. Making memories<br />
with my family is my favorite part of<br />
Christmas.<br />
The second reason Christmas is important<br />
to me is because we get to spend time<br />
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