I think we are fortunate in our school district, because we still have the freedom to say, "Merry Christmas!" and decorate our rooms and school with Santas, trees, and candy canes, etc! We study the reasons behind all holidays and celebrations, but it's nice to not be censored in that way. So, our Christmas party was a blast! The week before the party, we wrote letters to Santa. Of course, this was optional, but all of my students chose to do so. We "mailed" the letters, and some high school volunteer "elves" wrote the kids back!!! One of my teammates dressed up as Santa and went from room to room posing for a picture of him delivering the letters. ;) When the kids returned from P.E., I showed them the picture of Santa in our classroom and they FLIPPED!!!! It was awesome! Then, I gave them their personalized letter. :)
Check out what this looked like...
Our party was a blast! We decorated gingerbread men cookies and ate them, we decorated snowflake ornaments, and played a snowman decorating contest. Check out the fun...
I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas or holiday season. The holiday time at school is so magical, and I cannot believe it is already behind us.
