It's that wintry time of year and Susanna Leonard Hill is presenting the 7th Annual Holiday Contest! Here are the rules: Write a children’s holiday story (children here defined as approximately age 12 and under) about A Holiday Surprise! Any kind of surprise – anything at all! – the more unexpected the better! 🙂 Squirrel in the Christmas Tree? Snowstorm in Jamaica? Santa delivering toys from an excavator pulled by a herd of worms? Your story may be poetry or prose, silly or serious or sweet, religious or not, based on Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or whatever you celebrate, but is not to exceed 250 words! Your entry should be posted on your blog between 12:01 AM EST Thursday December 7 and Sunday December 10 at 11:59 PM EST, and your post-specific link should be added to the link list on the official holiday contest post which will go up on my blog on Thursday December 7 and remain up through Friday December 15 for your reading pleasure.
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Please enjoy my story for the contest :) 241 words
FINDING SANTA
by
Charlotte Dixon
“Sam, Lili, we’re off to find Santa Claus,” says Alice.
After donning our coats, mittens, and snowshoes, we TROMP, STOMP, and TRUDGE through snowy-slippery
drifts, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find a red hat.
“Now what?” asks Sam.
“We’ll look from the top of Christmas Tree Hill,” says Alice. “Put on your goggles and caps.”
Into brushy-brambly bushes we SQUISH, SQUASH, and SMOOSH, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find
a green scarf.
“Now what?” asks Lili.
“We’ll look at the bottom of Christmas Tree Hill,” says Alice. “Put on your skis and pull up your poles.”
Dodging tilty trees, we SWISH, SLIDE, and GLIDE, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find a red mitten.
“Now What?” asks Sam.
“We’ll look across Santa Claus Bridge,” says Alice. “Pull off your skis and tighten your shoelaces.”
In the late afternoon sun, we CLUMP, SLOG, and PLOD, searching for Santa Claus. But we don’t find him.
Until...
“I see something red!” shouts Alice.
“I see something gold!” shouts Lili.
“I see something glowing!” shouts Sam.
UP
UP
UP we scramble for a better look.
“It’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa’s sleigh!” shouts Alice. “But where’s Santa?”
In a sprinkle of candy canes, Santa Claus pops into view.
“Sam, Lili, we found Santa,” says Alice.
“Ho, ho, ho,” says Santa Claus. “Thank you. You’ve found my hat, scarf, and mitten. Would you like to ride in
my sleigh tonight?”
FINDING SANTA
by
Charlotte Dixon
“Sam, Lili, we’re off to find Santa Claus,” says Alice.
After donning our coats, mittens, and snowshoes, we TROMP, STOMP, and TRUDGE through snowy-slippery
drifts, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find a red hat.
“Now what?” asks Sam.
“We’ll look from the top of Christmas Tree Hill,” says Alice. “Put on your goggles and caps.”
Into brushy-brambly bushes we SQUISH, SQUASH, and SMOOSH, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find
a green scarf.
“Now what?” asks Lili.
“We’ll look at the bottom of Christmas Tree Hill,” says Alice. “Put on your skis and pull up your poles.”
Dodging tilty trees, we SWISH, SLIDE, and GLIDE, searching for Santa Claus. Instead we find a red mitten.
“Now What?” asks Sam.
“We’ll look across Santa Claus Bridge,” says Alice. “Pull off your skis and tighten your shoelaces.”
In the late afternoon sun, we CLUMP, SLOG, and PLOD, searching for Santa Claus. But we don’t find him.
Until...
“I see something red!” shouts Alice.
“I see something gold!” shouts Lili.
“I see something glowing!” shouts Sam.
UP
UP
UP we scramble for a better look.
“It’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa’s sleigh!” shouts Alice. “But where’s Santa?”
In a sprinkle of candy canes, Santa Claus pops into view.
“Sam, Lili, we found Santa,” says Alice.
“Ho, ho, ho,” says Santa Claus. “Thank you. You’ve found my hat, scarf, and mitten. Would you like to ride in
my sleigh tonight?”
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