"Oh what a busy, busy time of
year. Christmas is coming, and I have so many things to do,"
said {First Name or Nickname} to {Friend(s)}, who had come
to play. "I have gifts to make and cookies to bake, but
that's not all. We'll get a tall tree, and hang three, four,
or maybe more stockings."
Later, {First Name or Nickname} was talking
to {Friend(s)} about Santa Claus. They could picture Santa's
jolly, round face and his big smile that was nearly hidden
by his long, white, bushy beard.
"I have a great idea," said
{First Name or Nickname}. "Let's get our crayons and
pencils, each make a list, and call it "My Christmas
Wish." This list will be special. We'll pretend that
we can go to the North Pole and see how Santa and Mrs. Claus
get ready for Christmas."
All of the elves work so hard in Santa's toy
shop that Mrs. Claus bakes them lots of cookies for snacks.
Some have red icing; some have chocolate icing; and some have
green icing.
"Ummm, I really like cookies," said {First Name
or Nickname}, "I wish that I could be there to share
some of them with the elves."
Santa's elves are very busy running here and
running there.
"I wish that I could be there to help feed the reindeer
and polish all of the brass bells," said {Friend(s)}.
{First Name or Nickname} thought of another
wish. "I wish that Santa could bring Rudolph to {Hometown}.
It would make the whole town happy."
"I just thought of an even bigger
wish," said {First Name or Nickname}. "I wish that
Santa Claus would come with ALL of his reindeer and take me
for a ride. Up, up, and away we would fly. I would wear a
green suit to match the color of Santa's green sleigh. As
I fly by, I might even shake a bell or two myself."
"Well, I have the BIGGEST wish,"
cried {Friend(s)}. "I can't write it down, because it
is so BIG. I wish that all of the children in {Hometown} could
take turns flying around with Santa Claus. I can just see
their BIG smiles."
{First Name or Nickname}, along with {Friend(s)},
was enjoying this pretend game very much. They were wishing
that they could go and see where Santa and Mrs. Claus lived.
They had been told that the walkway to the front door was
lined with candy canes!
All of the sudden, they found themselves sitting
at Santa's table. Santa was reading through his very long
list of names of children who had been very good. {First Name
or Nickname}, as well as {Friend(s)}, hoped that their names
were on the list.
"Welcome to our Home, {First Name
or Nickname}. Would you like some cookies," asked Mrs.
Claus. "Santa and I will sing you some Christmas songs.
How about 'Silent Night' or 'Jingle Bells'? Yes, 'Jingle Bells,'"
and they began to sing.
The music could be heard in the workshop where
the elves were working very hard. One elf was painting some
finishing touches on the roof of that doll house. "I
wonder if one of the elves made that model airplane,"
said {First Name or Nickname}. "I would like to have
that as a gift for myself."
{First Name or Nickname} saw an elf pick up
a colorful book about the real meaning of Christmas. He thought
that it seemed like a good idea to add the book to his wish
list.
"This has been a very exciting adventure
to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus and see how hard all of the
elves work to get ready for Christmas," said {First Name
or Nickname}.
As the children watched Santa load his sleigh,
they realized that it was time to say good-bye. "Before
we go," said {First Name or Nickname}, "we have
just one last wish."
"Peace on Earth and good will
to all the children of the world."
{Date of Gift}
THE END
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