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Exeter Times—Advocate
Wednesday, December 22. 1999
Christmas
By Shands CNN, .Gr. 4
St:Patrick's School
Every Christmas we put
up the Christmas tree and
other decorations. Then
we write a letter to Santa
telling him what we'd like
for Christmas. Then we
bake cookies and get
milk. Next we wrap pre-
sents for Mom and Dad.
After we put on the most
comfortable p j.'s we have
and put everything under
the tree. After that, we all
go outside and sprinkle
reindeer food on our lane
because the reindeers eat
it while they are waiting
for Santa. Later we read
the book: "The Night
Before Christmas". After
that we go to bed. Then
we wake up and open all
the presents. And then we
go to church.
The Spirit of
Christtnas
By Lauren jingo, Gr. 4
Hensel Peddie k &
Hi. my name is "Tiny
lIm" and I am going to
tell you about my first
Christmas.
It was a cold night. We
were sitting around the
tree. We were opening
presents and laughing
together. It was fun. In
the morning we went to
my aunt and uncles'.
I got tons of candy. I ate
tons of candy too. We
opened presents and then'
we had supper and went
to bed. In the morning we
had breakfast, then we
got all our presents and
went home.
It is fun to get presents.
But it is more fun being
with your family. And that
is the spirit of Christmas.
LETTERS TO SANTA
Dear Santa:
I am 21 months old and my
mommy is writing my letter. I have
been a very good boy and would like
a choo-choo train.
I will leave cookies for you and
brown sugar for your reindeer.
Love Hayden Bowman - 21 months
Parents: Laurie and Kevin
LETTERS TO SANTA
Dear Santa:
I bet you are getting a lot of letters. I hope I'm on
your good list.
I want an ice cream niaker, a game called Find
Furby, Patty Playground Secret and Super Nail
Creations.
Loye Eva -Marie Allison - age 8
Parents: Jim and Sharon
LETTERS TO SANTA
Dear Santa:
I have tried to be good. I would like
one of these for Christmas - Baby
Swing Set, Welcome Home Baby or
a Furby. You can pick. Thank you
Santa.
P.S. I will leave milk and cookies
for you.
Love Mikayla Keller - age 7
Parents: Daryll and Sandy
Bill, Cathy & Family
would like to extend our
warmest holiday
greetings to you and your
families this Christmas.
We thank you for the
love and support that you have given all
of us at Dinney Funeral Home over the
years.
God's blessings and continued health
into the year 2001) and beyond.
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Just One Wish
By Nathan Scott, Gr. •
Zurich Public School
It was December 23 and
there was a 13 -year-old
girl named Andrea
Brown. She was sitting
with her friend, Susan
Maxwell, in the cafeteria
at her, 11, having a
snack. , ` ^�: : their
plans for the Christmas
holidays. The 3:30 .bell
rang and they walked
home together because
they lived beside each
other.
They had sort of a tradi-
tion going on since they
were kids. They would go
to the local homeless shel-
ter and work in the soup
kitchen. They did this
because they .had a
favourite person there.
His name was Jimdiy
Smith. They felt that he
was the funniest guy alive
and he was the only rea-
son they wanted to help
out. He wasn't someone
that they liked as a
boyfriend. After all, he
was more than five times
their age and not the best
looking in the crowd, but
he was the nicest guy in
the world. Every year
when everyone had their
food and most people had
left, Andrea would go with
Susan and they would go
and sit beside Jimmy.
They would talk for hours
and hours. They only got
to see him once a year at
Christmas time so they
looked forward to seeing
him.
As they were walking
home from school, Susan
asked Andrea, "So, what
time are we heading
down to the shelter
tomorrow?"
"About 5:00 I think.
We'll walk down this
year."
"Okay," said Susan.
They both walked to
their own homes and
shouted. ?!" to each
other.
The next day the girls
could hardly wait to see
Jimmy. They headed
down to the shelter at
about 4:30 to see if Jimmy
had arrived early.
The time passed quickly
and it was now after 6:00
and still no sign of Jimmy.
Andrea approached some-
one who usually came
into the shelter with
Jimmy and asked, "Hey
Jake! Do you know where
Jimmy is?" He gave her
an odd look and turned
away with a sad face. He
mumbled something
under his breath.
Andrea couldn't hear so
she asked, * was
that! I didr. and."
He look( id said,
"He died a few days ago.
He wasn't a healthy man
and..." His voice trailed off
and Andrea ran out the
door in tears.
Andrea ran all the way
to the treehouse in her
back yard. She sat up
there for a long time cry-
ing and thinking, "If I
could have just one wish
this Christmas, I want to
see Jimmy one last time."
She climbed down and
started walking towards
her house and then, sud-
denly, she fell to her
knees and yelled with
everything she had inside,
"Why? Why?"
As she yelled this she
slowly dropped with her
face to' the ground. She
got up a short time later
and saw an extremely
bright light coming from
the front of her house. At
first she thought it was a
street light but it started
to get brighter. She was
amazed and at the same
time, confused. She
walked around to the
front of the house and was
astounded. It was Jimmy!
How was this possible?
Jimmy was dead. This
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thought made her uneasy,`
Was this a dream? Dill
Jimmydie?
All of ' mad
think r hard 1
whapfned -gyp and
that 't OM real-
ize what -was going on
around her. Before she
could move, she was sur-
rounded by a singing
choir of angels and Jimmy
was standing right next to
her. He touched her
shoulder and said, "Don't
cry for me. I am in a bet-
ter place now."
She, oked up at Jimmy
an id, "I'm going to
miss you so much after
tonight."
"Nn you won't," said
Jimmy.
Andrea looked confused
and asked, "Why not?"
Jimmy said, "Whenever
you need to talk to me just
close your eyes and think
to yourself what it is that
you want to say to me and
you will see me."
Jimmy disappeared and
so did the choir. She saw
Susan and they walked
back to the shelter togeth-
er side by side.
So every year, the
Browns and the Maxwells
eat Christmas dinner
together. They even set an
extra spot at the table for
their very special friend,
Jimmy Smith.
Who is Santa Claus?
By Jasmyne Ferguson,
Gr. 4
Mt. Carmel School
I would love to see you
but who are you? What
are you? Where are you
and how old are you? Will
you tell me by sending a
message?
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Peace
By Kailee Kemps
Usborne Central School
Peace and harmony last
this year
For this is Christmas, we
have no fear.
Sleigh bells are ringing.
Children are singing.
Let the air fill us with joy,
With lots of presents for
the girls and boys.
Let there be freedom,
Let there be sun,
When the children are all
snug in their beds,
There will be snow.
Let us celebrate,
For the thanks of giving.
Angels
By Stasi Miller, Gr. 3
Usborne Central P.S.
Angels are good
Angels fly and help you
Angels can help me and
you
Bright light.
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