People all over the world celebrate many holidays in December. Do you celebrate Christmas? We do! Christmas is here in six more days! Yesterday we made snowmen out of milk containers for our holiday party. Everyone is bringing a treat and we are going to add them to the snowman buckets. Then we are going to take the snowmen home to use as decorations and give as gifts. Yesterday we also went to see a holiday concert. It had instruments and singing.
Some people celebrate Hanukkah. Every night for eight nights, people light a candle on the menorah. When you celebrate Hanukkah, you eat potato latkes. We ate them in our class! There is a spinning top that is called a dreidel. To play dreidel, you need gelt, which is chocolate coins.
We read about Three Kings Day. On this day, January 6, the Three Kings have three cakes, and there is a crown on each one. On Three Kings Day, the children find presents in their shoes! Do you celebrate Three Kings Day?
Mexican and Spanish people celebrate Las Posadas. There is a red flower called a poinsettia. The piñata is made out of clay and has special candy and toys hidden inside. You get the candy out by breaking it with a baseball bat.
We had a lot of snow this month. We can make snowmen. We have a break from school for two weeks. It starts on Monday. It also is the last day of the year on Friday. When we come back from break, it will be 2014! We wish you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
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