weekender august 16 1986 p15 weekender kateri tekakwitha catholic school the snow queen get to bed in good time tonight my mother called as i was running upstairs to my bed room to change into my pyjamas they were blue with grey stripes so cottony and warm i crawled into bed and pulled a sheet a blanket and a quilt over me my mom says always dress warm in the winter months i could not sleep tomorrow is christmas day we just got back from the 8 pm mass a whole bunch of people were there with all the little bratty kids running around and pulling each others hair i always find it hard to sleep its always so exciting well have dancing and giftgiving and lots of joyous faces next morning i got up stretch ed and lay on my silky bed covers veils hung from my hair i tossed them out of my face harold please tell sharon to make me a sundae soon the towering crystal mountain of a sundae rose before my wondrous eyes very daintily 1 scooped up one of the frosty snowballs and popped it in my mouth it tasted yummy after i was finished i was escorted into the den to have a look at the tree that harold sear ched for it was a brilliant sight all the lights bells tinsel angel hair ginger bread candy canes and ornaments were layed in all the right places after i made plans for the palace ball the guest of honour would be santa claus but when i phoned hohoho mrs claus told me he was sick so i the snow queen dashed to the sleigh pulled by horses the snow glittered as we swooped by what kind of gathering would it be without santa claus when i arrived i had magic snow in my hand i sprinkled it on santa and he was well that night was so much fun santa was back to his jolly self ho ho ho he said and i awoke to find it was a dream carrie chisolm grade 6 rhyming verses there once was a girl named sue who lost her holiday shoe buy her another to match the other and then she will have two melissa kodolli grade 2 there once was a fox he had a special box and in the box there were smelly socks silvia daddorio grade 2 a lost bunny there once was a bunny whose name was sunny and he lost his toy bunny he found his bunny and he was funny by carrie lyn mogan grade 2 hog the frog there once was a frog and his name was hog and he sat on a log and he called his friend dog by shannon jukcr grade 2 and angela white grade 1