Everyone waits excitedly this time of the year. The best time of the year as they say. I wish it was the same for me.

My name is Naila and I’m 18 years old. I live in a mansion with my aunt as my parents died 2 years ago in a car accident while returning home from their work journey to celebrate Christmas. They had promised me that they would celebrate my 16^th Birthday and Christmas that year. But unfortunately they didn’t keep their promise.

7/12/2016

‘’Yes, sweetheart, we’ll be there on your birthday this year. We promise that. We love you’’

‘’Love you too, Mum’’

We were decorating the house that day with my aunt. I wanted everything to be perfect when mum and dad returned home. It had been two months since the last time I had seen them. I missed them so much.

We finished decorating the tree and the house outside. Everything was so wonderful; I could have stared at them all day and night.

I was so happy for this Christmas. I had, however, a bad feeling that I couldn’t explain it.

The days passed quickly and before I realised it, it was 23d of December. It was eight o’clock in the evening and I was cooking dinner with my aunt as my parents were due to arrive any time soon. At least, that’s what we thought.

They were already two hours late and we were starting to get worried. Suddenly, the phone rang. It was Mum’s number. I answered but I didn’t hear my mothers sweet voice. Instead, a deep man voice talked to me and told me the news I wish no one ever hears about their loved ones. His words filled me with anguish. I didn’t answer. Not a single word came out of my mouth. Only tears were streaming down my cheeks, burning my flesh as if they were made of fire. The phone fell from my hands and on to the floor. I couldn’t move. I just stood there, looking at the wall tears still rolling down my face. My aunt was asking me what had happened but I was unable to repeat what I had heard. She took the phone and talked to the police officer. He explained to her how the accident had happened. Their hearts had stopped beating on the way to the hospital.

I sat on the sofa still feeling emotional and physical pain. I didn’t speak. I just blinked my eyes. I stayed like that all night and at the funeral the next day. I didn’t celebrate my birthday or Christmas. Nor the next year. Nor this year.

Christmas present.

It was Christmas eve, and little Jimmy was staring at his huge Christmas present, but he couldn’t open it until Christmas day. His parents had left the house and had told him not to open his present because something bad would happen. Jimmy sat down in front of the huge box and looked at it for ages…… He decided to make a little cut in the paper and see what was inside the box. 

He couldn’t see anything and he couldn’t resist any more so, he opened the box. But before he put his eye into the box, a blinding light started shining, like the one when a nuclear bomb detonates. Then, a white spirit came and took him down into a hole, full of children his own age. The spirit stepped on a rock and put little Jimmy down. Little Jimmy started crying and he asked the spirit what was going on. The spirit then replied, “Here you belong, with all the other eager kids that couldn’t wait for Christmas to open their presents”. Then the kid told him he didn’t mean to do it, but the Christmas temptation had made him do it. The spirit believed the boy but he knew that he couldn't fight it. So, the spirit left him there and then…….Jimmy woke up! It was just a dream, he said, but he never went close to a Christmas present before the day of Christmas again.

Written by: Nick Giovansev D2 NEON AEGINA

Five years ago, Nick went in his house 1 day before Christmas. Family of Nick hasn't got money because that they had not a Christmas tree. Nick every year try to save money for a christmas tree but never can save the money who want. One year, walked in the street and found a lot of money that can buy a Cristmas tree. He went to his house but before went he saw her friend Alice who cried. Nick talked to Alice to learn why she cried. Alice telled him -I lost a lot of money. Nick knew what he had her money but he didn't tell her. Nick took a christmas tree and took a big expensive t-shirt. One day 3 bigs dog were in the street. When the dogs saw the Nick they want to catch him. Nick ran fast but his t-shirt because it was big entangle in a tree before the dogs eat him the last thing he thought was if gave the money to Alice nothing wiil happend but then he wake up in the time for christmas after this dream was the nicest kid in all the world!!!

chris D2

Marry christmas in everyone!!!

At Christmas, before the New Year a few years ago, I heard a very very scary story about a child who went for a walk alone in the park at night and she never returned home. But people have said that she goes to people's homes and she scares them. Of course, I didn't believe it until I lived through this experience!

I saw her last year. She was so scary, she reminded me of a girl from a horror movie. She scared me and when I saw her, I screamed butno one could hear me – I don't know why. Though me,  I thought, "I'll die now". After 10 minutes, she was gone! Quickly, quickly I got up from my bed and I went to my parents' room and told them what I'd seen but they said that it was a dream and it never happened. But the next day, it happened to my mum and then, everyone believed me. And I think that if you believe this story, she'll never come to you!!! 

It was christmas Eve. It was cold and it was snowing. A little boy, whose name was John, had lost his parents one day because they while they were driving, a car had hit his parents' car and they died in the accident.

After that, John lived with his old grandmother. After 6 years, his grandmother died because she was very old. The boy was only 6 years old when his grandmother died.

Then, the boy lived in a box in the town. He was very poor and he tried to sell things in the street, but no one wanted to buy the things.

So, because the people didn't buy the things, he decided to go to people's homes to sell the things, but again, they didn't buy anything.

That night on the same day, he went for a walk and he saw the people eating and being happy. He went to one house and he asked if they could give him something to eat but they said no. He went  to 1,2,3,4,5,6, houses and every time, they said no again. Next, he went to another house and he asked them and they said 'yes'! John was very happy about this.

The next morning, this family went to find John and they asked him if he wanted to come to live with their family and the boy said, yes!

And so, the boy and the family were happy together !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!        Mary Besi D2 Neon Aegina

Once upon a time, there was a tree called Treeno. Treeno was different to the other trees; he was smaller, with more leaves and thinner. He lived in a supermarket, so people could buy him as a Christmas tree. The other trees made fun of him because he was different and they said to him that no one would buy him as a Christmas tree. The last day before Christmas Eve, a beautiful family came to the supermarket to buy a Christmas tree, Treeno was sad because he knew that the family wouldn't take him, but then, the little boy of the family shouted 'I WANT THIS TREEEE'! The family bought Treeno and decorated him and put presents under him and Treeno was very happy.

                                                                      CHRISTMAS STORY

It was a day before Christmas and all the children were waiting for Santa Claus to give them their presents. They were so happy about their presents and they couldn't wait for them any longer. There was just one thing they didn't think of…….would Santa Claus bring them their presents this year?

Santa Claus was in the North Pole and he had seen the lists with the toys the children wanted. He was thinking about something… All these years, Santa sent million of presents to the children but they had never sent him anything. He was so angry about that and he became the worst person in the world!!!

The goblins heard that Santa had become the worst person in the world and he wouldn't give presents to the children. They didn't have any problem with the children's toys because they hated children! Their problem was that if Santa wouldn't give presents to the children, the children wouldn't make candies for him and then the goblins won't have candies to steal and eat.

The goblins wanted to find a way to solve this problem. They started to think. They said a lot of stupid things. They didn't have something else to do except of conspiring against the thing they hated the most – the children!!!

 At night, the goblins went in two of the children's houses to tell them this story and maybe, the children would help them. At first, the children were scared of the goblins because they were small, black and ugly, too…. Anyway, the goblins told the story to the children and they agreed with them to make a present for Santa Claus.They made some special biscuits for Santa and a glass of hot milk and they left them on a table in front of the Christmas tree.

On Christmas day, Santa and his assistants got ready with their worst selves to go to children's houses to make them be scared of Santa and in general, of Christmas! All together, they started going in the children's houses, one by one, and making them scared.

They went in a loooot of houses and it was the turn of these children that had conspired with the goblins. Santa and his assistants went in the house but the chidren didn't get scared. Then, Santa Claus tried to scare these children a bit. He had a second try, but when he tried to scare them a bit more, he turned his head and he saw the special biscuits and the hot milk. He started crying and his assistants gave him tissues. He said thanks to the children and he hugged them! The goblins ate the biscuits and drank the milk while Santa was crying. 

After that, all the things started to get back on track… Santa Claus and his assistants became polite and friendly again, the children had their presents just like every year and the goblins had candies to steal and eat again!

POSTSCRIPT: DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A PRESENT FOR SANTA CLAUS. HE WANTS IT TOO!

Jenny D1