2012 christmas greetings issue

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Special Edition to the Saturday, December 22, 2012 Morris Sun Tribune

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Dear Santa,You gave me a lot of

Barbies, I hope you keepbringing them. I wouldlike a castle with princess-es in it. How are the elvesdoing? I’m going to putcookies and milk out foryou to have.

Sincerely,Ahna (Pre)

Dear Santa,How are the reindeer

and elves? I would pleaselike a hamster and a cagefor it. Do you see any polarbears at the North Pole?Thank you!

Sincerely,Zoey (K)

Dear Santa,How many reindeer do

you have? This year Iwould like three My LittlePony’s. I would also like abig toy horse that I couldride. I would also like toknow how many elves youhave? Thank you for yourtime.

Sincerely,Christina (K)

Dear Santa,How are you doing? I

would like three things forChristmas. The first is ared toy monster truck likeI got last year. The secondis a dollhouse for the bigdolls at my Grandma’s. Iwould also like a pirate cos-tume so I can play pirateswith my brother. I put upmy Christmas tree, theornaments, and the lightsfor you to see.

Sincerely,Killian (Pre)

Dear Santa,H ow a r e yo u d o i n g

today? I would like to seeyou. I would like a BB gun,an iPad, and a RacetrackD r i f t e r L i g h t n i n gMcQueen. I have my stock-ing up and waiting for pres-ents.

Sincerely,Wyatt (K)

Letters to Santa

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Dear Santa,I love your reindeer. I

hope I get a shotgun. I can’twait when it is Christmas.How are your reindeer? Ihope I get a xbox 360. Go inthe front door.

Bye!Cody (first grade)

One year my cousinKevin threw me and mycousins in the snow bank.It was very fun, but old.That year I got 4 pillowpets. I got a basketball bagand clothes from my aunt.I got a phone last year. Mycousins and I like to godown stairs. We play pool,and it is very fun. A coupleo f t i m e s I wo n . M yGramma makes very verygood pie.

Kali Pring

Some of my favoritefamily memories comefrom our family sleep-overs! The last familys l e e p o ve r w e h a d m ycousin, Taryn, and I had afort down stairs made outof pillows and blankets.We went sledding down mystairs using a couch cush-ion! That was a lot of fun!Every time we get togetherwe have fun. I can't wait tosee what fun we have thisyear!

Maddie Erdahl

Dear Santa,I know I have enough

stuff, and my mom calls mea hoarder,but is it okay thatI have some stuff for mykitten? She is only fiveyears old, and very playful.The things that would benice are a fake mouse, a catbed, kitty treats, one ofthose things that cats canclimb on and some nice catfood.

Thank you.Sincerely,Ian

O n e o f m y b e s tChristmas memories wasthree years ago. I couldhardly wait for Christmas.I couldn't sleep.When I wasseven I ran to wake my par-ents to open presents. I gotlots of cool stuff and whenI picked up one box mymom told me to wait toopen that one last. I couldhardly wait to open it and Inearly fainted. It was a DSand the new PokemanDiamond version. I was sohappy. That is one of myfavorite Christmas memo-ries.

Alexander Perowitz

Dear Santa,I Luve you Santa. I mis

you. Do you mis me? H o w h ave yo u b e n

doing? Pretty good, I hope?You can git me wutevr youwant and a iPod. I want itto be pink and purple. Iwant a bocogon.

I Luve you Santa,Madison (first grade)

Dear Santa,H ow a re yo u ? H ow

many cookies do you haveeach year? How are thereindeer? What have youmade for Christmas so far?For Christmas, I wouldlike: perfume, scarves, aniPod touch, a pair of Nikeshoes, and make-ip. Areyou ever afraid that youwon't make it in time?

Sincerely,Kenzie

Dear Santa,Haoow are u? Are u good

or bad? Is Rudolf fine? MayI please hav a BB gun and ataregit and 7 wigs and agumbol mushyn and a toyg u n a n d a g u my B e a rmushen and a giny pig andFake teeth and a randrybell and sum candy. And atoy shoc gun and sumglasis and a picchr of a girl.

Luv,Gavin(first grade)

Favorite family memories


Dear Santa,How are you? How is

Rudolf and the other rein-deer? May I plese have agumy bear mushen and areindeer bell.

Luve,Paxton(first grade)

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer?

I wold like two Lego ninja-go sets. I do not have aChimney. Go in my door.

From Anthony(first grade)

Dear Santa,How are you, Santa?

And Miss Santa. I wouldlike to see Rudolf. I wouldlike a Barbie house whithaelivtor and lagos for girlsand any thing else you cangive me.

Love,Autumn (first grade)

Dear Santa,How is Mrs.Claus? How

is Rodolf ? I would like an iPod,and

dreses and red lipstick andTalr Sweft perfume, Barbeloshin and ergs. Please usethe Back Door. The Frontdoor has PlasTeck.

Mataya(kindergarten)

Dear Santa,How are your reindeer?

Are thye good or bad? Buthow is Rudoif ? I hope thatI get a xbox360 and a iPadand legos and a BB gunanda targt and a gumballmsheen and a toy gun anda gumy bear musheen anda giree pig and a fake teethand a reindeer beel andsome candy.

bye,Isaacand a shocgun(kindergarten)

Favorite Christmas memory

My favorite Christmasmemory was last yearwhen I got a wrestlinggame. I like it because youcan wrestle people. It's anX-box game and I play it bymyself. It was a great pres-ent from my dad. I also gota stuffed animal. I was alion, and I named it Simba.I hope I get a new wrestlinggame this year, because Ibroke my last one. I went tomy Grandma's house onChristmas Eve day. Thisyear I hope I get WWE 13.

Trey Hunt(third grade)

I would like to see Rudolph


My favorite Christmasmemory was when I wasfive or six and my aunt gaveme and my sister a secretpresent. Inside was a DSI!!!I could not believe my eyes!It was a DSI with a game!Ever since I got it, I havenever let it out of my sight,except for when I go tosleep. It has been four orfive years since I got ti, andI never stopped getting DSgames. I want it to beC h r i s t m a s eve r y d ay,because it is my favoriteholiday.

Austin Clemensen(fourth grade)

My favorite Christmasm e m o r y w a s l a s tChristmas I got a HotWheels game. I loved it. Itwas cool. I started thegame. Another ChristmasI got a Wii from mom anddad. I got a leverman fromdad. I love them. Santagave me the game.

Reese Bailey(second grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is going to Floridato see my great grandmaBetty. First we had to go toTennesse for one night atm y g r a n d m a S u s a n ' shouse,then pick her up. Werode through Georgiaovernight. In the morning,we got to Florida. Wearrive at grandma Betty'shouse. We stayed there fora week. One day we got togo to the beach. One day myd a d c a u g h t a l i z a r dbecause my grandma haslots of lizards at her house.We opened all our presentson Christmas Eve.

Julia Weyers(third grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is when I got a hel-icopter from my mom, Ishot it at my sister. It wasfun. I can shoot two misslesout of the helicopter. It canshoot in the air when it isflung. It came with targets.I got a Nintendo gamecalled Indiana Jones, thereal game. I also got somearmy guys from mom anddad.

Korbin Hubbard(fourth grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is when I got awrestling guy from mydad. I got a board gamefrom my mom. I got a videogame and a movie. I wentto my grandma's house,and my cousins were there,too. We ate turkey, corn,potatoes, stuf fing andcake.

Caden Hunt(second grade)

My favorite ChristmasMemory is when I wasseven and I was asleep andheard a noise. I got up andwent downstairs. I sawthat the cookies were gone!I ran into my mom anddad's room and said,"Mom,Dad, the cookies are gone!"and Dad said,"How did thathappen?" Then I was thepresents under the tree.The presents we openedthe next day. We had waf-fles for breakfast and thelooked in our stockings. Iloved my presents. WhatI'd really like this yearthous, is some tiger bed-ding and some journals.

Kylie Geleneau(fourth grade)

My favorite Christmas memory is going to Floridato see my great-grandma


My favorite Christmasmemory is when I got a gocart from my dad and mom.I drive it on my track, andit is black. I got an electrichelicopter. My dad can'tdrive it because he crashesit into the ceiling fan! I gota remote control monstert r u c k f r o m m y Au n tWheezie and I to it stuck inthe mud. It doesn't worknow!

Jon Kill(second grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is when I got $20,suckers, a Wii, a videogame, and opened otherpresents. With my $20,I gota remote control monstertruck. At CMST we got toopen presents. I see mygrandpa and grandma atChristmas.

Sam Just(second grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is when my wholef a m i l y w a s h o m e f o rChristmas and my grand-ma and grandpa came overand celebrated wiht us.Then we all went to church.Another memory is when Igot my DS and I got somegames for it. We had break-fast and they played withour toys.

Hunter VanEps(fourth grade)

My favorite Christmasmemory is when I went toWalt Disney World inFlorida. We had so muchfun. I went on a big ridecalled Mt. Everast. It wasso fun and we went up sohigh and then we wentbackwards. It was scary! Itwas dark all thw way downuntil we got out, and wewent circling the moun-tain.

And that was the bestChristmas ever.

Pher Just

E ve r y ye a r f o rChristmas, I have twoChristmases. One at myUncle Dan's, and one at myAunt Char & Deb's.

Every year at my UncleDan's, after we eat, we openpresents. About an hourafter we open presents,Santa comes. Then weopen our presents fromSanta, then we visit for abit, then we leave.

At my Aunt Char &Deb's, we a have a largefamily. We visit for awhileand then we eat, then weopen presents. This isChristmas day so Santa'spresents are already there.

I have a lot of fun at myChristmases and look for-ward to them every year.

Kyla Koob

The best Christmas ever


One Christmas, I guilt ahuge iglo with my brotherCaleb. It was big enoughthat we could site andstand in it. It took all day tobuild, and at the end of theday we went and got twoflashlights. We stuck themin the snow. Then we wentand got my Grandma,Mom, Dad, Simon andGavin. Finally we wantedto see how many people wecould fit in it.

We could fit everyone init. Then we went backinside, ate and openedpresents.

T h a t w a s t h e b e s tChristmas I ever had.

Riah Grant

O n e o f my f avo r i t eChristmas memories iswhen my little brother andsister were born. Theirn a m e s a r e K a t i e a n dChristopher.

They were born a fewdays after Christmas onJanuary 5th. They were socute. They weighed almost3 pounds and fit in my dad'shands.

On Christmas Eve, wehad to stay in the hospitalfor 5 hours. On January 5thwhen they were born, theyhad to stay in the hospitalfor a few days. I was sadabout that.

One day when I camehome from school my dadcalled me to come inside.He said, "Come and pick upthis mess you made in myroom."

I didn't know what hewas talking about. When Iwalked into the room mymom was sitting on the bedh o l d i n g K a t i e a n dChristopher. I was soHAPPY to see them.

Melissa Fritz

M y f avo r i t e w i n t e rmemory is going to Ande'sTower Hills. I like going onthe jumps and I usually useskis. I go on a lot of thehills. My dad, sister, broth-er and I go togethter. Mydad and brother use snow-boards and my sister usesskis. The biggest hill thereis Hollywood High. It isvery big! It is so big, thatyou can see it from very faraway.

Matthew Thompson(third grade)

The best Christmas I ever had


Skating with Santa!

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Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity.To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

May the Joy and Peace of Christmas be with you nowand throughout the new year!

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