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Colebrookdale Elementary second graders share favorite holiday traditions

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Isaiah Elwell: My favorite tradition is going to my grandparent’s house for Christmas. I like spending time with my family. I also like buying, giving, and opening presents. This makes me feel happy. I love Christmas!

Kylie Hansley: On Christmas, we put a Christmas tree up and our Elf on the shelf comes to our house and his name is Jingle Bells. Last year, Jingle Bells put toilet paper on our tree and it made us laugh. On Christmas morning, we open our presents and my favorite present was a new baby doll. I love Christmas!

Elijah Schmoyer: My favorite holiday tradition is making cookies for Santa. Then, after we are done, we go to my aunt’s house to open presents. The present I really want everyone to have is a great Christmas. So Merry Christmas to you!

Peyton Oswald: This is how the Oswald’s celebrate Christmas. First, I wake up my dad, mom, nana, and brother. Then we open our presents and eat breakfast. Then we go to people’s houses and sing carols. Sometimes people give us money. The best present I opened was a new snowboard and a new…phone and a real drum set. I can’t wait for Christmas to come!

Katrina Priotte: My favorite holiday is Christmas. We decorate the tree in our living room. We put cookies and milk out for Santa. We open presents. I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas!

Alex Moyer: Mommy and I have Christmas cookies. We put them out for Santa with carrots and milk. I help Daddy decorate the tree in the basement. We put the star on the top of the tree. Merry Christmas to all of the kids!

Myles Omlor: This is how I celebrate Christmas. We wake up, go down the steps, and wait for our parents. Then we open our presents and my mom takes pictures. We have cinnamon buns, get dressed, and go to our grandparent’s house. There we open presents, eat dinner, watch a movie, and then go home. The best present I opened was a Max Steel Sword. Merry Christmas!

Spencer Pail: I celebrate Christmas by going to my Nana’s house. Then, we eat food and I open presents. Next, I go home and go to sleep and wait for Christmas Day to come. I hope you have a good Christmas!

Nathan Cunnius: Every year on Christmas Eve, we go to Grandmom’s house and open presents. I hope I get a four -wheeler for Christmas this year. Then, mommy comes and brings me to Popop’s house and we open presents again. Have a lovely Christmas.

Taylor Rosen: My favorite Christmas tradition is to spend time with my family. We always go to my Mom-mom’s and Popop’s to dine. We open some presents. On Christmas day, we go down and unwrap the presents. Then, we sit and eat breakfast. After a while, we get ready to open more. We go to two houses and eat a little. I love spending time with my family. Merry Christmas!

Emma Shirey: My Christmas tradition is when my Mom, Dad, Erin, Jimmy, and I go to Great Wolf Lodge to see Santa. Next, we go home and I open my presents. We eat pretzels, cake, cupcakes, peas and carrots and we drink juice. We give thanks for all we have and we talk at the table. Then, we open presents and sing carols outside. We sing Jingle Bells and Oh Christmas tree. We also have an elf on the shelf named Pixie. I hope you have an elf on the shelf and you have a good Christmas.

Ayden Heimbach: In See my family, we put up the tree and decorate it with ornaments. Then, we take pictures of the presents and we open them. I hope you have a good Christmas!

Jeffrey Reinert: Every Christmas Eve, I see my Grammy and Pop-pop. We have dinner together and open presents. My whole entire family comes! On Christmas Day, I do the same thing with Mommy, Daddy, and my sister Lauren. My parents will sometimes get presents for my dog, Lizzie. Christmas is so much fun, I really love it!

Kendra Holiday: What is your favorite Christmas tradition? Mine is having fun with my family. Everyone comes… Jamie, Tom, Austin, Nana, Pop-pop, Brooke, Nick, Mom-mom, and me. I am the first one up on Christmas morning and I always love to wake up my family. I love Christmas because I get to open presents. I like when everyone comes to my house. I hope you have fun with your family at Christmas, too!

Maryanna Hansley: My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating the Christmas tree with my older brother. It makes me feel very, very happy. This Christmas, I hope I get a puppy! If I got one, I would name it Santa!

Austin Bouthillette: We celebrate by going to our cousin’s house. We play around until dinner and then we open presents. Next, we visit our other cousin’s house and a fake Santa comes and gives us each a toy. Finally, we go home and put out cookies and vegetables out for Santa. This year I am hoping for Disney Infinity 2.0. I hope you have a great Christmas!

Jackson Townsend: My favorite Christmas tradition is making gingerbread houses with my brother, sister, and dad. I like to open presents and then eat dinner with my family on Christmas day!

Riley Ehling: Each year at Christmas time, I help my mom-mom make cookies. I love to eat some. Then, I save some for Santa for when he comes to my house on my Christmas night. Every Christmas morning, I open presents.

Cassidy Moyer: My favorite Christmas tradition is to decorate the Christmas tree. The tree looks so pretty when it is decorated. We get it on December 1st. We got it all ready and it looks beautiful. I feel happy when the tree is done being decorated. My favorite time on Christmas day is when I am opening up my presents. So have a Merry Christmas!

Victoria Hampton: For Christmas, I eat cookies and we save some for Santa. They are delicious sugar cookies. We wake up on Christmas morning and open our presents. I can’t wait for Christmas this year.

Jayden Benner: At Christmas I wake up everyone in my family. We go downstairs and my dad gets his camera and takes pictures of me opening my presents. I am very excited about Christmas this year!

Jada Shorley: My Grammy has a family secret…her daddy’s recipe for pulled pork barbecue! Her family is from North Carolina and they know barbecue! My Mommy tried to get the recipe from Grammy for years without success. My Dad will get it in Grammy’s will. Can’t wait ’til Christmas dinner at Grammy’s!!!!!