GRADE THREE‘S TELL To me Christmas means giving. Maybe to _ you Christmas means getting. Just because I like givâ€" ing doesn‘t mean I don‘t like getting. I like going to my uncle‘s on Christâ€" mas. The children were askâ€" ed by their teachers to just write spontaneous exâ€" pressions of their feelings on the subject. They were not aware the stories would be published. Laurie Kwasnik, a grade two student at Winston Churchill is intent on filling in the John Porporo, grade two, takes an admiring and maybe slightly critical look at the left hand comer of her drawing on Christmas. work he hasdone on the subject of Christmas. Some put their full names, others didn‘t so we ran the stories as they were handed in. The Chronicle, with the coâ€"operation of Winston Churchill School acquired compositions written by the school‘s grade three class on what Christmas means to them. Christmas â€" got _ started many years ago when Jesâ€" us was born. T‘ll tell you how it happened. A long time ago there What Christmas means to them Santa Claus, as portrayed by Mirka were two people, one a lady named Mary, and one a man named Joseph. They were married. One night Mary felt pregnant. She called Joseph and he said we‘ll go to Bethleham and you can have an infant._ When the baby was born, a huge star came over Bethiechem showing where the baby was born. Well that‘s not all of the story but that‘s how it happened. I get very anxious on Christmas Eve to see what I got. It makes me feel happy when I give away presents to my mother, father and sister. I feel like looking in Christmas catalogues for nice toys. I like to put deâ€" corations on our Christmas tree. It makes me feel hungry for the Christmas dinner, I always love to have salâ€" mon and Christmas cookies that my grandmother sends Todd McCuaig The _ most _ tmportant thing to me is Jesus. I think Jesus is important because he was born on Christmas Eve. We give presents to people because Jesus gave so many people a gift, but he does not give his presents like we give presents. He gives help to the blind and deaf and sick Christmas _ means _ a _ lot more to me than enjoying There are losts of things about _ Christmas _ â€"bells, toys, _ angels, _ Christmas trees, Santa, â€" snowflakes and a lot more too. I like to enjoy relazing. I do not like to forget Jesus dies on the cross to save all our sins. On Christmas I go to my grandpa‘s and grandma‘s house. I see my aunt and uncles too. I see my couâ€" sins. I think it is relazing beâ€" cause I do not have to go to school. 1 like school but when I have to walk to school and back I get tired. Sometimes I give presâ€" ents to everyone in my family. Last year my sister that‘s married gave me a card and in the card there was $2.00. I gave her a card and said thankâ€" you. To me Christmas â€"reâ€" minds me of when Jesus was born and his birthday was on Christmas time. Every Christmas when we go to church we have a program and sing Christâ€" mas songs. To me Christmas is to go to church and remind me what I got from my mother and father and everyone. to us. I also like to go shopâ€" ping with my mom because I like to look at all the toys. I like to play in the snow _ before _ Christmas Eve. Margaret Rachel Petr I like Christmas because varry! it is the birth of Jesus. 1 feel happy and gay. We Christmas started when celebrate Christmas beâ€" three _ shepherds _ were cause of the birth of Jesus. watching their sheep. They Heather were interested in stars. Our other grandparents house will be full. Both grandparents have a Christâ€" mas tree. We will be spending Christmas at those grandâ€" parents. When I go to Ottawa I feel happy because I visit m y grandparents a t Christmas. One of my grandpa‘s _ always has me doing things. A sketch of a manger scene was added to the bottom of one story to help illustrate the whole idea of Christmas A little boy in Bethlehem is born on Christmas night. This makes me very happy for his name is Jesus Christ. He makes sick people good as new, even if they are dead. So praise him everyone and ever you. So that‘s what â€" Christmas _ means to me and maybe even you. Lynn myself. It means trying to make other people enjoy themselves. If people come to my house we play games. Christmas also means to me to be happy. What I see in Christmas is a very happy sight. It is not just all the presents. It‘s a lot of other things. Wendy Most of the people have to read something. The people have to sing songs and ‘sing solos by themâ€" selves. Some people will have to read a verse or two out of the Bible at the front of the church. I feel happy because every year at our church we have a Christmas proâ€" gram. Last night when I had my good pants on, I was riding on my slideâ€"aâ€"bogâ€" gon. I was worrying about my pants getting wet. I feel happy on the Deâ€" cember vacation because I don‘t have to work at school. I feel glad again because I have more time to play on my slideâ€"aâ€"bogâ€" gon. â€" Christmas means to me to go to church and help other people and going to the school to have fun. I like to go to visit people and to sing. When Christâ€" mas comes I like to play in the house. When we put up the Christmas tree we put candy canes on and when Christmas is here we will open the gifts. _ Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, December 20, 1972 7 Darryl Blair Amy On top of his head, on top of his hat, Merry Christâ€" mas to all and to all a good night. And that‘s what Christmas means to me. My part goes like this. Hurry up Santa, we mustn‘t be late. He‘ll get stuck in the chimney or lost in the snow. They‘re not in the kitchen, oh heaven praise us. We‘re already late. I‘m getting so nerâ€" vous. . They won‘t get their toys or cute cats with white paws. in the afternoon and help us open our presents and watch us sing. We sing Christmas songs like Song of Joy but first we do our play that‘s called the Litâ€" tlest Elf. Every year we go to our _ grandmothers‘ _ and grandfathers‘ houses and they come to our house Mark is Winky, Todd is Dinky and my name is Pinky in the show.‘ We do it downstairs in the baseâ€" ment. We have to clean it up now. They saw such a big star they followed it and took gold, diamonds, jewelry because they knew that Christ was born. They gave him the presâ€" ents. That‘s how Christâ€" mas started. Continued on page 19 Martin P. Lori