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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville; Friday, December 24,1993 23 Christmas Stories from the Students of Newcastle P. S. One day it snowed to much One morning not quite winter yet a little girl, Lacy was her name, was sitting on her bed writing her Christmas Christmas list. The whole list said I want it to snow. She put it in the mail box. As soon as Santa got it he said let the snow begin. It started out really hard Newcastle Students in Time For Festive Season / Winter In the Beautiful snow Never leaving the warm Hot- chocolate Time to play! Every family loves winter! Run in the snowy flakes! By Tracy White Icy Nice Tobogganing Even Racing By Wesley Winter Inside having hot chocolate. Now lets go out and make a snowman snowman Tie up his scarf. Eyes made out of coal Ready for mom. ByRelly Christmas day Happy holidays Remembering Jesus Imagining Christmas day Saying Happy Holidays Trying to stay up to see Santa Making Christmas cards Awakening on Christmas day Santa's reindeer. By Bradford Crispy cookies Hot chocolate Ringing bells Ice skating Special gifts Time for caring Making snowmen Always time to be happy Santa Claus! By Erin at night. In the morning it was 6 feet deep. When Lacy got up she said "Oh No". "I did not want this to happen." happen." She opened the door and a big pile of snow fell on her. She started to cry. She said "I ruined Christmas!" Christmas!" It took her 6 hours to dig all the way to the mail box. She put in a letter. It said to make it not snow. Santa got the letter and made it 2 feet deep. She said thanks to Santa for a great Christmas. The End. By NoahS. The Best Christmas Ever One winter day Leanne was down in her basement wrapping Christmas presents. Leanne was twelve years old. She loved giving Christmas presents to people. Leanne would turn thirteen on Christmas morning. Leanne had to get some presents for her friends and family. Her friends asked her for C.d's. Her brother asked for tapes. Her sister asked for a doll and her baby brother asked for a pet turtle. Leanne finished wrapping wrapping the presents, put them in a pile in the basement, and went upstairs got her coat and said "Mom I'm going going to the store." First Leanne bought the C.d's and tapes then she bought the doll and pet turtle. When she got home it was dinner time. After After dinner Leanne went to bed. The next day went quickly. Leanne wrapped the presents and put them all under the tree. Leanne sang, Christmas songs and then went to bed so Christmas would come. The next day everyone was happy especially especially Leanne because she gavé everyone everyone what they asked for. / The End. By Melissa P. The Day It Snowed Too Much! One day there was a snow storm in Newcastle. Mike, Twig and Hule were playing at Mikes. Mike stayed down while Twig and I started climbing. climbing. We made it to the top of the tree until it started to snow. Hule and Twig started climbing down. Twig slipped off of the branch and fell! He fell on his two front teeth and they fell out! We all looked for them. Mike said we should be able to find them because he didn't brush his teeth! Twig started laughing. Then Away In A Manner On a night like no other before or since, the world was changed forever. We're pleased to join you in celebration of that blessed event, and to offer our thanks for your kind patronage. Dennis and Linda Moore and Staff M«M meat shops •tm 133 King St. E., Bowmanville 697-1202 Hule started laughing! They went inside and cooled off. Twig had to leave right when they got inside. Hule went into Mikes television room and played Super Nintendo. Hule lost a game. He threw it on the floor and broke the controller. Hule had to go home. Mike said, "Bummer, "Bummer, Dude"! Then it was night. Mike said he wanted a new super Nintendo controller. Twig said he wanted a new pair of buck teeth and Hule asked for a Noah's Ark. It was the morning they woke up and Mike found a new controller. Twig found buck teeth in his mouth and Hule found a Noah's Ark and they were happy boys! The End! By Julian One Day It Snowed So Much One night on December 23 I was at Kirby the Oshawa Ski Club. All of a sudden a bit of snow started to fall. Faster and faster it came down. It was a blizzard. The snow got so deep that the chairlift was buried under under snow. Everyone was trying to help the people on the chairlift when some people heard a little jingle of a bell. It was faint so bearly anyone heard it. They were too busy trying to get to the chalets and shops. One person was up at the groomers garage. garage. He was at the top of the hills and we were at the bottom. He used the groomer to plow a trail for us to get out. We got to the area van and followed him to our street. They had backhoes trying to dig a trail but our house was buried. I had to get the spare shovels from the back of the van. It was a good place for a snow base. We dug until 11:00 p.m. We went the the van and got some sleep. In the morning at 7:00 we resumed with the digging. It took until 11:00 a.m. We got in the house. It was Christmas morning. I got a fish for my aquarium and we had a great time. I made the best snow base and the biggest. It was twenty feet and five inches. I was in the World Book of Records. I had a video of the base. The next year I was on the awesome Kirby Ski Team. I saw.my friend Ashley on the hills. The manager of the ski base invited me to be on Ski Base. That's my favourite ski show. "I love Christmas" By Matthew P. W» i Install a high efficiency gas, oil or propane furnace and receive UP to $500 TRADE-IN on your old furnace when you purchase a CARRIER FURNACE High-efficiency gas furnace can save you up to 65% on your heating bills! Authorized Consumers' Gas Dealer Heating & Air Conditioning Bowmanville/Newcastle 436-3212 • Oshawa/Whitby 428-0333 We Wish You A Merry Christmas! May the love of home and family be a special gift to treasure throughout the season. from John and Steve Harmer Bowmanville Sand and Gravel Telephone 263-2263 R.R. 4, Bowmanville O 'Come faithful XV ishing peace, love and happiness for you and yours. PINERIDGE AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY 19 Silver Street 623-4461 Bowmanville