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1. Some families open presents on Christmas Eve and others wait until Christmas morning. What does your family do? What other Christmas traditions does your family observe?
2. What is your favorite Christmas time food?
3. Write a letter to Santa telling him what you want for Christmas and why you deserve it.
4. What does Christmas Spirit mean to you?
5. Describe your house on Christmas morning? Use imagery. Include all of the five senses. What do you see, hear, feel, smell and taste?
6. What are you most thankful for this year?
7. Is it better to give or receive? Describe the benefits of both.
8. Has Christmas become too commercialized?
9. Pretend you are Santa Claus. Would he say that you’ve been good this year? Explain.
10. Why do you think people put stockings up over their fireplaces? Make up a story to explain this tradition.

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