Eagle Nugget Brought to you by the Section 1 ELA Class Christmas Around The World By: Kyleigh Burt Did you know Christmas can be different around the world? Well, I’ll tell you all about it! You’ll be learning about Japan, Egypt, France, and Zimbabwe’s Christmas traditions. Japan didn't start to In Egypt they celebrate celebrate Christmas until a few Christmas on January 7th decades ago. They do not instead of December 25th. Forty three days before classify Christmas as a major Japan holiday, and Christmas Eve is Christmas, people in Egypt go celebrated more than on a vegan diet. Orthodox Christmas day. Most of the means Christmas day in Japanese order take out on Arbiac, and “Santa Claus” is Christmas rather than a home called “Baba Noel”. Would you cooked meal. It sounds fun to ever spend Christmas in Egypt celebrate Christmas in Japan! Egypt? France is a country located in Christmas in Zimbabwe starts Europe. Their Christmas’ are off with a Mass. Then people go different than ours. The house to house visiting family French are very interested in France and friends on their way home. nativity scenes, and almost At every house you stop at, you every French home has one get something to eat and set up. Their set may include exchange presents. This can a policeman, baker and a take all day. Santa might arrive butcher. Maybe someday you in fire engines at big stores. might want to see a French Christmas in Zimbabwe sounds nativity set. like so much fun! Zimbabwe State’s #1 Christmas Cookie By : Mason Johnson 1. Michigan- Polish Vanilla Cookies Traditional European Christmas dessert. They are enjoyed for their great nutty flavor. Some key ingredients are ground almonds and vanilla bean. 2. Georgia- Calypso Cookies They’re made of shredded coconut, pecans, and rolled oats. Their hearty texture make these perfect for cookie exchanges. 3. California- Vegan Chocolate Chip Bacon Cookie These have chocolate covered bacon which makes for a salty and sweet cookie. This cookie is known to be so good you can’t have just one. 4. Hawaii- Chinese Almond Cookie These nutty almond cookies are easy to make at home. People are known to give dozens of these out as gifts. 5. Virginia- Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookies These cookies are a crowd pleaser. These cookies are fun to make and fun to eat. Use sprinkles and icing to create your own “ugly” design. Crafts By Emily Turner Do you want to learn how to make a paper This craft is a little easier. You’ll need a plate Christmas tree? Awesome! For this pinecone, paint, paper, a pencil, hot glue, craft you need a paper plate, a popsicle scissors, and paint brushes. Once you stick, green and brown paint, scissors, a manage to find a pinecone, clean it and pencil, hot glue, and whatever gems or get your green paint ready. Paint the other decorations you want to put on it. pinecone as well as you can and let it dry. Take your pencil and your plate, draw two Come back when it’s dry, take your white light lines separating your paper into four paint, and dab a little bit of paint on the sections. Take your scissors and cut on tips so it looks like snow. Let this dry. those lines. Now, use your green paint to Come back and get out as many other paint the pieces you cut, and your brown paint colors as you’d like. Then take a paint to paint your popsicle stick. Then smaller paint brush, and paint little dots let these dry. For this part you’re going to of the different colors on the pinecone. need an adult to help you. Take your hot These are the ornaments. Once this dries, glue gun, line up the pieces like they are get your hot glue gun ready you might in the picture, and glue them together. want your parent to help you. While it’s Then, glue your popsicle stick to the back warming up take your paper and pencil of the bottom layer. Unless you’re really and draw a star. Cut out your star, and good at drawing stars, you might need an put some glue on the back. Next hold it adult to help you with this part too. Get a on the top of your tree until it dries. piece of paper, draw a star, and cut it out. After it dries you’re done! You can do Then glue your star to the top of your anything to it to make it the way you tree. Finally, take any gems or decorations want it to look. This craft makes for a you have and glue them on the tree. perfect holiday gift! By: Olivia Butzin For centuries the nativity has been found in churches, houses, and other places around the world at Christmas time. The appearance of a nativity can give us a chance to remind ourselves about the true meaning of Christmas. Do you want to know where it started and why? The first nativity set was made by Saint Francis of Assisi on Christmas Eve 1223 in Greccio, Italy. He made it out of hay, and Saint Francis thought that the meaning of Christmas was being lost. He thought that if he made the nativity, it would symbolize that Christmas is about the birth of Jesus, and not about the gift giving. A usual nativity shows the holy family, the angels, the three wise men, donkeys, sheep, camels, and an assortment of villagers. The oldest nativity is preserved in Bologna, Italy. It dates back to the 13th century. The people are practically life size and made of plaster. The word nativity is also said as “presepe”. The word “presepe” comes from the Latin word “praesepe”, which plainly means “crib”. This means that when we say the word “nativity”, we are really talking about Jesus’ miraculous birth! The nativity comes in lots of different sizes and versions. Nativity sets can be as big as lego, barbies, or the nativity in Bologna, which is the size of actual people. Nativity sets can be found in yards, parks, stores, homes, churches, and so many more places. Nativities are made African-American, or American. Nowadays we seem to also lose focus about what Christmas is really about. We spend all of our time thinking about giving and receiving gifts, rather than about Jesus’ birth and life. Make it your goal this year to buy a nativity in order to regain sight of the true meaning of Christmas. The oldest nativity in Bologna, The usual household nativity. Italy. Christmas Word Search By Carson Kiefer C A N D Y C A N E A S D S H A P P Y L S F V E G F A M I L Y E W D L G I D E N G T I G W D W R N A H P T S V N N N S E G W O R S A H A A K L I E E L E S F C S F G E N R L I S F B O L G F I D B V D E K F O E A B G E R E A N A E K S G U H E E S Y T S D I L G V S R A G O N G G E K M C D E D C H R I S T M A S R E E Word Bank SANTA CLAUS COOKIE EGGNOG ELVES CANDY CANE CANDLE ANGEL SLEIGH HOLIDAY HAPPY PRESENT FAMILY GINGERBREAD REINDEER CHRISTMAS Christmas Crossword Puzzle By Carson Kiefer X Christmas Jokes and Riddles By Josh Clark Jokes Who gives presents to baby sharks? Riddles I come with many Who says “OH OH colors, so beautiful OH”? and bright, I turn so many houses Where do snowmen into a beautiful go to dance? sight. What am I? Where does a Santa was having snowman keep all problems with his of his money? legs and was unable to walk, so he went to the What is the best doctor to see if he Christmas present could help him. in the world? What did the doctor give him to help him walk? Keep Reading to find the answers to the Jokes and Riddles! Best Christmas Movies to watch By: Nataleigh Blaisdell Kevin McCallister is a 8 year old kid who has a big family. By accident, he is left home alone when his family goes on vacation for Christmas. Ralphie Parker is a boy in the 1980’s trying to While his family is gone, two robbers try to make it to Christmas. All he wants from Santa break into his house, but he protects himself and his house. He comes up with traps and is a “Red Ryder Air Rifle.” He is told by sabotages them. His family makes it home just everyone that “you will shoot your eye out in time for Christmas. kid,” this movie is very funny. The Grinch is about a grumpy creature who Buddy the elf is actually a human who crawled lives on a mountain outside of Whoville. He hates into Santa’s bag as a baby. He is raised by elves Christmas and decides to become a fake Santa and believes he is an elf. When he finds out he Claus. He goes to all the houses in Whoville, and he takes all the decorations.