The Castlegar.Sun,

Submitted by the grade six siudenis at Kinnaird
School, pein

"My True Meaning
Of Christmas

The true meaning of Christmas is getting
tagether and having a good time with one
another, such as decorating a tree with lights
and omaments that you got when you were
young. The ornament I got for my first Christ-
mas is special. I hope to always have it to
hang on my tree where ever I am.

On Christmas the house always looks warm
and cozy. We have a bright fire in the fire-
place after we get up on Christmas moming.

We try not to open our presents before we eat. :

breakfast—only the stocking stuff.

‘On Christmas we get together with relatives
that we don't see that often. We get to know

83m better. Usually we have a traditional din-
net with a plump turkey and cranberry sauce.
Even: shopping for family and friends makes ;
you think about them and the things they like
to do. You even remember your pets. Usually
you have friends come over and see what you
have received. In fact you do a lot of visiting
yourself.
There is a lot of special music at Christmas.
ngs we don’t listen to the rest of the year. On
ision people are talking about peace. The

pple that were held hostage and came home
s year will have a very special Christmas
th their families. Their true meaning of
ristmas is being free to be with their families
id friends. We are very lucky to be free to

yend Christmas with the the people we love.
: hope everyone has a very Happy Christmas

aiid a Happy New Year.
Ran Idle : * %&

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was too much snow! |:

We grabbed some’ ‘Smerneney shovels’ y
climbed out the windows-and shovelled: our
way home. I’ was so-tired, b ¢ else:
was full of energy.

“Te’ 's Christmas Day.’!’

van, hopped in and drove home. Web rst out
of the'sliding door. >
“Merry Christmas!” we all said hugging
each other. This would be one Christmas I
would never forget! ;
This was the best Chnstmas) everl® oer ees
Deanna Ambrosone~™ a ne

" Ghritmas brings‘a sense of peace

“Suzanne Clemente:

“Wes Dark In Here

* It’s: dari in: Bee and lonely too, everyone

Mores Mores More °

“Honest. Yn m zea hot ‘that helpless, I ‘don’ t
need to go-in the-care, home. I might be’87,
but I can cope with dife just as gasy as. when I;
was young.

I like the hard life, the: sour aroma of the gar-
den, the sweet smell of the ‘cakes: and pastri
in the oven. It’s still the’most important thing.
in my life. I'll show you,,.J do:things that
twenty-year-old can only dream of. :

I mean it, for instance here is'a normal dat I
wake up and see Harry at the door. Waiting 7” .
for me with a tray of food, I eat breakfast and
go outside into the cornfields, where-I get
Harry to, check the com, and I feed the chick-
ens and get the eggs. Then we have. lunch and
I cook some dessert for the family dinner the
next day. I cook supper and we eat. I do my
30-minute: prayers and £0 to bed.. T have an
easy life, just you see.’ j
Ben Cram

: Christmas Eve Blizzard

fe was Christmas Eve. We were riding our
Sew. mini van back home from church.-
Michelle, my sister was whining because she
fyanted to go home and see Santa, my mom
as looking for some Christmas music, while

y dad was cautiously driving along the icy
pad. After about fifteen minutes it was snow-
ig so badly, we had to pull over by the side-

alk, even though we were only ten houses
‘way from ours. We could go no further. It
xas -10°. and you couldn’t even see! Well,
there we were stuck in our van. .-

What if we were stuck here for Christmas?
Far would. be terrible!. The Christmas lights
Igoked so beautiful. We tried to open the
doors, but they were frozen. It was warm in
the van , but my mom 1 pulled out some pillows
apd blankets.
ft ‘Deanna stop worrying, everything is going
tbe O.K.” my mom said calmly. The clock
Qn ad 9: 27.

helle then whined, “Mom, I’m tired!” -
‘Well, you kids go to sleep. You’re Dad and
Ete Stay up a little longer,” my mother said.
Sinchow, Icouldn’t fall asleep.

Ee tried to open the windows, but they were
fiozen, -

Nobody was outside, chimneys were puffing

adly.

qimust have drifted off to sleep, because

» en I woke up it was only snowing as ditde

a Wai a minute. Where am I? Oh Yeah. Stuck
if our van,” I thought to myself. I shook
eryone else in the van. ‘‘Wake. up!” I urged
fiem. My mom and dad got’ up but’ my sister”
rose looking like a zombie. I grabbed the pil-
ae and blankets and put them away. I tried

open the door, but it was still stuck! There
ar wg de baeyitteee 2 gotAbaghas, det ata

: Christmas
It’s Christmas time again, children singing-*

chair by the warm fire. My only family is my
three children, but they have all moved away
to start a new life and forget about me. I can
hear my neighbors having a big Christmas
party, and the carolers singing on my
doorstep, if only I were young again I could
Participate in all those festive kinds of things.
My only friend is my cat, she:always comforts
me when I am sad, she is much older (in cat
: years) than.me and her time has almost come.
I am 89 years-old the doctor says I am very
sick. But if God gave mejone. wish;-I would:

“request to be.strong, young. and hay again. «

Nicole Watson

else has something to'do. ..

But I. don’t, I’m left alone, as if no one cared.
Now it’s nearitig Christmas time, “

My family-has. all mayed away. 7

I feel rejected ve

Unitared forand forgotten 3 -

‘amilies laughing and: depeinks
I wish it.was me...
But I'm'stack her in ‘this awl
lonely.room fis
Anurse’ ‘coming in only
/thrée times a.day,
‘Not to visit but ‘to feed mne .
She'doesn’t care:
It ”s just her: job,
Then some.children come in
About to'visit their gtandparents
But I'm left alone | 83
In a dark shadowy « comer forgotten ,
As supper comes around I will NOT EAT
The food is the worst in the world

I wish my:family would ‘comeback and res- |

cueme -
From this awful place

I miss them very much, especially the
youngsters ee

aerareMex: Tes: nearin ChristmasEve. Se} eo

fal I watch the front doors, Nae Paene

*“Avgroup of kids walk in.

Then,to my surprise, one of the ladies atthe
front’desk pointed to me !!!

Then a girl about ‘twelve years old walked

She had said that. -when ‘she hed’ to leave that
” she would’ ‘come ‘every week to visit me.

* Now my: ‘sad life has started to get better.

_ Now I ‘have something’ to look forward too.

and laughing. while J sit-here in my-rocking- -s -

An Elderly Christmas _

' :

‘Ah, it’s that time of year i
Christmas js here wy
; Atime for love and happiness. -- 2°. 3s,
' But] feel hate and sorrow ;
For I am old, your past not Present, a
“T soon will face death Bs
gAnd no one will miss me
"For what ast is not valued 4

ST have no tree, Presents or ‘meal -

* ay havé myself”

I am lost, falling drifting
Yet is there an end :
Swill’ something break my fall, ‘stop, my drift”

a ae am, Jost i in my own: heart, lost in my own

‘Christmas

Christmas is'a time for sharing
Love, laughter and for caring

A time for family and for friends

A joyous feeling that neverends . |
Families trim their Christmas tree."
;With coloured lights for all to see
Children wish for many things

Itis a blessed time Sores om
That makes our hearts feel full of ie
‘When final j Preparations’ cease

‘ My. family has hope if they stay tbpethar :

“They have love dnd happiness

My old-age is'killing nie | eet)

Death will release me from my pain

Not physical, mental pain, emotions are what
hurt

But Iwill keep living and, Parts; jof n me well.
«keep dying.

Meghan Van Vliet

: Kitty. She is a house cat and is
! except for her yellowish ears. I of
' grecery store, not for food, , but inthe Fropes of’
~'> seeing a friendly face, that. know..-.::.
-* Tam Louise. I live in the small town of. Fien-"

As Jasmine ie out th window she saw a
young girl and an older boy huddled under a
street light. The girl'was'in a short, tattered
dress, Her grubby face was framed’ ‘with dari
chestnut curls, Her. companion’ was & bit ‘taller

* than her.. His clothes, unlike his) ister” 'S

seemed to fit quite well and were ngt:as dirty

as hers, His face was also framed with: brown
~ hair.

* Just then it started to snow. “Jasmine time
‘for dinner,” her mother Called. ‘As she!
returned to the dining room she thought about:
the poor, hungry, cold children

‘At that moment those same young childien:'
were peering into Jasmine’s window staring at’ }
all the splendor of the Christmas decorations’

‘ and the delicious foods.

Their names were Tom and Amy. They‘had ! i
run away from a‘Children’s Home after the";
government had taken them away from their:
Parents two months earlier. The orphanage}:

, director had been able to find homes for them:!
"but unfortunately it meant they would haye to:; i
; be split up. So they decided that they ‘would |

rather run away than be Separated.

Now it was Christmas Eve, a time for Joving, ' !
caring, peace and sharing. Suddenly they:
heard the sound of a door opening. It was Jas-.

» mine. She had come to invite them-in for, :

Christmas dinner. As they: ate dinner they felt
a sense of peace and love in the dining room.
It was the happiest and the" best Christmas |
they had ever had.

This is what Christmas is all: ‘about—love,
family but most. of all Christmas is about:
being kind to others and feeling we Bet when:
we do something good for others. 3

’ Gwen Williams

I sit in my rocking chair’ in my loz finee!

fire lit, kettle boiling, alone. I am not.poor.-I.

have lots of money, and a big hou My best:
friends are my knitting needles ‘san ‘my ball’
of yam. My husband is ® dead, it was his time a
year ago. But I still long for him. I have three!
children; two girls and one boy, and nine}

‘grandchildren. I miss them, and call ‘them as:

much as I ‘can, but I only'see them once a’
year, at Christmas. I have one pet, a cat’ named,
is white .

town. I have no friends ‘or family here. I am:
healthy and robust, and°73 years-old. I have:

; long grey beautiful hair, sky blue eyes, and a,

nice fi; igure. But the twinkle that once shone in.”
my eyes is gone, the smile that once lit up my:
face is no longer ‘there. My: face is blank, my
eyes empty, my mouth set in-a straight line. iI‘
long a people, anyone. that ‘will keep me!

- compan:
a ‘Suzanne Idle:

Wednesday, December 18, 1991

- The Castlegar Sun

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