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A TALL TALE place to play chess and checkers! I think we are
very lucky to live in Nassau County.
Once upon a time there was an ogre who liked
to eat people because he was mean. He was mean David Koeppel, Intermediate II
because people always called him “Ugly Puss”.
Christmas means a lot to me. It gives me things
A boy came along and said “Will you be my to think about and pray for. It’s nice to hear the
friend?” and the ogre said “Of course I will be real Christmas story. In the church this Sunday we
your friend!” One day when the boy went down to are going to do a lot for Christmas! The church is
see the ogre, the ogre ate him up. Then when his my favorite part of Christmas. Some carols are fun
mother noticed that he was not home by dark, she to sing, and I love to buy gifts and receive them,
called the police! The police searched all over too. I just can’t tell you all the things Christmas
town but they could not find him. means to me. However, I can say it in three
words: I love Christmas!
One day tne police went to the ogre and said,
“You ate the kid and now we will kill you.” So the Cindy Alexander, Intermediate II
police killed the orgre. But the ogre was a girl and
it had babies, so they killed them, too. Christmas means presents and Santa Claus. It
means the joys ana thrills when you get your
Terrence Kenny presents. It means that when you go to your
Intermediate I grandmother’s and have dinner, you get presents
there, too! I have fun Christmas Eve because I
Christmas means a lot to me. Everybody gives can’t wait until the next morning. You always
each other presents. Your uncle and aunt come to have fun on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
your house or you go to their house. Your cousins That is what Christmas means to me.
come or your grandparents come over. You tell
your mother and father thanks a lot for all the Ann Gardner, Intermediate II
presents you get. Most of all you ought to think
about Jesus. It’s His birthday. You go to church Puppets are a lot of fun to play with. Some have
and pray. You say, “Thank You for letting me be strings and some don’t. Marionettes have strings
healtny!” That’s what Christmas means to me. but finger and handpuppets don’t. Finger puppets
are used with the fingers. Handpuppets are used
Dan Nick, Intermediate II with the hands. I like hand puppets better than
marionettes or finger puppets. Hand puppets act
Christmas means hanging mistletoe up, stringing out stories that you would like them to. They’re
lights, putting up the tree and hanging up the easy to work and people enjoy seeing them act.
stockings. Christmas means more than that. It
means giving, receiving, happiness, love, joy, toys, Jennifer James, Intermediate II
and seeing everybody else naving a good time,
too. On Christmas Eve I also like to make cookies One day Anne’s mother came home with a big
and think about waking up in the morning and box. It was getting dose to Christmas. Anne was
finding my gifts. very excited about Christmas and wondered
whether a Christmas present was in the box.
Joanne Ruspini, Intermediate II When Anne came home from school no one was
home. She ran upstairs where the present was, and
The coming of snow means chopping trees for just looked at the box. She thought about opening
firewood. It means winter is really here, and one it, but it was time for bed and she fell asleep.
must prepare with snow suits and supplies you will When she woke up she didn’t know whether the
need. The falling of snow brings happiness to gift had been a dream! Then on Christmas Day
children and some adults. As soon as there’s a she found out it was for her!
snow storm, the next morning the plow comes to
plow the snow from streets and driveways. At Jeannie Gengler, Intermediate II
night when I go to the window after it has snowed,
it is a beautiful picture. I like to make snow forts One day, I was swimming in the ocean and the
in the snow, slide down the icy driveway on sleds, tide began pulling. All of a sudden I was being
and have snowball fights with my friends. I look dragged out to sea, and no one saw me. I started
forward to the winter and its snow storms. to get tired, but soon I saw a log. I quickly swam to
the log and hung on. I was floating around for a
Anne Silvestri, Intermediate II long time. It began to get dark. I became scared.
Then I saw a boat. I yelled and I yelled, but the
Many people don’t know about the parks in boat went past me. I must have fainted and when
Nassau County. A very good one is Cantiague I woke up, I was on someone’s boat. They asked
Park. It has a lot of things to do. There is golf, me where I lived and they took me home to a
tennis, playground, basketball, horseshoes, thankful famify.
handball, shumeboard, and bocci facilities. There
are lots of other things to do. They have four John Viscardi, Intermediate II
swimming pools. There are softball fields, football
fields, a soccer field and a Little League field. Christmas means fun and joy. It is when Christ
There is a golf range, a nine-hole golf course, a was born. The idea of Santa Claus came from St.
sled hill and a skating rink. There is even a special Nicholas who gave gold stones to the poor
people. I like Christmas with presents and fun. We
cannot sleep on Christmas Eve because we are so
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