Chapter Three Written by Walter Zadow Primary School. Arnprior, Ontario, Canada (Teacher - Craig Myers) Huge snowflakes were spinning down from the sky like angel parachutes. Sophie decided to tell her new friend the truth. She put on her snowsuit, her mittens, her scarf and her boots. Sophie felt scared. She crunched through the new - fallen snow to Annie's house. She heard sounds of music, ripping paper and happy shouts.
The door opened and Annie said, "Hello Sophie, Merry Christmas! Come on in for some egg nog and Christmas cake." Sophie went inside. She saw stockings hanging from the mantle, a glittering Christmas tree and many presents. A plate of cookies and a glass of milk waited on a small corner table for Santa.
Annie handed Sophie the glass of egg nog and Christmas cake. "We get to open one present on Christmas eve before we go carolling." "We open one present every night for eight nights of Hanukkah," said Sophie. "What is Hanukkah, exactly?" asked Annie. "It's part of our Jewish tradition," answered Sophie. "Oh," said Annie. Do you get presents like we do?" "Yes we do. We don't have a Christmas tree. We have a Menorah. We also get gold covered chocolate coins and play games like dreidel," said Sophie. "Can I play?" asked Annie. |
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