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My Christmas Wish
was created especially for
Katherine
Marie Smith
at the age of 8
With Love
From,
Grandma and Grandpa
Christmas 2004
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"Oh what a busy, busy time
of year. Christmas is coming, and I have so many things to do," said Katie
to Anna and Lauren, who had come to play. "I have
gifts to make and cookies to bake, but that's not all. We'll get a tall tree,
and hang three, four, or maybe more stockings."
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Later, Katie
was talking to Anna and Lauren about Santa Claus. They
could picture Santa's jolly, round face and his big smile that was nearly hidden by his long, white, bushy beard.
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"I have a great idea,"
said Katie. "Let's get our crayons and pencils, each
make a list, and call it "My Christmas Wish." This list will be special. We'll pretend that we can go to the North Pole and see how Santa and Mrs. Claus get
ready for Christmas."
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All of the elves work so hard in Santa's toy shop that Mrs. Claus
bakes them lots of cookies for snacks. Some have red icing; some have chocolate
icing; and some have green icing.
"Ummm,
I really like cookies," said Katie, "I wish that I could be there to share some of them with the
elves."
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Santa's elves are very busy running here and running there.
"I wish
that I could be there to help feed the reindeer and polish all of the brass bells," said Anna .
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Katie
thought of another wish. "I wish that Santa could bring Rudolph to Bellevue
Washington. It would make
the whole town happy."
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"I just thought of an even bigger wish," said Katie. "I wish that Santa Claus would come with ALL of his reindeer and take me for a ride. Up, up, and away we would fly. I would
wear a green suit to match the color of Santa's green sleigh. As I fly by, I
might even shake a bell or two myself."
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"Well, I have the BIGGEST
wish," cried Anna . "I can't write it down, because
it is so BIG. I wish that all of the children in Bellevue Washington could take turns flying around
with Santa Claus. I can just see their BIG smiles."
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Katie, along with Anna
and Lauren, was enjoying this pretend game very much. They were wishing
that they could go and see where Santa and Mrs. Claus lived. They had been told
that the walkway to the front door was lined with candy canes!
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All of the sudden, they found themselves sitting at Santa's table. Santa was reading through his very long list of names of children who had been very
good. Katie, as well as Anna and
Lauren, hoped that their names were on the list.
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"Welcome to our home, Katie. Would you like some cookies," asked Mrs. Claus.
"Santa and I will sing you some Christmas songs. How about 'Silent Night'
or 'Jingle Bells'? Yes, 'Jingle Bells,'" and they began to sing.
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The music could be heard in the workshop where the elves were working
very hard. One elf was painting some finishing touches on the roof of that doll
house. "I wonder if one of the elves made that little doll," said Katie.
"I would like to have that as a gift for myself."
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Katie saw an elf pick up a colorful book about
the real meaning of Christmas. She thought that it seemed like a good idea to
add the book to her wish list.
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"This has been a very exciting adventure to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus
and see how hard all of the elves work to get ready for Christmas," said Katie.
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As the children watched Santa load his sleigh, they realized that it
was time to say good-bye. "Before we go," said Katie,
"we have just one last wish."
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"Peace on Earth and good will
to all the children of the
world."
Christmas
2004
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THE END
