HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1996-12-23, Page 19A Christmas To
Remember
By Amber -Lea Elder
A long time ago I lived on the
streets!
HI, my. name Is Vicky Zick. I
wilt tell you about a Christmas to
remember. When I was a child I
was very fortunate, I had a house,
a mother, a father and a dog.
One day my dad came home
with no pay check. He said he got
fired.
The next day he could not find a
job. He looked all around town.
Then my mom said she lost her
job too.
Ding dong. The mail man was
here. There was only one letter. It
was the house bill. We could not
pay it.
$o my dad finally said that we
have to sell our house. We sold
our. TV, our kitchen set, our bed-
roCkit eats, our living room set and
even our house within one month.
Everything was sold but not my
dogSam. Sam was a toy poodle.
Wcould not afford to keep him
but we had to.
The next day we set out with
suitcases to Paris in France. We
are in Versailles right now. "It is
time" said my Father.
As we were leaving I had tears
in my eyes as I walked away from
my friends.
By 9 o'clock and seven hours of
walking we found a place to stay
for the night. There were other
people there too, all homeless. The
only money we had was 1000 dol-
lars. We took all the money out of
the bank.
At 10 every one was asleep but
not me and my friend Mary, oh
and my dog Sam. Mary told me
that the same thing happened to
her that happened to me.
In the morning my mom and dad
took 5.00 dollars and the rest of
the homeless people and went for
breakfast at a restaurant. They just
loved it and so we all became a
family.
Mary and I always played to-
gether. We played hopscots, tag,
hide and seek. We were never in a
fight until December 19. It was al-
most Christmas and I said to Mary
that I had nothing to get for her for
Christmas.
'That's OK!" said Mary.
"No it• is not OK. You are my
best and only friend and you should
not be out on the streets!!
"Neither should you Vicky".
Then I ran off.
In two hours I came back to
Mary. Every one in the ally was
happy because my dad bought a lot-
tery ticket and won! 1 The lottery
ticket was for 1 million dollars.
The first thing my dad did was
split the money with the homeless
families. "No!" said a man named
Holken, 'This is your money."
But I want to share it with you.
We are a family. I will go out and
look for a house, a large house with
furniture and 3 door garage. We
will all have Christmas together!
That sounded good. Mary and I
were so happy. •
On Christmas Day I got a easy
bake oven, a teddy and a family.
Mary got a teddy as well, a book
and I bought her a friends forever
necklace.
Ten years later we were still
friends and always will be.
I Saw Mommy
Kissing Santa Claus
By Laura Elder
Age 10, Hensall P.S.
"Good night Mommy." said 7
year-old Rebecca.
"Good night sweetie," said her
mother.
"Did you put out the cookies?"
Rebecca asked. It was Christmas
Eve and Rebecca wanted to give
Santa the best Christmas ever. She
made a gift for him and Mrs. Claus,
the best cushions on the couch and
the baked extra cookies.
"Yes honey I did. The gifts you
made him are by the tree with your
letter. Now please Rebecca go to
bed. Love you", said her mon.
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By Ian Drummond, Grande 6
Precious Blood School
Once upon a time, a couple of
years ago, Rudolph was getting
ready to pull the sleigh on Christ-
mas Eve three months early. But
this year Rudolph's wearing rocket
packs on his hooves.
After the rocket packs were fas-
tened, the elves were about to hitch
him to the sleigh when the rocket
packs got activated and Rudolph
just disappeared. The elves ran and
told Santa what happened and San-
ta called a world wide search for
Rudolph and the rocket packs.
Meanwhile the rocket packs ran
out of fuel and Rudolph began to
slowly drop to the ground. He land-
ed on the ?round a kilomejer away
from the city of Toronto. He decid-
ed to have a good time and up
ahead he saw a wallet full of S100
bills. Then Rudolph took off his
rocket packs and left.
Meanwhile back at the North
Pole,Santa and the elves found Ru-
dolph's rocket pack in Toronto, so
they started for Toronto.
Rudolph went to an Argonauts
game at the Skydome vs. the Win-
nipeg Blue Bombers. The Argos
won 42-2. Then he went into the
C.N. tower.
Meanwhile, the elves arrived
where the rocket packs were left.
Santa told the elves to split up and
look for Rudolph.
Rudolph left the C.N. Tower and
went to a theatre to see Toy Story.
Meanwhile, the elves couldn't
find him so they decided to search
for him from the North Pole. After
the movie, Rudolph went to a Ca-
nadian Tire store to buy toys for his
fans, tools for the elves and got
Santa some new reins and a box of
tools from Black and Decker to
help fix the sleigh when needed and
treats for the other reindeer to give
for Christmas.
Meanwhile, the elves found the
shopping reindeer.They told Santa
and he said to fire a teleportation
beam at Rudolph.
Rudolph just checked out and got
his purchase when the beam hit
him.
When he appeared back at the
North Pole, he saw that Santa was
angry, but when he showed them
their gifts, they were speechless ex-
cept Santa who said "Thank you for
the gifts."
Bethlehem Scene
By Erin Tordoff, Grade 4
Precious Blood School
B aby Jesus, our Saviour
E veryoneri5bigm co lotto
T he three wisemen came from afar:
H ark, the herald angels sing!
L ight, there is none in stable
E xcitement and shepherds
H appy are Mary and Joseph
E very animal is quiet, lamb and ox
look at Jesus,
M ary, the virgin mother is happy.
Jack Fro�stt
1 By � P bblic Scholl
I went to sleep one night,
The next morning I awoke to the
most beautiful sight,
Ice castles, birds, and planes taking
flight,
The next night I went to sleep and
awoke the next morning,
Again I saw birds and planes flying
and soaring,
As I went to sleep the next night,
I stayed up to see,
Who was making these beautiful
pictures for me.
Under the covers I hid,
I saw a little man at my window, I
did!
He held a tiny silver paintbrush as
small as a pin,
Which he held in his hands, so tiny
and thin.
He swept the brush over the win-
dow with care,
He painted a woman with long,
flowing hair.
I awoke the next morning,
I must have been dreaming,
I looked up at the window, the pic-
ture had changed,
The picture was of me and the man,
but rearranged,
This time it was he that was hidden
under the covers in bed,
And I had the paintbrush tucked
into the hat on my head.
Times -Advocate, December 23, 1996
Page 19
I think I have been good this year. It
is hard to be perfect when you are
only 3. I'm wishing for a baby that
laughs and a pink baby go bye bye.
My baby brother Devon would like a
tool set.
P.S. When you come down Daddys
chimney we will have a snack ready for you.
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