Matt’s Christmas Nan McNeill First thing after school is out I take a 3 hour drive to my dad’s house and then another 45 minutes to my grandma’s. I eat dinner and open presents. After that I take another 45 minute drive back to dad’s house. Then my dad takes an hour nap. My brother,

Chris’ Christmas Nan McNeill I would like to tell you a story about Christmas at my house. My name is Chris and I am 12 years old. I have a sister named Jessica and a brother named Marky. We spend half of Christmas with our mother and half with our father, so Santa comes to

Tamara’s Christmas Nan McNeill We celebrate christmas by giving everybody presents. We eat turkey, cakes and other stuff with Papa, Graney, aunts and uncles, cousins, and sisters and brothers. So we can eat and open presents at the same time. I love tresents a lot, so when Christmas comes around I get so happy. This

Tyler’s Christmas Nan McNeill On Christmas Eve my family gathers at my grandmother Thompson’s house. All of my cousins, aunts and uncles, and great grandparents open gifts and have a meal. We eat party snacks and punch. Everyone shares their gifts to let us know what they got. We all have a good time. Afterward

Blake’s Christmas Nan McNeill My family celebrates Christmas on Christmas morning when we open our presents and play with the stuff we get. Then we eat our Christmas dinner. When we are finished eating dinner we eat the candy canes off the Christmas tree.   I take my allowance and buy my mom, sister, grandma,

Daniel’s Christmas Nan McNeill On Christmas Eve our parents let us open one present. My little sister always opens the biggest present she can. I open the smallest one. My mom and dad always save their presents from Sam and me. My mom let’s us pick out a Christmas ornament to hang on the tree

Christmas in Toccoa, Georgia apj1 (The following messages are from students in the Sixth Grade at Stephens County Middle School in Toccoa, Georgia.) I have two favorite Christmas traditons at my house. We have a Christmas dinner. Another tradition is our relatives come over. The weather in Toccoa, Georgia is diffrent from year to year

An Ohio Christmas Lance101 Christmas is definitely the best time of the year. Snow, fireplaces, shopping, music, baking, wrapping… it all began in November when the first snow usually fell. It was a beautiful sight to see the ground all covered in white. Every year, our family used to decorate our tree together while listening

Christmas in South Jersey r.gillespie In South Jersey for Christmas we do these things: For dinner we have turkey, mashed potatoes, bean casarole, corn on the cob and stuffing. The desserts are ice cream, cherries, cake and pie. Some of our traditions are putting up Christmas trees and trimming them. Under the tree people put

New Jersey 4th graders view of Christmas H. Clark Here is some of the food we eat for Christmas celebrations in New Jersey: turkey, ham, pork chops, cranberry sauce, and apple sauce. In New Jersey most family traditions include Christmas trees and hanging stockings. Some of the fun activities we do on Christmas are open

Marmora, N.J. 4th grade H. Clark We like to eat stuffing, mashed potatoes, and macaroni. The main parts of the meal are turkey, and ham. For dessert we like to eat cheesecake and brownies. We get to have no school and we always put up a tree. We hope it snows so we can have

Memories of Christmas in South Dakota Elmira Smith When I was a little girl, we would get together with aunts, uncles and cousins at my grandparents place. I can remember when we had to hitch the horses to a sleigh and travel two and half miles to my grandparents place. It was cold out but

Eastern Washington Christmas! normandale I live in a small town in Washington State. I feel like we have a pretty unique Christmas tradition and thought I would share! On Christmas Eve (this is the unique part, I think) my parents have a huge party where everyone they know is invited; friends, family, family-in-laws, neighbors, pastors,

NJ 4th Grade UTES r.gillespie The most important foods we eat in New Jersey during the holidays are turkey, mashed potatoes, and veggies. Some activities we like to do are having parties, opening gifts, and talking to Santa. Several traditions that we have are hanging stockings and sledding. And finally, we like to decorate by

NJ 4th Grade UTES r.gillespie A week before Christmas we hang stockings. My friends and I play Santa and hand out presents to people. All people open presents on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. We have a big family dinner on Christmas Eve. All the parents hang stockings on Christmas Eve. On Christmas day we open