Wallowa third gradeThe Wallowa Elementary 3rd grade students in teacher Lisa Lindsey’s wrote about their family’s holiday traditions.

Every Christmas Eve we get to open one present. Then we go to sleep. We wake up and run downstairs and open the rest of the presents. – Gracie Pendarvis

Every year we eat ham. It tastes good. – C.J. Horn

Every year we have family over. We put up and tree and decorate it. – Ryan Hafer

Every year we open our presents on Christmas morning. We get about four presents. That’s what we do on Christmas morning. – Wyatt Prince

Every Christmas my mom makes eggnog for everyone to drink while we open presents, and we listen to Christmas music. – Sabrina Morehead

On Christmas Eve we decorate our tree, and for dinner we eat tacos. Then we wake up and open our presents. Then we go out to dinner. – Katherine Dickenson

Every year we get a tree and decorate it. On Christmas day we open presents with family. A week after Christmas, we burn our Christmas tree. – Michael Diggins

Every year we open presents in the morning. Every year my mom takes pictures. – Sonora Blair

Every year we have a sledding party. – Alex Wightman

Almost every year me, Kody, Mom, and Darren open one present on Christmas Eve.

The next morning, we open the rest of our presents. Then at lunch time, we go to our aunt’s or grandma’s house.

We have a good Christmas. – Kelsey McManus

When we decorate our tree, we put lots of lights and big round Christmas ornaments on it. We put little ones on it too. We have a train to put around it. It has three cars behind it. – Courtney Tippett

We open gifts on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. Our family comes to town. I know a song we sing too. It is called “Angels We Have Heard On High”. – Ashley Wilson

On Christmas Eve we go to my Nana and Papa’s house. We go to the woods and get a tree. We go to a Chinese restaraunt. In the morning I open my gifts. – Kristin Craig

Every Christmas we have a Christmas tree. And every Christmas my mom or dad video tapes us opening our presents in the morning. – Gus Ramsden

On Christmas Eve we open our gifts. Then we go to our grandma and papa’s. – Kadence Fry

For Christmas Eve we draw names. Then we shop for them. Then when we are done, we wrap the presents. Then we go shopping for our family. Then on Christmas we open all our presents. – Joseph Robb

Every Christmas morning we get up and open all our presents. We get dressed and wait for people to show up. Then we eat. Then we open the presents from everyone else. – Rylee Goller

Every year for Christmas we get a real tree and have hot cocoa and decorate the tree and the house. – Zane Mallory

On Christmas Day I go to my grandma and grandpa’s house. We eat dinner and open presents. We go to my other grandma’s house too. – Austin Brockamp

I have Christmas at our house. We open presents from other people.

In the morning, Kurt and I get up early, and open the presents that Santa got us. My grandma comes, and then everyone wakes up and my parents and grandma open their presents. Kurt and I open more presents.

Then we take grandma home, and go to my other grandparent’s house, and play Bingo with the whole family. We win prizes. Last year I won a cookie.

Then we have a feast and get stuffed. It is fun. I love Christmas! – Klint Norton