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with friends. Sometimes I can play with my<br />
friends all day, because there is no school,<br />
and our parents let us have sleepovers. We<br />
also have a tradition of making gingerbread<br />
houses with our family’s best friends.<br />
We end the holiday season with a big<br />
New Year’s Eve party with all our friends.<br />
The third and most important reason that<br />
Christmas is important to my family is religion.<br />
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus.<br />
Jesus is the Son of God and my savior. On<br />
Christmas Eve, my family goes to church to<br />
celebrate his birth. We light candles, sing<br />
Christmas songs, take Holy Communion and<br />
worship with other families. After all, Jesus is<br />
the reason for the season!<br />
Christmas is my favorite time of year. And<br />
while I love to get presents for Christmas, it<br />
means much more than that. I look forward<br />
to Christmas all year long.<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
A Home for Frosty<br />
by Brandon Salcedo<br />
Windsor Landing<br />
Once upon a time there was a little girl<br />
named Ginger. One day she went outside<br />
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in the snow, made a snowman and called<br />
it Frosty. A few days later, a magician<br />
walked past her house and left his hat on<br />
the snowman.<br />
The next day, Ginger went outside to see<br />
Frosty, but he was not there. She searched<br />
everywhere, but she could not find him. A<br />
few hours later, she went to look for Frosty<br />
again. She raced to her backyard and saw<br />
footprints leading to the shed. She slowly<br />
opened the old, creaky shed door and saw<br />
Frosty looking for a way out. The snowman<br />
turned around, jumped and ran into the<br />
house and upstairs to her room.<br />
He was running all around and started<br />
to melt. Ginger had to think fast so she<br />
brought supplies to keep her room very<br />
cold. She gathered snow from her backyard<br />
and found two old air conditioners in<br />
the garage. She also wanted to hide Frosty<br />
from her mom, because she knew her mom<br />
would get scared. It was hard hiding Frosty,<br />
because he always ran around the house!<br />
However, Mom did not notice him. She<br />
was too busy on Facebook, Snapchat and<br />
email.<br />
It was a few days before Christmas, and<br />
Ginger was excited. However, she was also<br />
nervous that her mother would discover her<br />
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secret guest. She decided to move him to<br />
the attic, where he would be less obvious.<br />
Ginger began moving the air conditioners<br />
and snow up there.<br />
The next day, when she checked on<br />
Frosty, he was not there. She looked outside,<br />
in her room and underneath her bed.<br />
She looked everywhere! Then she heard a<br />
frightening scream and went downstairs.<br />
She saw Frosty in the pantry with her<br />
mom.<br />
“What is that thing?” her mom asked.<br />
“I can explain,” replied Ginger.<br />
She explained how she built Frosty, and<br />
he then came to life and ran into the house.<br />
“Why didn’t you tell me?” asked her<br />
mother.<br />
“Because I knew you would get scared,”<br />
Ginger said.<br />
“You know we cannot keep him forever,”<br />
her mother said.<br />
“I know,” Ginger said sadly.<br />
“Get some sleep,” her mom said. “We’ll<br />
think of a solution in the morning.”<br />
It was Christmas Eve, and everyone was<br />
sleeping except for Ginger and Frosty.<br />
“I can’t keep you forever, Frosty,” Ginger<br />
said.<br />
“I know,” Frosty said.<br />
“You can talk!” exclaimed Ginger.<br />
“Yes, yes I can,” Frosty said.<br />
“But why didn’t you tell me,” Ginger<br />
asked.<br />
“Because I knew you’d get scared,”<br />
Frosty said.<br />
Suddenly, they heard a deep voice bellow,<br />
“Ho! Ho! Ho!”<br />
“It is Santa Claus!” they screamed<br />
excitedly.<br />
They both raced down the stairs, flung<br />
open the front door, and saw Santa Claus<br />
on the rooftop.<br />
“What are you two doing up?” Santa<br />
asked.<br />
“We’re sorry, Santa,” Ginger said timidly.<br />
“But we have a problem, and we’re<br />
trying to think of a solution.<br />
“What is the matter?” Santa asked.<br />
“Since spring is coming in a few months,<br />
I will not be able to stay here,” Frosty said<br />
sadly. “I have to find a way to a cold place<br />
before I melt.”<br />
“Well,” Santa said, “I happen to live in<br />
a very cold place, and I can take you with<br />
me tonight!”<br />
“That is wonderful news!” Frosty said<br />
joyfully.<br />
Ginger looked very sad, but she was<br />
also happy for Frosty.<br />
Off Frosty went to find new adventures<br />
and places to explore, and what better<br />
place to live than the North Pole?<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
Christmas Joy<br />
by Madison Salgado<br />
Windermere Trails<br />
All the joys of the season.<br />
The sense of Christmas around the world.<br />
Happiness in all.<br />
Excitement for the holidays.<br />
The smell of pine needles.<br />
A star on top.<br />
Presents underneath.<br />
Hot cocoa burning my tongue.<br />
Marshmallows floating on top.<br />
Now calls my name.<br />
Rolling, building, sledding, tasting.<br />
The big guy who comes and wishes all<br />
good night.<br />
Out he goes.<br />
Lands with a thump.<br />
The joy of Christmas is around tonight.<br />
Honorable Mention<br />
Christmas Forgotten<br />
by Aliza Britton<br />
Windsor Landing<br />
It was a sad and gloomy time in New<br />
York City. There were no lights or decorations.<br />
The tree in Rockefeller Center<br />
was missing, and the stores were vacant.<br />
The ice skating rink was closed.<br />
And the people in the city were home,<br />
working. Even Santa’s elves could not fix<br />
the problem in the city. So, it was up to<br />
Santa to find four responsible helpers to<br />
get New York City looking and feeling<br />
like Christmas.<br />
A week later, in the North Pole, Santa<br />
had found four furry helpers. They were<br />
pups named Snowflake, Icicle, Ginger and<br />
Jingle. They loved Christmas. Snowflake<br />
had the idea of going to New York City<br />
and bringing a lot of presents to everyone.<br />
Jingle wanted to find and light the<br />
Christmas tree again. Ginger suggested reopening<br />
the ice skating rink. Icicle agreed<br />
to do all of those things. The pups wanted<br />
everyone to be happy, but they didn’t know<br />
how they would get there.<br />
“The sleigh!” Jingle said.<br />
They asked Mrs. Claus to give them a<br />
ride in the sleigh.<br />
“Yes, of course, since this is a very important<br />
trip,” she said.<br />
In the morning, Mrs. Claus started packing<br />
the bags and preparing the sleigh.
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