It’s December already ????
Well, the hustle and bustle of the holidays has arrived! The whole Christmas season is one of my favorite times of the year. I have many wonderful memories of all the years I was able to spend with family and friends. I can remember going every year with my dad to pick our family Christmas Tree and setting it up in the family room. Mom would make hot chocolate and popcorn for my 2 brothers and myself as we decorated the tree. Being the shortest of the family, I was always jealous of my oldest brother Paul who was tall enough to put the Angel on top of the tree. Still to this day, he puts the angel on the top of the tree! I love tradition!
It seems like yesterday, the three of us boys would wake up early to check out the presents under the tree. Back in my growing up years, my parents didn’t have much money, but we knew we would have at least a couple of presents under the tree. We knew we could not open the presents until our parents got up, but we sure did spend a lot of time shaking them and guessing what could be inside. Once we had checked out the presents, the three of us would take our stockings off the fire place and head to our parent’s bedroom. We would take turns pulling out the items that we had in them and showing each other. We were always excited because we knew that each of us would get a pack of chewing gum, a pair of dress socks, an orange, and a story book set of Life Savers! Oh to go back and to be able to do that as a family one more time…..
What traditions does your family have? I would encourage every family to take the time to talk with your children about the Christmas traditions you , as parents, had when you were growing up. I think it would be wonderful to shut the tv and all the electronics off and sit together as a family and just share your stories with each other as you eat dinner, have a snack, play a board game, etc.
On behalf of the staff and myself, I would like to wish everyone a “Very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.”
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Important
Dates to Remember:
12/5 Mc Teacher Night
12/13 Progress Reports are sent home
12/14 Cookies with Santa
12/24—1/1
Christmas Vacation
1/2 Return to School
1/15 5th grade goes to DIA
1/16 Donuts and Details Meeting 9:00 am
1/21 NO SCHOOL
Martin Luther King Day
1/25 End of 2nd Marking Period