Cathy Worthington's 4 / 5 Raft River Elementary Class 

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Cathy Worthington’s 4 / 5 class – Raft River Elementary

Sticky situation for Rudolph by Liam Hall

Help! Rudolph is sick we need a new animal like Rudolph said the elf. We only have 3 animals like Rudolph said the tiny elf. The elfs need to pick one. There are 3. One jacks dog’ mr sun’ a unicorn. We need to vote for one said Santa. I vote for Jack dog. It is funny, said the baby elf. I vote jacks dog too said Santa jack dog is whining rite now. Well I am voting for ms sun said the grumpy old elf. Well, I guess that Jack's dog is the winner! So Jack's dog wins, said Santa. Now we need to get him on the front of the sleigh. Santa needs to get the dog in the front. But a bad thing happened. I cannot find Jack's dog. I can't find him, said Santa. Santa cannot find Jack's dog he looks for ever, but he cannot find the dog or any of the animals. Rudolph please be well soon not now please chase will be round said Santa. Santa, I found Jack's dog, said the little elf. Yes, said Santa  Fun fact: Jack's dog helps Jack be Santa in the movie and helps him  get out of the smoke.    Let's go save Christmas. Said the little elf. stop we need to get santa said the big elf the big and little elf went to get santa. We need to go faster, said the little elf. The little elf and the big elf made it to santa safely and saved Christmas they gave 1 million presents in the hole world. 

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Cookie Christmas By Jason Morland                                              

Once upon a time in Christmas Cayin there were three kids that could make history. The first kid her name

Is Gwen. Gwen is eleven years old & she looks at the newspaper and sees the auel cookie contest.

“Bark Bark!” said TOTO,the dog. “What is it called, gwen?”. TOTO is looking out the window, so gwen

eks out the window & she sees… Simon. Is 12 years old & he came to tell gwen about the coo-

kie contest . “I came to tell you about the COOKIE CONTEST!” said Simon. “I already know about that”

Said Gwen. “I was about to tell Jason”. “Ring Ring” it looks like Jason’s phone is ringing. But of course it is

Gwen & Simon telling him about the cookie contest. “Hay” Said Gwen & Simon excitedly. Jason gave it a

good thought & said “yes!!!!!” “Yes!!!”  Simon &Gwen said excitedly. “But there is one problem,” said Jason.

“I don't have any baking supplies,” said Jason. “It is ok me & Simon should have some.” “Actually I mite

not” said Simon.” It is up to Gwen to have baking supplies,because Simon & Jason don’t have any. So

Gwen goes to her pantree & opens the door and inside there is… NOTHING!!!!! “Dang It” they all said

sadly. After a minute they calmed down and went over to Jason’s house. So they head over to Jason house

to make a plan,they were determend to win this cookie contest the first day they saw it. They got planing

as soon as they got there. One plan they had was to steal from the supermarket but the rest said “NO!!”

And they kept brainstorming ideas and another person said I know a friend that had baking supplies.

So they went to that person's house and started to make cookies. And then they realized they had baking

All along, they just did not see it. Because it was way too hie to see, at all. They ended up losing because

their cookies tasted terrible. Their placement was 137TH so they won 0$.

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Where’s Rudolph by Hudson Atwater

Once upon a time long long ago at the north pole Christmas-eve,

but something wasn't right “has anyone seen rudolph?” asked Santa,

panicking. “He must’ve run off” ,said Jason the elf “but where to?” asked

Santa, “He must be so scared!” , said Bella “it’ll all be okay” , said Santa.

Meanwhile: Rudolph had been lost in the forest and the only light source

He had was his bright red nose. He was all alone but then he heard som-

thing in the bushes he went to go check it out and it was Blitzen!!!

“But-but how did you find me?”, asked Rudolph “well it was pretty easy”

said “Blitzen, “what do you mean?” asked rudolph confused

“Your nose is the brightest thing out here i just seen the bright red light”

“Oh” said Rudolph dumbfounded “why’d you come out here?” asked Blitzen

“I hate working for Santa” said Rudolph “oh i'm sorry you feel that way” said Blitzen

“May I ask why?” asked blitzen “it’s just too much work flying all over the world” 

Said Rudolph “especially in the front it’s too tiring “

Now back at the north pole the elves were going crazy and Santa had

left the room to go try to find him but Santa couldn’t find him anywhere

Inside the workshop. So he had gone to check outside but couldn’t find him.

 

He then realized that Blitzen was also missing, now back to Rudolph and Blitzen

They had been trying to find their way back to Santa’s workshop but it

Was too dark and even with Rudolph's nose they just couldn't find their

Way back to the workshop. They were about to set up a place to stay for

The night. After they got a place set up using the trees around them

Suddenly they heard a branch snap they thought nothing of it thinking it

Was just a nearby animal but then they heard it again branch after branch.

So they decided to go check it out looking for any clues they saw a light in the distance

They went to go check out the light and saw that it was a really big house.

Or so they thought they went to go look at it and it was Santa's workshop.

And they got back with Santa and Rudolph and Blitzen got ready and

They got to guide the sleigh and delivered all the presents to the children.

 

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Christmas cookie contest By Hallie

Hallie called Blake.They were joining the cookie contest and Hallie was making cookies for the  contest.  Blake called Seersha Irelynn. Hallie called Blake and said, we're going to the  contest.  They are so Happy to go to the contest, and they were hearing that Hallie is so excited and Called Blake saying we are too. Hallie called Blake.Hallie is Excited.

Because they have never got to a cookie contest. And they got to go to the cookie contest.

Hallie and called Blake so excited. Hallie and called

Blake and is so excited she is so excited! 

Hallie called Blake and is going to win the contest! 

Love cookies The end.

Tim’s Wild Adventure  By Brynleigh Ruttan

Oh no oh no Tim is lost Olivia cries. Oh no, I said. We need to tell Santa. Santa said he must have gotten out of his cage. There must have been a bear around, Santa said. So then we went looking for Tim and calling Tim but Tim was not coming. Olivia and I cried. Santa is worried he is not going to have enough reindeer to pull his sleigh tonight. Meanwhile Tim was in New York. Tim was chasing birds. He was having so much fun.he got there last night there was a bear around. Tim got out of his cage and Tim followed the bear to New York and now he doesn't know how to get back to the north pole. Santa is so worried now we still can't find Tim so we started calling Tim again and we heard something. Meanwhile Tim is hurt and he is going to follow the bear back to the north pole.Santa is going to go look in the bush for Tim santa yells i found him i found Olivia and i ran to santa Tim was laying on the ground Tim was hurt what do we do i said. We picked Tim up and brought Tim inside to Mrs. Claus. We checked Tim’s leg and it was broken. Olivia and I cried. Mrs. Claus gave Tim medicine and Tim’s leg was better!!! Santa was so happy that all the reindeer could pull his sleigh. Now we are going to load up all the gifts. Now merry christmas

Aleah Best – Rudolph gets sick

One day Rudolph got sick’’ hey Santa I cannot pull the sleigh’’ he said a will we have to find another animal Santa said. Hey what about a unicorn yes! Said Santa it’s perfect but it’s 7 more days until Christmas said Rudolph I guess that will have to do said Santa. So Santa and Rudolph tried to find a unicorn but they were all silly! One put candy canes up it’s noes one was dancing they were all silly! But then there was a unicorn named Lady. And lady was not silly but she was not colorful she was black and white. Santa and Rudolph whispered to each other why is she black and white I do not know but she is perfect. One day later all the other reindeer laughed at her Lady ran to Rudolph and said all the reindeer are laughing at me. Now let me tell you something when joined Santa sleigh all of the reindeer laughed at me because of my red shiny noes said Rudolph that must be embarrassing yes it was. The best thing to do is to just to ignore them okay I will try. Now go play okay Santa came over to Lady it’s time for training what training said Lady sleigh training oh ya hahaha let’s go. Finally dun training said Lady you are ready Santa gets the reindeer and Lady hooked up’t to the sleigh. Miss Claus helped Rudolph get to the sleigh Rudolph whispered to Lady you can do this.Hey look Lady is shiny and rainbow i guess you just had to believe in yourself ya i guess and so santa and Lady and the reindeer went off into the sky. Rudolph with a tear in his I knew she do it ho ho ho merry Christmas.

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By Brycin Tourond

Santa wen to go check  on Rudolf for Christmas Rudolf said I’m not  feelin good so Santa went to go talk to the reindeers saying Rudolph is sick so we have sick for I just went to ol Rudolf  the  reindeer were out of ideas one of the reindeers said we can find a dragon Santa  said yes  we can find a dragon so Rudolf the reindeer wants to find a dragon but ta come across a colorful dragon but one of the reindeers said that's no ordinary dragon that's a magic dragon so talk to dragon back to Santas work shop and Santa said u just find a dragon we can a take it to the sled but Santa Santa its a magic so be careful don,t get  hurt hoho i don,t get hurt said Santa and went to go put the dragon but Santa said to one of the elfs can i help?  Said one of the elfs  so that did it I'll get it . the end

Oh no Rudolph is sick by Chloe

Cough are you okay Rudolph?  yeah I'm okay are you like sick or something no I don't think so yet Rudolph you are sick I think you need to take the day off okay sir I get it I will go to my house right now cough cough cough Santa Claus   Who We'll leave this late tonight I don't know who could be it who can I or can I can I can I can I no it says Santa but I need somebody who can fly is a magical party unique Number one a unicorn number two a ferry

First, the unicorn is magical.  This means it can. Second, Unicorns are pretty.  Thirds, the

Unicorn is not working on Friday night magical because the word can grow it can read the slave it is pretty  it can Fly

How Christmas started  by Ellie Jeck      

Oh oh no Dasher and Blitzen are missing. Santa is going to be so sad and he will not have enough reindeer to guide his sleigh tonight . In la wear Dasher and Blitzen are meanwhile the elfs are looking for them everyway!. Santa is going nuts over them meanwhile mrs. Claus Is trying to calm him down. So as you know so far but i know way More than YOU!!!. So Dasher went off by himself but with Blitzen

So he is not really alone but so far . I know what you all are thinking.

It it it it it it it it's amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.And we all forgot  that it’s christmas Eve people. At least we still have  Rudolf .   know marre christmas

Billie Ellish what whos Billie Ellish again  ???????????????????

anyways happy new year The end . What not the end La is a mass!!!!!!!!!!! That’s the end.No no no  says  mrs. Claus we still

Haven’t found Dashe and Blitzen.

     Rudolph’s   Adventure by Irelynn Vanderkool

Once there was a happy reindeer named Rudolph. He liked his life he ate good food he had a nice family he played with his friends and had a great time with Santa. Then one day Rudolph didn't want to be in his pen .So Rudolph ran to Rose (his mom) yelling “mom can you help me see the world outside of my pen?” then all of the reindeers looked at Rudolph in a surprised way. Rosé sed to Rudolph “no one has ever done that before” then when all the other reindeers were sleeping Rudolph woke up he made sure that there were no more reindeers awake then he went to his pen gate and kicked it right down “perfect” he said to himself then he ran as fast as he could to the exit then he heard a loud voice saying ”STOP” coming from Santa’s workshop. Did Rudolph just get caught by Santa? Rudolph did not know what to do his only option was to run santa was chasing after him then Rudolph ran into the forest not looking back until he came to a stop Rudolph was scared and all alone he did not know what to do then he heard a tiny voice coming from a log “Do you need help”It looked like Santa's elf that got lost over 5 years ago named flower Rudolph heard a lot of stories about flower but Rudolph did not believe them Rudolph said to flower “are you flower santa’s lost elf?” flower just looked at him like he was crazy. “How do you know? “said flower”well we should try find our way home before it gets too dark out”said Rudolph “ok but that might be a bit hard because i was lost here for 5 years and there are dangerous animals here when it gets too dark”said flower “but we can stay at my house? “said flower”no thank you” said Rudolph then out of nowhere he saw rose (his mom) and Santa “oh no”said Rudolph”what?”said flower it is santa and my mom then santa saw Rudolph and Flower they both expected to get in big trouble but santa just gave them a big hug”don't ever do that again”said santa then santa brang them home.

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 Kimber Schurack   - Reindeer Adventure                 

One day little reindeer was playing on the snowbank with his friend willy then little reindeer says don't you want to go on an adventure then willy says AN ADVENTURE WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO GO AN ADVENTURE it's safe here .Then little reindeer says to have fun and see what's out there in the mountains and snowy forests . The next day little reindeer ran to Willy and said let's sneak out of the barn at night then Willy says ok.Then they sneak into where Santa's sleigh is they see the reindeer ready to pull the sleigh. Then willy presses a button and pulls the lead all the reindeer start running then the reindeer break through the barn door and fly in the sky.Then one of the reindeer looks back and says that's not Santa and they turn around really fast and willy and little reindeer go flying into a forest and wake up to see a monkey they get scared and say who are you and he said i'm dingles but you can call me dingle willy sed do you no where Santa’s workshop is dingle says never heard of it.Little reindeer says lets go to the top of the mountain witch mountain says dingle little reindeer says the tallest mountain then willy says i miss my mom then dingle says i don't have a mom willy says thats sad then they start climbing the mountain then little reindeer slips on a small rock and falls but Christmas magic saves little reindeer then Christmas magic carries them up the mountain then they see Santa’s workshop then Christmas magic carries them to the edge of the forest. Then they start walking then they get stuck in a snowstorm then they see a figure then willy yells HELLO WHO ARE YOU then the figure yells im billy the donkey then little reindeer says do you now where Santa’s workshop billy says yes but we will have to wait for the storm to stop they all had a nap then dingle says the storm has stopped then everyone gets out of the snow then billy says Santa’s workshop is right there .Then little reindeer says the Christmas magic must have carried us here then willy says just in time for Christmas morning then they get back before their parents new what happened and opened presents with there new friends . the end.

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Story by: Malikaih Reykdal

The night before Christmas Floof was thinking about exploring the world. So write now he's with his mom. Sprinkle she's very nice he asks his mom. Can I go see the world? Sprinkle said no!. He said why the world is so cool his mom says it’s way to

Not safe. Floof said ok I won’t go. He ran upstairs to plan how he can sneak out of the house without his mom knowing he’s gone. So when his plan was dune he snuck to the kitchen and then he almost got caught. His mom went right past him well going to the bathroom so really fast but really sneakily. He flew to the store called winter fun. Who nose ware he is gonna go. So on with his adventure he flew through the forest and it took a long time to get through the forest so when he was in the forest he saw a shiny thing. it looked really cool so he picked it up and went to bed on some BIG! Leafs and moss. The next morning, he had a good sleep and he ate some breakfast. He had marshmallows and he went on with his gurney he was flying. When he flew right into Mexico, he took some stuff like and a pug stuffie cuz he loves pug’s so much. and he found another reindeer named Fluff and he loved her at first site so he went over to her and said hi there what's your name she said Fluff and he said I loved that name do you want to come with me on my adventure. And she said no sorry I can't. I have to go to the north pole sorry and Floof said ok that's ok  I will go on with my adventured ok bye. And off he went with his  adventured and he just remembered that he needs to go home so they're not wired. But at the santa’s workshop there really wired there were looking everywhere but they couldn't find him so back to Floof he's at the forest write now so he's flying as fast as he passed the forest and so close and he and goes so fast  and he can see the north pole he's so coles and then one of the elfs see him and yell I found him and every crowds him and throws him up in the air and cheers

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Mrs. Elizabeth Shook's Class - Raft River Elementary School below... 

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THE MAGIC COOKBOOK. By AURORA ACHESON. 

Grade 4 / Raft River Elementary School

Lana mixed cookie dough. She added sugar. It was the annual cookie contest and Lana wanted to win .She was at her house with her friends Holly and Aurora . but their cookie dough kept tasting gross! They were all tired but Lana and Aurora wouldn't give up! Just when they were starting to nod off.lana spotted a christmassy looking cookbook on the shelf. She took it off the shelf and when she opened it she looked at all the cookie recipes.

She gasped in surprise ! All the recipes listed ingredients from  the north pole! There was a flash of light and they were all somewhere completely different ! lana had landed on something soft.but cold .she got up and looked around .she gasped in surprise for the second time that day.she was at the north pole!!!!! In a snow  bank .Now this was not what she had anticipated this morning when she got up.She heard her friends gasp around her . She spotted the magical cook book in the snow nearby . She picked it up and it flipped to a page that held a cookie recipe that looked good . The ingredients were north pole snow , Santa's maple syrup and sugar and vanilla. A jar appeared out from the cookbook  and Lana said “I bet this jar is for the magic snow !” suddenly more instructions appeared in the cookbook . Lana read out loud , collect the magic snow but make sure the snow is clean . well we might as well get that snow .  so  they found a fresh patch of snow and put some in the jar . it immediately glowed gold and disappeared ! Lana said it had probably gone to her house . The next ingredient is Santa's maple syrup . Lana was unsure  . She didn't know what to do . Should they steal maple syrup from Santa or should they ask? She felt unsure. She was afraid to do both. Holly was a reckless girl and she was feeling reckless at the time. She thought they should break in and steal Santa’s maple syrup. Aurora, on the other hand, thought they should catch a ride with some elves because it would not be good for her reputation. Also, she didn't want to steal from Santa! So  Lana went with Aurora's idea . They looked around and saw some train tracks. 

Then they realized that if they waited long enough an elf train was bound to come along . so they waited and  so an elf train  came along. Holly stopped it. They explained  to the elf's that they were in need of some maple syrup so  they jumped  aboard the train and they were off ! 

And in the nick of time they were  standing in front of Santa c ! they asked if they could have some maple syrup .He said ho ho ho yes . after wishing Santa goodbye   .  they put the syrup in the second jar, it glowed gold and Lana yelled “hold on !”  and in a flash they were back  at Lana's house with both the ingredients ! So they baked the cookies ,s and at the competition the announcer said that the winner was LANA ! THE END .

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The Possessed Gingerbread By Corbin Sedgwick

Grade 3 - Raft River Elementary School

One day a gingerbread jumped out of the oven and turned very big and started breaking all the xmas stuff. Everyone started hitting him with hammers. He is very big so he did not feel it. A boy named Bob poured milk on his toe and the gingerbread disintegrated.  Everyone put more xmas stuff up. Bob saved Chrstmas!!  So everyone celebrated Bob. He was Bobville's hero. The end

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Rudolph is Sick - By Grayden Hindle / Grade 4 - Raft River Elementary School

Day 1 So there is a sickness going around so Rudolph tried and tried and tried not to get the sickness but he did. So Santa gave him hot cocoa to make him feel better . Day 2 Rudolph was feeling a tiny bit better. So Santa gave Rudolph some soup so he would feel better but it did not work. Day 3 Santa had to use his magic to make him feel better so he did before Christmas so he could help. So the next day they delivered presents. They delivered more and more presents. Everybody was happy.  

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The Cookie Contest - By James Tobin 

Grade - Raft River Elementary School

 In a town there is a cookie contest. A few kids decide to enter. They forgot to take the cookies out of the oven. They are burnt so they make more cookies.

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The Wakey Adventures Of J, J And J. The Xmas Curse

By John McMahon

Grade 4 - Raft River Elementary School

Once upon a time, in Cranberry Vill, three kids, Julen, Jacob and John were playing in John's yard. It is 5:42 AM, the three of them wander off into the town, they run into a mysterious man. The man asks them to sign up for the cookie contest, and they all happily say “Yes!” The man says “great choice” and wonders off. The three kids get to work right away! John does the gingerbread house, Jacob does the cookies, Julen does the gingerbread man. A few hours later, Julen thinks “I’m hungry, what if I take a little peak?” So that’s exactly what he did, as soon as he peeked in the oven, the gingerbread man got cursed, jumped out of the oven and started nibbling on Julins ear lobe, John throwed milk at the gingerbread man, the gingerbread man dashed out of the way, John missed, the gingerbread man becomes giant, he is bigger and anger, he wanders off into the village.

Chapter two, to defeat the gingerbread man.

John leads the other two into the town, they see the gingerbread man from their house, they have a bucket of milk to defeat the gingerbread man, Julen jumps on the gingerbread man, in mid air, the gingerbread man grabs Julen and tosses him 50 feet away! John takes the bucket and dashes at the gingerbread man, John gets a little bit on the gingerbread man's foot, his foot starts to melt. “Help” yells Julen “Go get him” says John, Jacob runs at the top of his lungs, he wraps a towel around Julen’s wounds, John gets a giant candy cane, he swings it around,  around and around, he snaps one of the gingerbread man’s leg, the gingerbread man falls, John throws the milk at the gingerbread man, he uses his hands as a barrier, John snaps the hands off, Jacob throws milk at the gingerbread man’s head the gingerbread man starts to melt, the gingerbread man has been defeated.

Chapter three, the cookie contest.

Now that the gingerbread man has been defeated, the boys can deliver the cookies, but, the cookies are burnt, but, they got even better, an award, they saved the village, they threw a big party, and the village lived happily ever after, the end

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Little Reindeer’s Big Adventure

By Kaeden Kelly

Grade 3 - Raft River Elementary School

                                                      Chapter 1

So two little kids went sledding. They were having so much fun. Then it was lunchtime. Bob was having macaroni and cheese.  Kelly was having pepperoni . Bob finished. Kelly wasn’t far behind. They started playing video games. than Lulu layed on Kelly’s lap. Then Nala layed on Bob . Then they went outside and played and played and played.  

                                                               Chapter 2

                                                     Christmas Morning

The two kids went missing.  They went into the forest. They found a reindeer!. The two kids found a house. The reindeer is now their pet.                                                                                                                                                                                               

Chapter 3

They found their house in time for xmas. They had a good xmas.                                                                                                                    

Chapter 4

Sugar rush. They were bonkers. They were up until 12:00 pm. 

Chapter 5 

It's ok gis . They're having so much fun.  They fell asleep.   [:      

Chapter 6    

Kelly and Bob went to go play with Ghost the reindeer and Olivia.        

 Author’s message:   Every Child Matters 

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Christmas Day!

By Lexa MacDonald

Grade 3 - Raft River Elementary School

Hi I’m Rudolph . I live in the North Pole. I do not feel good. I will go lay down. “Santa Rodoof is sick,” said Comet.  “Let me see, are you ok?” said Santa. “No’” said Rudolph. "I do not feel good. I will just lay down but we need you just let Dancer go lead the sled.ok Dancer do you want to? yes. The night of Christmas Rudolph came and he led the sleigh. All the kids are happy! It was a holly jolly Christmas!     

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The First Day of Christmas

By Luca Pendergast - Grade 4 - Raft River Elementary School

A little family celebrated Christmas for the first time: A father, a daughter named Holly, and a cat named Cookie. They set up the Christmas tree in their little cabin in the living room. Dad goes to make cookies for Santa. Holly goes to bed, but she feels something hard under her pillow. She finds a book! She opens the book,and she sees Santa! ”Help! There is a problem with Comet! Come fast!” Santa said. Suddenly she got sucked into the book! While she was in the tunnel of the book she saw the northern lights! She landed in the snow and Santa came as fast as he could. Then Holly said ”where is Comet?””In the stables.” Santa said. Then they went to the stables as fast as they could. They saw Mrs.Claus petting Comet’s neck to calm her down.When Mrs.Claus saw Holly she said “Thank goodness you’re here! Comet needs serious help! There are some special ingredients we need to find. Ok?” “Ok.” Holly agreed. Holly got her coat on and went outside to find the ingredients for the recipe. Suddenly an elf popped out of nowhere and said:’’Hello. My name is Sugar cookie.” “ Hi my name is Holly.” She said, “Wait! What are the ingredients?” “You will know it when you find them, because when you find them each nail will change color.” Said Mrs.Claus. “Ok.”Said Holly. “Let’s go Sugar cookie! ‘’ She said. Soon they went. The bad guy : Candycrusher wasn’t far behind. Holly had special powers that she didn’t know about but we will find out about that later in the story. Now enough about powers back to reality.  “Mayberry is the first one.” Said Sugar cookie. “How do you know that?” Holly said. “ Well Comet love’s mayberrys so…”  “ I need to get there first.” Candycrusher whispered to himself, so he started to plan…

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Rudolph is Sick - By Maci Adams 

Grade3 - Raft River Elementary School

There was a girl. Her name is Chelsea.  She went for a walk in the forest. She got lost.  She saw a deer. She followed it.  The deer stopped.  What how? Aren't deer supposed  to run away? Does it like me? I’m naming the deer Rudolph. Let's go. Can you come with me?? I take it as a yes.  Let's go Rudolph? You look pale? … Rudolph! You're sick!!   What now my mom will be mad. Let's take you home. Now what we're home. 1hr later …. Well merry Christmas. Let's go find home. 

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The Girls and the Little Reindeers Adventure

Olivia MacKenzie - Grade 4 / Raft River Elementary School

One day, there were two girls named Olivia and Bryn. They went to the Christmas tree light up together. And there was a little reindeer with Santa Claus . And the reindeer and Santa said, “Can you help me and my reindeers save Christmas?” “Yes of course,” they say. So, the reindeer took them to the North Pole . And of course with hot coco so they can stay warm. So in only 30 seconds they were there. “Crazy,” the girls said. And the children saw Mrs.Clause trying to fix the sleigh. She needed help. So Santa and the girls Bryn and Olivia started to help but nothing worked. But then Santa came up with an idea he said, “Sticky sticky glue. Somehow that worked of course with the elf's help. They have a lot of elves,but of  course they have a few famous ones named Lexi, Jackie, and Abir . So now there was one more problem. The problem is one of the elf’s is missing.  Lexi is missing . “Oh no," they say . So Santa and Dasher/Little Reindeer went for a walk to find Lexi. They came back with good news: they found Lexi. The little girls said, “Yeah” . Now everyone is happy . So now Bryn and Olivia can eat some dinner. Mrs. Claus and Santa said the girls can stay for a sleepover. So Mrs. Claus and the little reindeer read the girls a book. Little reindeer was happy to read the girls a book about the Little Reindeer’s story about how he's alive and stuff . Now that the kids are asleep Santa went to watch a Christmas movie with Little Reindeer and his dogs. btw the movie was Elf.  

Now the girls are awake bright and early. So Santa and Mrs.Claus made some pancakes, muffins,and eggs. They loved it . But in an hour they have to go home. So, they went outside to play in the snow with the elves. And of course make snow angels. Possibly snowmen.  30 more minutes so that means they can go sledding .  And they had so much fun. But sadly now they have to go home.   Bryn and Olivia said,  “It's going to be so hard to say goodbye. So they went to save Christmas first and now they have to say bye . They say,  “Bye Santa, bye Little Reindeer" and start to cry. Now they have to enjoy the rest of their Christmas at home with their parents . Bryn got a coloring book for Christmas and some make up. She loved it . She said thank you so much to her Mommy and Daddy . And Olivia on the other hand got slippers and a FISH. And for Christmas dinner Bryn had turkey.  Olivia had ham . And now they have to go to bed. Then it's going to be unboxing day. Have a great Christmas because now sadly it's the end . Merry Christmas. The end.

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Little Reindeers Big Adventure

By Ryder Dooley - Grade 4 - Raft River Elementary School

Once upon a time a little reindeer named Jojo was playing in the woods with mommy reindeer. Jojo and his mom were playing hide and seek. Jojo went into the woods. Oh no. Jojo got lost and mommy can’t find him.

It was one day and Jojo had no food and that night mommy went to find Jojo. And Jojo was happy and mad and scared and brave. He found friends. He found food. He found water. He made a home and he had challenges. He had predators. Jojo had to find home. Mommy, on the other hand, she went home without Jojo .Jojo was walking trying to find his mom. He found his mom's droppings and he followed the scent of his moms droppings and he found his home. Jojo told his mom about his adventures.

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How the 7 Reindeer Turned Into 8                                     

By Valerie Ouellette

Grade 3 - Raft River Elementary

Ray Comet was a very curious reindeer. The night before christmas eve, Ray wanted to lead the sleigh.So he needed a plan to do so.’I’m going for a short flight.’’ said Ray looking at his mother.‘’Ok. But be quick’’ replied his father standing behind him. Ray stepped into the snow and started to run. Rudolph isn’t the only one leading the sleigh tonight! He thought as he ran. When he looked around he realised he was lost… ‘’I can’t be lost!’’ he exclaimed. Suddenly, he hears footsteps. It’s an elf? ‘’H-h-hi’’ the elf said quietly.

‘’Hello. What's your name?’’ Said Ray. ‘’Felix’’ said the elf getting closer to Ray. ‘’Hello Felix, i’m Ray!’’ Felix looked at Ray. ‘’ Could I maybe hitch a ride?’’ said Felix, looking worried. ‘’Sure thing. Hop on.’’  Felix  jumped on Ray’s back. ‘’Where to?’’ said Ray, catching the air. ‘’Umm.. The factory.’’ replied Felix. ‘’THE FACTORY?!?!’’ exclaimed Ray. ‘’Yes. I grew up there…’’ Felix looked at Ray.

‘’Please?’’ Ray could tell he would be sad if he didn’t. “Fine.” Ray could see Felix’s expression change. 

“Thank you.” said Felix with a smile. (A While later they found the factory) “Finally!” said Ray, looking at the factory. As they got closer Ray started to land. When he landed, Felix slid off Ray's back. “Well… Bye…” said Ray, turning back slowly. Before he could leave, Santa came. “Santa?” said Ray, looking behind him. “What's your name, little reindeer?” said santa. “Full name.” he said again. 

“Ray. Ray Comet.”  he replied. “Ho ho ho.” he laughed. Both Ray and Felix were confused. “Oh Ho ho ho, silly me! I forgot to say. One of our reindeer sadly passed away.” Ray can see a tear roll down his face. “But you are just what I need! Ray, will you help me pull my sleigh tonight?” Ray was excited to hear those words. “Of course! Of course!” he jumped with glee. “Great! You will now be known as Comet.” (The next day Ray went home and told his parents about the time he had. So his parents agreed to let him go tomorrow.The next day the arrived at the factory) *Santa hooks Comet to the sleigh* “Let’s go rudolph!” And so they flew away into the sky with their new reindeer.   The End.

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Christmas Stories by Grade 3 students

Teacher - Christina Scrivner

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Poor Rudolph!  He is sick with a very bad sickness.  Rudolph is in his stable covered in a warm blanket.  Stanta Claus feels sad because his friend is sick.  He goes to see Rudolph every night, “I go to see Rudolph when he is sick and I help make Rudolph feel better.  Santa Claus chooses Rudolph’s mom to pull the sleigh.  She is happy!  The end.  By Rosie Ash, grade 3

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Cough cough! Sneeze sneeze!  Rudolph is sick.  Rudolph is not feeling good.  Santa said you are sick.  I will find a replacement, “ Rudolph said.  “Okay!”  Santa sent for Rudolph’s BFF, Mint.  Mint went to go to a farm.  You are perfect.  You are very perfect to guide Santa’s sleigh.  Mint got a momma horse.  The end

By Jordan McLin, grade 3

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It was a beautiful morning on Stonebrook Street. Ellie Prime woke up extremely early and looked outside. It was snowing! Ellie went downstairs to get her snowsuit on, but when she got downstairs the newspaper caught her eye. There was an article about the Christmas Silver Lake Cookie Contest! It happened every year, but now Ellie was old enough to enter. Ellie went back upstairs and called her friends. Soon the afternoon came, and Ellie explained to her friends. They try to make cookies, but half of them magically turn into unicorns! And the other half become alive and start to roam around the house! Later, Ellie and her mom go to the store. Ellie recognizes the group of mean girls from school, and hears them say that they're entering the Cookie Contest and are going to win. Now Ellie is determined to beat them. When she got home she called her friends and told them to come immediately. This time they had proper equipment, ingredients, and help but it was a mess! They mistook salt for sugar! The eggs were everywhere! The icing tasted like mud! And worst of all there was a crow, a pigeon and a flock of birds in the house! Ellie sighed…  Okay guys, let's meet in the morning, and then she added, “Tomorrow afternoon is the due date for the Contest.” Next morning… they were actually doing good. Yes the icing was a bit wonky, but it tasted great! But when they got to the competition Ellie started to get nervous. The group of mean girls, Bella, Rachel, Sophia and Callie’s icing looked   great! They were sure to win! Ellie knew she and her friends couldn't beat them. But then the judge announced the winner, Group Sparkle! Ellie couldn't believe her ears!  They did it! they really did!  But how? Ellie asked the announcer. “We could tell how hard you and your friends tried, you guys made those  cookies with your whole heart”. The announcer  explained. That is why we choose you guys as our  winners this year! Just then  Bella, Rachel, Sophia, and  Callie   came up to Ellie. “Congratulations! Your cookies were great.” Said Bella. “Oh thank you, yours too”, said Ellie blushing. Oh this was a wonderful day!  Thought  Eille.   What a nice ending!  

By Seneh Dhanoa, grade 3

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Once upon a Christmas eve a reindeer named Smooley decided to explore the world.  But, he almost drowned while canoeing in the Arctic Ocean, but thankfully, Smooley was wearing a life jacket.  So Smooley didn’t drown!  But sadly, his canoe flipped over, then sank to the bottom of the Arctic ocean, so Smooley had to swim all the way to North Asia!  At 9:30am Smolley woke up, when Smooley got up he realized there was a Norwegian rat sleeping on him!  As soon as possible Smooley got up and ran as fast as he could!  When Smooley was running from the rat he accidentally tripped and stubbed his toe!  When Smooley fell down he thought he sprained his foot, but really he just stubbed his toe and rolled his ankle.  Smooley started walking again, on the way Smooley heard a sound.  It sounded like a bark, Smooley walked around the corner.  Smooley found a stray dog.  The end

By: Olin Fullen, grade 3

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Once upon a time in November Rudolph and his friends were playing hide and seek.  Candy Canes was it.  Rudolph coughs and Candy cane finds him.  “Oh no!  Rudolph’s sick!”  Rudolph said “I’m not sick cough cough.”  Santa sees and he says “I don’t think you can guide my sleigh on Christmas.”  I will find a replacement for Rudolph” said Cotton Candy.  Cotton Candy set off on an adventure.  Cotton Candy was on her way when she saw some dragon, unicorns and reindeer.  When she had an idea!  She can cover for Rudolph!  She asked Santa and he said “That would be lovely”.  Cotton Candy was scared and very nervous but with a little of the elves help, she could do it.  She did it!  The end

By Avery McGeorge, grade 3

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Once upon a time there was a reindeer named Mr. Google.  He was a funny guy but he often got bullied because of his name and his antlers and black spots.  One day, people were bullying him and pushed him but then the worst thing happened!  He fell down a very steep hill and got lost.  But then he found a solution!  He could just fly out!  But his magic went away so then he was very very sad.  But then he heard a strange noise.  It sounded like a sad meow.  Mr.  Google went to investigate.  He was surprised to see a lost cat!  “What are you doing here?” said Mr. Google.  “I’m a stray, I live here” said the mysterious cat.  “What’s your name?" said Mr. Google.  “I don’t know my name”, said the cat.  “Well how about I name you?”  “Well I guess we could give it a shot.”  “How about Squirmy?” “No….how about Dooba?” “ Yeah let’s do Dooba!”  “Ok come on we have to find a way out of here.” “Agreed.”

“I see a ledge we can climb, how about we try to climb?”  “Ok, let’s try” said Dooba.  So they tried to climb up the ledge for half an hour but then they finally climbed up.  But then there was a monster!  But luckily it was a nice one.  Then Dooba spotted a light he thought it was just a campfire but Mr. Google recognized that light, “It’s my home!  Come on Dooby we gotta go!”  So, they hiked up the mountain until they could see the light more clearly.  “Hey, I see the other reindeers!”  “Ok, let's go,” said Dooba.  So, they ran to the other reindeers.  “Guys, Mr Google’s back!” said the other reindeers.  “He’s back?!” said Santa.  “Yes, I’m back” said Mr. Google.  “And I brought a friend- meet Dooba!”  “Ho ho ho, he could be a great helper!” And they all lived happily ever after.  The end

By Ivan Martin, grade 3

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One year on Christmas day, a little boy found a reindeer and he gave a carrot to the reindeer and he loved it.  But then the reindeer got hit by a car and the boy was so sad.  The reindeer died.  RIP.  The reindeer turned into a mouse so he went to the boys’ house but he couldn’t recognize him because he was a mouse.  So the boy found out that it was him.  The end

By Parker Hama, grade 3

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One Christmas, Luke, Wyatt and Ivan entered a cookie contest.  It was fun but we saw a pie that hit our faces.  We laughed.  There is pie everywhere.  We had to clean up everything.  The end

By Luke Wall, grade 3

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Rudolph is sick! He has caught a cold!  That is why Rudolph is staying home! “I will need a reindeer with a light on the nose”, said Santa.  He went to search for the perfect reindeer.  Santa gets lost!  He has a phone so he calls Ms. Santa to pick Santa up.  Now Santa is sick and the reindeer take care of Santa until he feels good.  Santa is feeling better.  The end.  By Liam Tsao, grade 3

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Prancer is lost and he has to get home.  But now a yeti is chasing him!  Meanwhile, Santa was reading but Santa noticed something was wrong- Prancer was missing!  Santa went out but he is off the cliff.  Meanwhile Prancer is at the top of the cliff, Santa found Prancer.  The end.

By Ryan Blair, Grade 3

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This year Prancer gets lost!  Prancer is in the woods heading to the runway, but he takes a wrong turn!  Prancer thought he was going the right way.  Through the trees he sees a dragon, the dragon is kind and wants to know why he is out here.

“I’m lost and tonight is Christmas eve!” said Prancer.  “Hey, why are you here?” said Prancer.  “I’m lost too”, said the dragon.  I’m trying to find my way to Vancouver Island”, said the dragon.  What's your name?”  asked Prancer.  “It’s Fjord.  What’s your name?” asked Fjord.  “It’s Prancer, “ replied Prancer. “What if I could help you get to Vancouver Island and you help me get to Santa?’ asked Prancer.  “Okay” said Fjord.  Two hours later they remembered how to read the stars and they got to Clearwater.  Meanwhile, Santa realizes that Prancer is gone and starts panicking.  Then Santa takes three deep breaths and hops in his sleigh and looks for Prancer.  Santa gets to Clearwater and finds Prancer and then he notices Fjord and asks “why are you out here Fjord?” said Santa.  “I’m trying to help Prancer get home.” “Oh,” said Santa, “I have an idea!” said Prancer with excitement.  “What if Santa gets me back to the North Pole and then gets you to Vancouver Island?!” “That’ll work,” said Santa, “Fjord, stay here.”  Santa hooked the reins to Prancer and started pulling the sleigh to the North Pole.  Two hours later they get to the North Pole.  Santa unhooks the reins and says “get the other reindeer ready quick!”, said Santa.  “Okay” said Prancer.  Santa took off, found Fjord and helped him get home.  Meanwhile, Prancer was getting the reindeer ready just in time because Santa just landed and he hooked the reins and they finished Christmas together.  The end. 

By Wyatt Graffunder, grade 3

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Once upon a time there was a reindeer who was named Bob and he was exploring the world on Christmas eve.  He saw mean teenagers and he went down there and they pushed him and he was flying and he got lost!  “Oh no” he said.  This is bad, now I can’t help Santa! Ahh! “Who are you? “ “I am Coco, I can help you find your way back”.  And he helped him.  And then he remembered he can fly!  But he cried because he couldn’t fly!  So he had to walk.  He was really tired and it took a really long time.  “Is there any water?” he said. “No” Coco said. “I am so tired , “ he whined.  “Just don’t whine!  It will be worse “, Coco responded.  “Ok, “ Bob said. And he found his way back.  Santa was so happy that he came back, “We are getting ready to go!”.  The end by Emmett Wicks, grade 3

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Once upon a time there was a reindeer named Ruby.  She was very brave and she wanted to explore the whole world.  She was five years old when she escaped the stable!  She ran around and when she took a break Santa caught her but he didn’t get mad at her because Ruby was the youngest.  One day when Ruby was ten years old she went all around the whole world!  She went country to country.  First she went to the colder places because she was used to the cold.  She was in the North Pole so she was going to the South Pole.  She went to the South Pole and she saw a Polar bear!....AHHHHHHHHHH! The polar bear was chasing Ruby!  Ruby ran as far as she could!  Ruby jumped in a pile of snow.  Ruby was kind of buried in the snow.  So the polar bear couldn’t see her.  The polar bear was sniffing her.  Ruby was very scared.  The polar bear left.  “Thank goodness” said Ruby.  Ruby explored some more.  Then Ruby left the south pole.  Next Ruby wanted to go to Mexico.  Ruby went to Mexico and saw a lizard, snakes and all sorts of things but a lot of them were dangerous so Ruby decided she wanted to go to the next country.  “….where should I go next?” said Ruby.  The North Pole is in Canada so why don’t I go to Canada!”  Ruby went to Canada, and said “Wow!  I’ve never seen a black bear before! Awww and there are her cubs!  They're adorable!”  “This place feels so free,” said Ruby.  “AHHHHHH!”  Ruby jumped out of the way!  That car almost hit Ruby.  When Ruby jumped she twisted her ankle!  Owwww!  Ruby put some snow on it.  Twenty minutes later, Ruby’s ankle felt better.  Ruby could walk again.  Ruby explored some more.  Ruby went to every country and saw lots of cool things.  Then Ruby said “Wow, I explored the whole world!  But now I am ready to go home.”  Ruby had only been gone for the night so when she got back it was almost time for them to go deliver all the presents to the world.  When Ruby got there she saw everybody was looking at her.  “Uh oh”, Santa said, “You shouldn’t have left.”  At this, Ruby thought she was in trouble.  Rudolph wasn’t a thing yet, so then Santa said, “Will you guide my sleigh tonight”.  “Yes I will”.  Her nose turned red and it started to glow.  Ruby said “Wow!”, and they lived happily ever after.  The end.

By Claire Wood, grade 3

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One day the Polar Express was not there when the train conductors checked.  Santa was surprised to not see the Polar Express.  Meanwhile the people started to work together.  A girl named Anthony stood up to encourage the people.  “We are not giving up! Kids need the spirit of Christmas!”  Anthony’s husband shouted, “I found it!”  Anthony ran to it.  “Oh no it is all broken! How are we going to do it?”  We are not strong enough, “ said Anthony’s husband.  “Not if we work together, “ said Anthony.  So they all tried “ahhhhhh!” “It is moving a little bit!  C’mon, we can do it!! Ahhhhh”.  “Don’t give up, keep going, we are almost there!”  And it went up.  “I wonder how we’re going to fix it.”  So they started to work.  A few days later they said, “It is almost ready, just one more nut.  There! Now it is done.”  “But we have one more step we are going to have to push again.” So they pushed and it took a couple of minutes but they did it so the train conductors started the Polar Express.  The end.

By Jack Weber, grade 3

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Once upon a time Rudolph was woken and he fell off a cliff!  But he is lucky because there was a long tree that saved him. And he was even more lucky because someone found him and that person was Santa, and they delivered presents.  The end by Brie Rempel, grade 3.

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We were cooking cookies for some of my BFFs and they were happy after.  But the cookies were a big mess.  But they were still happy!  Good thing they were not mad.  So we were all happy in the end.  Now we are trying a new thing.  But how are we cooking cupcakes!! Ahh the cupcakes went all over the room!! What are we going to do?!  Let’s clean up!  Ok!  Now that the room is clean, let's make more cupcakes.  Yay now that the cupcakes are done lets make a snowman outside! Don’t worry we will help too! Yay!  Now that the snowman is done, what will we do? Let’s go to bed.  Ok.  The end by Amy Dalibor, grade 3

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Once upon a time on a beautiful Christmas Eve morning at the North Pole, Santa was tying up the little reindeer with ropes. I am going to go pack up the presents on my sleigh, he said. So don't go anywhere! As Santa was leaving the youngest reindeer Marshmallow started to wiggle. Marshmallow was pretty strong so he broke free from the ropes and started running away. Come back! the other reindeer cried, but Marshmallow was nowhere to be seen. By then Santa heard all that yelling and came outside. It seems as if something is missing! he thought.Then he found out that Marshmallow was missing!.By now marshmallow was at mermaid lagoon, but he didn't see any mermaids.He looked around and saw a big shimmer of multicolored lights in the water. Marshmallow dived right in and when he got there he saw a big mermaid Christmas party happening right there. The mermaids were nice and allowed marshmallow to join in. Marshmallow was having so much fun! He even made friends with a goldfish.His favorite part was when they had a dance party! After the mermaid christmas party, he kept going, eventually he arrived at Jade Jungle. Marshmallow had wanted to visit this place for years especially during the Christmas holidays. You see, when Christmas was coming the Jade fairies decorated the Jade Jungle with beautiful decorations. There were Christmas lights everywhere, multicolored, red and green, silver and blue and gold! Marshmallow kept prancing along the path and soon reached the Ruby caves. He heard the Ruby fairies playing their musical instruments and singing Christmas carols. But then Marshmallow wasn't paying attention to where he was stepping and tripped on a stone and fell through a ginormous crack on the ground. Marshmallow cried for help until his lungs were sore. The Ruby fairies heard him and ran to help him. They all held hands, closed their eyes and sang a magical Christmas song. Marshmallow slowly levitated out the hole. That was amazing. How did you all do that? Marshmallow asked. The power of friendship, the smallest Ruby fairy said. That reminded Marshmallow about the other reindeer, he missed all of them. Just then Santa and the other reindeer entered the Ruby caves. Marshmallow! They cried. Santa! Marshmallow shouted. Well marshmallow, said Santa it's just time to deliver the presents. Goodbye Ruby fairies! I will never forget you. And with that Santa and the reindeer left to deliver presents!.

Seneh Dhanoa. She is 8 years old.

Grade 3 at Raft River elementary school.

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**NOTE: No teacher information here - trying to find out. No word back at time of filing. HB

Help Rudolph

Oh no! Rudolph is sick. Someone needs to come in for him. How about a whale? So Santa attached the whale to the sleigh and the whale just flopped around. So Santa got a dog to help and the dog could not fly. So Santa got a penguin. The penguin just snapped his beak. So Santa got a fish but the fish could not move. And then Rudolph pranced out and Santa attached Rudolph and then Santa and the reindeer flyed around the world and delivered all of the presents.

By Tessa Graffunder, Grade 1

All the reindeer are sick. Would Santa be able to fly without reindeer? Santa gave the reindeer medicine. It made the reindeer better. Then they could fly home to the North Pole.

By Asher Hodge, Grade 1

The Cookie Contest

On Christmas Eve the town was having a cookie contest. Everybody was excited.

I was excited too. I was making a Santa cookie. The contest started. I poured the dough. Oh no! I spilled the dough. I ruined the cookies! I am going to lose but I didn’t give up. I started to bake faster than anybody. I won the cookie contest!

By Ellery Tobin, Grade 2

Santa is Sick

Ants tried to fly the sleigh. Oh no, they couldn’t even lift the reins! Santa tried to get elves to pull the sleigh. They could only pull it an inch! Then he tried reindeer but they crashed. What was he going to do? He called another Santa from Mexico. The other Santa came and completed his task. Then Santa was all better and the 2 Santas had a Christmas party. By Easton Simpson, Grade 2

Rudolph is sick. Who would be the perfect one to lead the sleigh? Would it be a dog? Or a cat? Or a deer? Or a lion? It will be a bird, a dog, a cat, a lion, and a deer. They will all help each other!

Ollie Meadows, Grade 2

An elf is going to guide the sleigh for Rudolph. His name is Bobby and he makes toys too.

Jaxson Bennett, Grade 1

Santa and the People

Santa flies around the world but he has to do it in two minutes. He made it to Mexico but he must stop and eat the cookies. He got barked at by dogs then he heard people. They came walking down the stairs. Santa walked backwards and tripped over a dog bone and fell out the window. But he landed on his sled and went whoosh down the hill. He found his reindeer and they flew back to the North Pole before the people could see him. The End.

By Henri DeGagne, Grade 1

Santa helps Rudolph get ready. He puts a rope on his tail.. Then he puts on a collar with his name on it. Then Rudolph pulls the sleigh and they go to houses then back to the North Pole.

By Jericho Fowler, Grade 1

Christmas Cookie Contest

I am making a gingerbread house and a gingerbread boy. It has shiny red eyes and yellow and red buttons. I won the contest and then I ate my cookie and the whole gingerbread house. I was just full enough!

By Chase McGillvery, Grade 2

Help Rudolph

Rudolph was sick and Santa didn’t know who would guide the sleigh. Could it be a dog? Or maybe a cat? Can a tiger do it? I got it, an elf! Who would ride in the sleigh? Would the kids do it? Would Mrs. Claus do it? Or would the wind just blow the sleigh up into the sky? I got it, it will be…grown ups. Christmas is saved.

By JZ Tan, Grade 2

The Holiday Cookie Contest

The mice want to go to bake cookies. But they couldn’t go in the contest! They had to do a new contest. They had to jump on an alligator. They had to dodge spinning blades. They had to run around the whole world in just one second. Yay!!! They complete the contest. They had to do dangerous things to win the best cookie in the world.

By Thorin Petersmeyer, Grade 1

The Holiday Cookie Contest

Everybody was ready for the holiday cookie contest. Before they got ready they tried a cookie. Then they got ready. Then they left. Then they hopped in their car and they went home. And then everyone came every day to the cookie contest. One day nobody came. Only one person came. And one day, two people came.

The next day only three people came. The next day five people came. The next day ten people came. The next day everyone came. And then everybody celebrated because they were good!

By Danielle Mann, Grade 1

On Christmas, Bob the reindeer will cover Rudolph. He will fly all the way around the world.

Santa will grab a flashlight and put it on Bob’s nose so he can see.

By Bridget Johnson, Grade 1

The Holiday Cookie Contest

Everybody was rushing to get ready for the holiday cookie contest on Christmas Eve. They also have to get ready for Christmas and have to also get ready to get their kids to bed. The mom and dad have to go to bed too. In the morning the holiday cookie contest started. They were late. They got worried and their kids were crying. One of them was chewing gum and spat it out of her mouth and was crying out so much she fell on the ground. The End.

By Nia Allen, Grade 2

The Night Before Christmas

Santa was putting presents under the tree and after he saw the cookies! So he went over to the cookies. He took the first cookie then in a flash the kids in the bed went running out. Santa was trapped.

By Traz Nowak, Grade 2

 

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VAVENBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUBMISSIONS: 

Little Reindeer’s Big Adventure!

Made By Kairin Borneman At Vavenby Elementary School (VES).                          

One Snowy Day, a reindeer escaped Santa’s sleigh.

Santa Claus was very scared to lose an important reindeer.

While Santa was nervous, the little reindeer was excited to explore the world. First, the reindeer went to a store. The store employee was like “WHAT YOU’RE A REINDEER I THOUGHT THOSE WERE ONLY IN BOOKS!!!”

The reindeer was so confused. The reindeer left and the employee was like “Noooo don't go!!!” The reindeer went to a different place. The reindeer went to the candy shop so he could get a candy cane. The store employee said “You need to pay for that!” as the reindeer steals the candy cane. As he eats the candy cane he finds a very weird-looking store. It looked almost like a factory.

The reindeer entered and he noticed the floor was slippery.

He said “This must be an ice cream shop! It's freezing and slippery” he went through the big door and sure enough.

It was an ice cream factory. He said this is how ice cream is made. Wow.  He slid through the ice cream “YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ICE CREAM SKATING!!!” He slid out the backdoor. He says “THAT was fun!” He says” What do I do now?”

He stares into the sky. (sigh) What do I do? Go back? No Santa would be very mad. So he

He looks around more, but there's still nothing. So, he decides to go to the park and play. He plays for two hours and then goes to bed. The next morning, he sees an arcade and goes in. WOW, he says. What are all of these??? Some kid comes up and says, "I bet I can beat you at the racing machine."

The reindeer mumbled “Yeah I bet you can I HAVE NO HANDS!” the kid walked away.

 And then the reindeer goes to a fishing game he puts his hoof on the button. He didn't need credits to play this one.  He won 20000 credits. He says” Woohoo! I won!”  He plays another game, and the game says”2 credits needed” Since he got credits from the game, he wins again.

He leaves the arcade. What do I do now? He says, Hmmm…   maybe the first store I went to? No, that guy was weird. Maybe there's another store? Or an arcade? He keeps walking. Still nothing.

He walks down the street some more. Still nothing. Thinking about what to do next he says in his mind maybe I'll go back to the arcade? And he gets an idea “I should beat the kid at the arcade!” he goes back to the arcade as quickly as a flash. The kid was still there and he challenged the reindeer. The game was a racing game that only needed one button. Perfect! The reindeer says to himself. The kid is good. But the reindeer won the game! The kid was so amazed that a reindeer of all things beat him. He went to a small store, got some candy, and then went to sleep. The store owner saw him go to sleep on the floor and gave him a bed while he was sleeping. The reindeer woke up the next morning. And he was like “FINALLY A BED!” He called that shop home, and the store owner smiled. The store owner gave the reindeer a candy cane.  The reindeer explored the area but nothing was to be found still.  He goes to the game store and buys a game and a console somehow.

He brings it back to the store and plays it all day. The store owner does not mind the reindeer at all.

It got him more sales. The kids were all like “WOAH A REINDEER PLAYING VIDEO GAMES!”  The reindeer went to bed. And so did the store owner. Christmas day was finally here.

The store owner looks at the reindeer and says “Shouldn't you be at the North Pole?” he thinks about those words… As the day came to a close, the little reindeer found himself reflecting on his adventure. He had experienced so much—exploring shops, winning games, and even making new friends. Yet, amid all the fun, he realized how much he missed Santa and the North Pole.

With a newfound sense of courage, the reindeer approached the store owner and shared his desire to return home. The kind shopkeeper smiled and said, “It sounds like you’ve had quite the adventure! But remember, home is where your heart truly belongs.”

Taking those words to heart, the little reindeer thanked the storekeeper for his kindness and promised to visit again. He then made his way back to Santa’s sleigh just as night began to fall. When he arrived, Santa’s eyes lit up with joy and relief, “There you are! I was so worried about you!

With a happy heart, the little reindeer hopped back onto the sleigh. He realized that while adventures were exciting, family and home were what truly mattered. As they soared through the night sky, he knew he would always cherish his big adventure but was even happier to be back where he belonged. Together, they flew off to deliver gifts, spreading joy and magic to children all over the world, making this Christmas one to remember.

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Vavenby Elementary School Submissions: 

 

Who Can Save Christmas

It is only 5 days until Christmas Eve and Santa and the elves are almost finished getting everything ready. Rudolph is sick. Who will lead Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve? They need a new animal but there are no reindeer available.

There are many other animals to choose from. ..

Day 1, Animal 1

Santa chose a sled dog. A sled dog is strong, fast and has a lot of energy. Santa decided to run a test. The sled dog got distracted by a snowball and started to chase after it. He put the sleigh into a deep snowbank. The test was a fail.

Santa was upset, he had been so positive!

Day 2, Animal 2

Next, Santa chose a moose. The moose was fast, had long legs, and big antlers. It sounded perfect! When he tried to attach the yoke to the moose there was a problem- his neck was much too large, and he didn't have time to make a new one. The test was a fail.

Santa was really worried now.

Day 3, Animal 3

Santa's next choice was a polar bear. It was muscular, fuzzy and a carnivore... .A CARNIVORE??!! Santa had left the polar bear with the elves and the reindeer! He ran outside and saw the bear charging one of the elves. Santa grabbed his candy cane dart gun and stunned the polar bear. It ran away, shaking candy cane darts from its fur. Test 3 was a fail.

Santa was very concerned.

Day 4, Animal 4

Santa was out of ideas. He thought and thought, and suddenly it came to him- a gryphon!! It had large wings and big paws (good for landing on housetops). The test was perfect! The gryphon took off perfectly, stayed up great and landed with no problem! Test

4 was a success!

Santa was very excited!

Christmas Eve

Santa geared up for the big flight. The team took off, and flew 9000 miles per hour! At the first house, the gryphon's paws gripped the icy roof just right. On the second house things also went well except that the gryphon lost some feathers down the chimney. All the houses after that were perfect.

Santa and the team returned to the North Pole on time. The reindeer went home to sleep, the gryphon flew back to have Christmas with his family and Santa climbed into his bed for a very long sleep.

Wilf Antonio

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 4

The holiday cookie contest

It was a stormy night with rain falling very hard. A group of kids were in Tiny's house, making cookies for the annual holiday cookie contest. Tiny was the tiniest kid in the group, his parents were very rich and Tiny used a lot of money on candy and stuff for the contest.

The group was disagreeing about everything. Bob wanted to get the cookies into the oven as quickly as possible. Susie reminded him that they needed to get the dough just right first. Jan wanted to measure all of the ingredients into the bowl, but didn't know where the bowls were kept. Fred wanted to boss everyone around. And Tiny did not want to help at all, he just wanted to watch everyone else work.

Fred said, "This is really hard so we need to work together, okay?"

They all agreed, but one was not working together. Tiny was still just watching.

The other kids got madder and madder but Tiny was scared to tell all of the other kids that he was too worried that he didn't know how to make cookies so instead he pretended he didn't want to help.

Tiny tried to distract the others by suggesting that they go into the living room to play board games., and just leave Fred alone to finish baking and decorating all of the cookies. Fred wanted them to stay and help, but they were tired of working so they agreed with Tiny. Then they all got sleepy and fell fast asleep on the living room furniture.

Tiny went into the kitchen and saw Fréd sleeping with his head on the kitchen table. Tiny sat for a minute or two and while he was sitting he started to think. He felt bad about not having done anything at all, so he started to work but he did not know how to make cookies, Just then Fred woke up and he and Tiny made all of the cookies together.

In the morning the kids delivered the cookies to the contest spot. They got 99% on their baking and got 3rd place in the contest.

Emily Fontaine

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 5

Little Reindeer's Big Adventure

One of Santa's reindeer-in-training, feeling a bit mischievous, decided to explore the world on Christmas Eve. He saw a large group of people gathered in a decorated house. He snuck inside when no one was looking and ate all the cookies at the Christmas Eve party. Of course he got in trouble and the people kicked him out.

Santa was looking for the little reindeer who got in trouble when he left without permission. But by then the little reindeer was lost.

Some kids saw the little reindeer and thought it was funny that he had tried to go to the Christmas party but the little reindeer didn't agree at all. It was very, very serious for the little reindeer. He had a tummy ache!

Santa was still looking and looking for the little reindeer and was feeling sad . He could not think about delivering gifts while worried about the little reindeer. The little reindeer didn't know he was lost so he wasn't worried.

He decided to go into the forest looking for more adventure. Instead, he found one of Santa's reindeer bells. Someone must have had a crash landing and dropped it there. It was the bell that Santa gave all of his reindeer. Santa had said that they should only ring the bell when they were in trouble. But he did not think he was in trouble!

Santa was starting to get very worried. He asked his head elf, Ian for help. Ian suggested that they ask Rudolph to go and search for the little reindeer. Rudolph was smart and good at finding things with his glowing red nose.RudoIph was happy to help, and set off to look for the little reindeer.

Santa was worried because Rudolph didn't find him. The little reindeer was starting to get worried. Then the little reindeer found a den. It looked big and perfect. The little reindeer went inside. It was dark and scary but there were no bears so he still stayed only one night to be safe.

When he woke up the next morning, he had an idea.The bell was noisy so he took it out and looked hard at it . He now knew he was in trouble so he rang the bell. Hard. Santa heard! He came and found the little reindeer. They were so happy to see each other!

The little reindeer said, "I will never run away again!"

Abby Neamtu

Someone Has To Lead The Team!

It was almost Christmas eve. There was an emergency! Rudolph couldn't lead the team because he broke his leg while he was practising for Christmas. Santa had to find another reindeer to lead..

Luckily, he has Randolph the green nosed reindeer! Randolph hadn't led the team in a long time so he had some quick training to do.

First, he had to do lots of running to get in shape, but it was too cold to go outside for long so they went inside the elves workshop and then Santa hitched Randolph up to the practice sleigh. They practiced inside for a while but it was hard to go fast because there were so many toys and elves in the way. Randolph was feeling pretty strong so they went back outside.

Randolph had to get used to being outside in the cold. He needed to pull the sleigh through the snow for 45 minutes without stopping and then practice pulling the sled in the air. After that was done, Randolph was hitched up to the big sled with the rest of the team and they spent 4 hours practicing together. Then Santa knew that they were ready for Christmas!

So on Christmas Eve, the first house had a wobble on the landing, the second landing was fine and on and on and on and on until the second last house.

Santa went down the chimney to put the christmas presents under the Christmas tree then went up the chimney and back onto the sled. They took off to the last house but there was a big problem, the roof was really steep and the sleigh slid right o^ff Santa had to take the toys in through the back door. While he did that, Randolph and the other reindeer used their antlers to get the sleigh back on its runners.

They were able to return to the North Pole where Santa gave the reindeer a special treat and they all drank hot chocolate and then they went to bed.

Trevin Alexis

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 5

Rudolph is Sick

Christmas was coming but Rudolph was sick. Santa needed to find a new animal to step in for Christmas Eve. Santa didn't know what animal would be the best fit so he tried a quick journey with some new candidates.

Santa saw a panda bear. He was big but slow and when he tried to put the panda at the front of his sleigh. it did not work. It turns out that even with magic pandas can not fly.

So Santa tried a polar bear. He thought a polar bear might work because they are strong and they like the cold. It did not work because it turned out that the polar bear had Santa on the menu!

Next, Santa saw a squirrel. He thought this might work because squirrels are funny and fast. Clearly this did not work because squirrels are too small and the reindeer were way bigger.

Santa saw a Black bear. Santa tried to put the bear at the front of his sleigh but it did not work because it was the middle of winter and the bear was too sleepy with hibernation brain.

Santa thought maybe a goose could work. The goose kept trying to make the reindeer fly in a v formation.

Santa saw a bat. The trouble with this was that no one else could see it in the dark night because it was black.

Next, ,Santa tried a cheetah. None of the reindeer could keep up with it. How about an Arctic fox? They lost it in the snow!

Finally, Santa saw a phoenix. Just in case you don't know, a phoenix is a firebird. They are bright, they are good fliers and they are also magic. Santa had to put an extra long harness on the phoenix to keep its flames from burning the reindeer but it was a success! It worked! Christmas was saved.

The phoenix was honored to help. He wished Santa and the reindeer a very Merry Christmas and then POOF! He disappeared into flames, and then reappeared as a cute little baby phoenix.

Trinity Klingbeil-Tutt

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 5

How the Sprinter 2000 Saved Christmas

One December, Santa Claus woke up from his long nap. Santa walked over to his old dresser and pulled out his red fluffy outfit. Next, Santa sat down at his table where his elves were making his coffee.

"What are you going to do about Rudolph?" said Santa's smallest elf.

"What do you mean?" asked Santa.

"You didn't tell him?" "No, I thought you did!' the elves argued.

"What's wrong with Rudolph?" said Santa.

"Rudolph is really, really sick."

"Ho Ho Ho! That's nothing a little Christmas magic can't fix," said Santa.

The elves looked at each other, "It's really bad."said the elves.

" THEN WHO WILL GUIDE MY SLEIGH TONIGHT?" yelled Santa.

"Sir, we are working on a robot Rudolph, you will love it."

"A ROBOT RULDOLH!" yelled Santa."THATS THE Stu... that's a genius idea. Send all the elves to work on this machine. I will call it... SPRINTER 2000!"

Meanwhile, the elves were hard at work in the North Pole workshop .

"1 HOUR 'TIL TAKE OFF! HURRY UP!" yelled the boss elf.

"Sir, we are all done," said the worker elf.

"Then hook him up to the sleigh with the rest of the reindeer!"

"But we haven't tested him yet."

"THEN TEST... no time" said Santa from behind the crowd. "l want to see this machine."

All the elves moved out of the way. Santa slowly walked over to the lifeless robot as the elves stared at Santa.Santa placed his hand on the robot and commanded. "For me,

Saint Nick, come to life to save Christmas tonight!"

Then the robot started twitching and then stopped... The robot jumped up.

"Ho Ho Ho! "Let's do this my friend!" Santa jumped into his sleigh.

"Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen! On Comet ! On Cupid! On Donner and Blitzen and the all new Sprinter 2000!" The sleigh took off with a boom.

And that's how Christmas was saved by the brand new Sprinter 2000!

Sway Potts

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 7

The Christmas Story

The community hall was doing a Holiday Cookie Contest. The first prize was 5000 dollars! The second prize was a GTR car. The third prize was 2067 dollars!

Best friends, 11 and 12 year old Bob and Trent , decided to enter the contest. They thought it would be easy but they struggled . They did not know what to do. They did not know how to follow a recipe. They made a lot of mistakes! They finally made some cookies. They were yummy so they ate most of them.

They needed 6 dozen finished and decorated cookies to qualify. Somehow they thought they had enough but Bob ate one and they counted wrong.

They were proud of themselves. They thought for sure they had won the prize. They got excited but they lost because they were short on cookies and another group of kids won. Bob and Trent got mad, they ran out to their house, they went to their rooms and went to bed.

The next morning they found out about another contest! They decided to enter. This time they knew what to do. They worked very hard and they won the contest!

Bob and Trent won 5000 dollars! It was First Prize! They ran home and told their parents . They were really excited! Their parents asked," What are you going to do with the money? What are you going to spend it on?"

Bob and Trent spend the prize money on presents and gifts and tree decorations for their whole community. Winning was a wonderful gift for Christmas but the best gift of all was learning to to work together as a team and never give up.

Sonny Kootenay-Letendre

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 4

Amphoros Saves Christmas

One foggy Christmas Eve, Rudolph was sick and couldn't lead the sleigh. Santa was feeling anxious about being able to deliver the presents on time so he decided to contact the Pokemon Ampharos. Ampharos is a Pokemon that is an electric type, is black and yellow in a bee-like way, looks kind of like a sheep and has a glowing tail.

Santa chose this Pokemon to lead the sleigh for three reasons: first, popularity, it would bring kids joy to see a Pokemon lead Santa's sleigh. Secondly, the Pokemon Ampharos has a big bright glowing tail to clear all the nearby fog, and finally, Santa thought Ampharos had enough energy to get the job done even quicker than normal.

And with that, they were off to deliver the presents. Things were going great with Ampharos, until he started to doze off from using too much of his energy. Santa was starting to get a bit anxious again. Ampharos was getting more tired by the minute.

Santa had thousands of presents left to deliver to the children around the world, yet he didn't know what to do. He tried to do everything he could to help Ampharos, he fed Ampharos carrots and Santa said "Ho, ho hope this helps". But it didn't work, so he used a Monster energy drink he had stashed in the sleigh. But it didn't work.

Then a few minutes later, he realised he brought a mega stone known as the

Ampharosite. Hetouched it to Ampharos' back and it worked! Santa felt some relief now that Ampharos was better and things were back to normal.

Santa was almost done delivering the presents, he just needed to go to a few more houses. He went to the last few houses and delivered the presents to them.

Santa had just one more house to go to which had no chimney, a few guard dogs that kept watch 24/7 for nearby strangers, and a kid that set traps to catch one of Santa's reindeer every year. It took Santa multiple attempts to manage this but he finally did it. He avoided the reindeer traps, he distracted the guard dogs, and put the presents under the tree in the living room.

Then Santa and his team went back to the North Pole, Amphoros returned to his video game world and everyone relaxed and enjoyed Christmas.

Taylor Oviatt

Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 6

RUBY SAVES CHRISTMAS

On Christmas eve when Santa was getting the reindeer ready he heard a loud sneeze behind him. "Is that you Dasher, or is that you Dancer?"

As he turned around he saw RUDOLPH ! "Rudolph, are you sick?" he asked. Rudolph nodded. Santa got a sad look, "Then who will guide the sleigh tonight?"

As Santa walked to the emergency phone he thought about who he would choose to guide the sleigh. Then a perfect idea popped into his head.

"l know, I will call Rudolph's little sister, Ruby." He picked up the phone and she answered after the first ring. "Hello, who is this ?" As Santa said his name she asked, "What is the emergency?"

"Rudolph is sick! Can you help?" "Ok I will come over as fast as I can... "I'm here! " said Ruby.

"Can you lead my sleigh tonight? " asked Santa.

"Yes! " Ruby agreed excitedly. As Ruby got ready, her hooves started to glow a bright red.

"Ruby, I thought you were a red nosed reindeer, like your brother! I guess red hooves will be just as good! Now let's get moving, it's almost time to go!"

As the flight got under way, the first house of the night appeared. They landed on the roof. As Santa hopped out of the sleigh and approached the chimney, he started to turn smaller and smaller until he was the size of a handbag. He slipped down the chimney.

Once he was inside he put the presents under the Christmas tree then ate a cookie off a white plate. Then he went up the chimney. When he was in his sleigh he flew off to the next house. He repeated the same process again and again and again until they reached the very last house.

The team landed on the very slippery roof and the sleigh started to slide down the side, and fall to the ground. It was going to be a disaster but then they saw a dark figure flying toward them from the North. It swooped down and grabbed the harnesses in its mouth, pulling the team back up onto the roof. It was Rudolph, who was feeling much better and had decided to meet them as they were coming home. Rudolph saved Christmas once again!

School

CIO 6

Little Reindeer's Big Adventure

One day a mischievous little reindeer went on an adventure because he was bored. He went into the forest near the North Pole and found a jingle bell. He loved the bell so much that he decided to change his name to Bell. Bell was so happy with his new name!

He started to wonder why the bell had been on the ground. Maybe an elf had been working on that bell and he dropped It . He felt bad that he might have a bell that belonged to someone else. He could not get his mind off that elf but he kept exploring the forest.

Bell's mom and dad, Prancer and Rudolph, had been worried all day. They had been looking for Bell but they could not find him. This was going to be the year that Bell did his first training run on the sleigh with Santa. Santa wondered where Bell was because tomorrow would be Christmas Eve. They decided to send out a search party to find him.

When it started to get dark Bell realized that he really needed to get home. It was freezing and so dark that he could not see. Then it started to snow and soon it was a blizzard! Bell started shivering from the cold, and then he realized that he had no idea how to get home.

As Bell got colder, he shivered more and more. The bell on his collar started to jingle. As the jingling got louder, an elf from the search party heard the sound. He ran toward it, and saw Bell standing in the snow with the elf' lost jingle bell around his neck! Bell was so happy to see the elf coming his way. They headed back to Santa's workshop.

Bell heard his mom and dad's voices. They were so thankful that the search party had found him. They took him home, warmed him up and gave him a big helping of his favourite reindeer food. Then they all went to bed and had a good night's sleep, so they would be ready for the big day tomorrow!

Kebewa

Vavenby Elementary School

The Holiday Cookie Contest

Later this week, there is going to be a contest. The contest is about making cookies and the team that makes the best cookies will get to have 90% off on all purchases this month, which is really handy because it's the month before Christmas. Obviously I'm entering, with a few of my friends too. We have two days to get the stuff we need and we were actually just about to go shopping.

At the store we got everything needed to make cookies, and decorate them-star and rainbow sprinkles, chocolate sculptures, food dye, and more. We chose to start a day early just so we would have more time to design the cookies. We all decided we should make around twenty-five cookies, and decorate them with Christmas characters. We had officially four days to make the cookies.We already had twenty-three cookies made so we had extra time if needed.

We left our cookies in the kitchen while we were setting up our cookie display stall, and then we heard a noise. We went to go check it out and as we were walking in, we saw a LOT of cookies on the ground! We looked around some more and realized that most of the cookies on the floor had little bite marks in them. We also saw small footprints near the window.

We decided to follow the footprints to see who or what had ruined our cookies. The footprints led us to two dumpsters. We opened the first one and it was empty, but when we opened the second, we saw a big raccoon eating one of our cookies! We left him with his cookie, but closed and locked the window. Then we started making new cookies immediately! We hoped that we would have enough time.

We made new cookies but we were seriously running out. Unfortunately, we ran out of time, so twelve of our cookies were undecorated.

When it was voting time the judges asked why some of our cookies weren't decorated and we told them about the whole story about the raccoon but they didn't believe us. Sadly, we didn't win the contest and only got 8th place, but we still got to eat the cookies so it wasn't that bad I guess.

Written by Adrianna Shantz Vavenby Elementary School

Grade 7