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p28 weekender december 6 1986 weekender hands helpful flexible slapping clapping snapping nails fingers toes ankles tapping kicking balancing bonev bumpv feet clara tsim grade 5 kids cheerful cuddly screaming shouting running books friends hugs kisses understanding caring smiling happy wonderful parents tanya salmon grade 5 summer hot dry playing laughing swimming bahamas hawaii antarctica north pole tobogganing skiing sledding snowy windy winter jina song grade 6 christmas time special time for giving and receiving for friends and family best holiday christmas holiday one day saw cave went in looked round went exploring chris g grade 5 sunset the sunset is very vivid and beautiful it is as colorful as a rainbow on one side you can see pink and pur ple the pink is as bright as a little girl blushing and the purple is as dark as wine then on the other side you see orange red and yellow as rich and bright as colors can be then you watch the sunset a little while longer soon you will be swallowed into the darkness as you wave good bye to the sunset suzan yum grade 6 snow fell blocked entrance got trapped was scared need plan had idea dig out dig dig all finished climbed out walked home told mom was safe evelyn fan grade 5 finally the season of winter is here soon all the people will give a cheer now it is really starting to snow the childrens faces begin to glow fabby dugal invisible theatre fountainhead performed the invisible kids in front of an attentive crowd of milliken mills public school students from left are desmond campbell kevin stewart and alison sealysmith the theatre group has performed at schools throughout the toronto area it presents the subject ofcultural discrimination in an educational and en tertaining format sjoerd witteveen holiday festivities in four cultures editors note the junior division at milliken mills public school is studying the religious and cultu ral celebrations in which the di verse student population partici pates these include christmas diwali hanukkah eidulfitr carnival and chinese new year here are samples of what four of the holidays mean to those who celebrate them christmas is when we give presents and hang up beautiful decorations while father makes a fire in the fire place to cuddle up to when we fin ish up our chores judy lin when you hang up your christ mas wreath and when you go to sleep santa will come and you will get lots of presents melita lee joy it is a happy time christ mas is when you give presents to people you love if you are a girl i would get a cabbage patch kid the nice thing is to snuggle up near the fire and sing christmas carols andrea kakoullis when it is jesus birthday and on christmas we get toys from santa claus i can not wait until christmas it will be so much fun paul prangikos fun because we get presents burton mohan jesus birthday and a time of giving presents to each other kristy glover a time for giving and a time for being together with our families emily wong when jesus was born and santa gives presents monica saini to put up a christmas tree christmas is to open up early pre sents so you can see what you got wendy chow when we think ol jesus birth day we give presents and get pre sents i want to give presents but not get anything back christmas is when we put up a christmas tree my brother is crazy about christmas trees kristin bisbce when people give presents to everyone emily ho is when you remember jesus christmas is celebrating the birth of jesus we put up a christmas tree with angels and a star on top of it because a star shone over top of the stable where he was born annie kosanyi getting batteries in my stocking and receiving and giving pre sents christmas is celebrating jesus birth cindy robidoux a time for laughter and joy we give presents to everyone and re ceive presents too christmas is when christ was born and we keep celebrating to this day neil mcssias grade 6 when we celebrate jesus birth day we eat potatoes rice sweet peppers and drink champagne then we put on greek music and we dance and then we open our presents elsie papavassiliou grade 6 when you give gifts to your loved ones and receive gifts from the people who love you christ mas is when you have a big feast and share your love with each other christmas is when you lie around the fire drinking hot chocolate waiting for saint nicholas shelbie wallace grade 6 eidulfitr is when some muslims get together and go to somebodys house for lunch and supper we have turns to invite people last year my moms friend had eid at her house sarah janial is a day when children get money from our mom dad aunts and uncles my uncle gave me and my brother 20 each on eid we say eid mobarak aisha chaudhary a variety show songs that are religious and songs in english it is a time when our holy book is revealed navaz keshavjee diwali is a time to celebrate and give money and other things we go to a hall with about 300 other people and listen to music and watch peo ple dance most of the time we eat ricky jain grade 6 a time when indians pray ev ery year my parents go to dance on diwali i cant go because im too young mark govindasamy grade 6 when we put candles on our front porch we have parties and give gifts diwali is when we eat special indian food and sweets diwali is a time to celebrate nellay patel grade 6 chinese new year is a time to celebrate chinese people everywhere gather together and the adults give the children money in little red pouches with gold chinese letter ing on them chinese new year is a time to eat moon cake and watch the dragon dance william ho grade 6 i jecomomistsun earn extra money in your spare time the tribune