Christmas

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Christmas

  • What is Christmas, and when do we celebrate it?
  • What are some of your family’s unique traditions on this holiday?
  • Do you like when it snows for Christmas?
  • How do you decorate your house for the holiday?
  • What was the best and worst gift you have ever gotten?
  • Do you travel to see friends and family for Christmas?
  • When you are with your friends and family, do you play any fun games?
  • What is the name of all the reindeer? Who is your favorite?
  • Would you like to be one of Santa’s Elves?
  • If you could only buy one gift for someone this year, who would it be for, and what would you buy?
  • Do you have a favorite Christmas movie or book?
  • What do you think Santa does on his day off? Does he get a day off? What about the elves? Do they have any time off?
  • Who would it be if you met a magic-talking reindeer or a talking snowman?
  • What kinds of cookies does Mrs. Clause make? How many can Santa have?
  • Does your family do anything on Christmas Eve?
  • What would you do if you were a reindeer and saw the others being mean to Rudolph?
  • Do you leave anything out for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve?
  • What is the most incredible Christmas craft you have ever made?
  • If you could decorate the outside of your house, would you have many lights and things on your lawn or nothing?
  • How did the three wise men find Jesus, and what did they bring for him?
  • What do you think would have happened if Jesus was never born?
  • What do you think the city of Bethlehem was like then?
  • Why did the Catholic Church choose December 25th to celebrate Jesus’s birth?
  • If your family does not celebrate, what do you celebrate and when? Do you celebrate Hanika or Kwanza or nothing at all?
Chip Valecek
Author: Chip Valecek