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17 | Thursday, December 19, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com A Child's Christmas Dear readers, This edition of the annual Oakville Beaver A Child's Christmas features the stories and drawings of students from Holy Family and St. Andrew Catholic elementary schools in Oakville. The students in Grades 2 and 3 were asked to write on their choice of three themes - their favourite Christmas memory, favourite Christmas tradition or what their gift to the world would be. The responses are humorous, heart-warming and memorable. Full day kindergarten students were asked to draw what Christmas means to them. Again, the results are delightful. We hope you enjoy these pages full of joy, hope and the innocence of little ones as much as we do. Christmas through a child's eyes in stories and pictures Favourite memory is when Peter said if you sit down for 10 minutes and then I get a present, then I kept doing it and I opened every present on Christmas Eve. By Tiago - Gr. 3, Holy Family My gift to the world would be peace to the world. There would be no war. Also every day there would be people helping out to give food and make houses to the poor. We can also give toys to the poor. Maybe one day there would be peace in the world Joshua ­ Gr. 3, Holy Family My family's Christmas tradition is when my family get together. My second reason is when we gather around with my family and sit near the Christmas tree. My gift to the world is to cure the people that have cancer and that are dying. My second reason is peace. I love Christmas. By Rebecca ­ Gr.3, Holy Family Gabriel Holy Family It was one month before Christmas and me Mom and my Dad and my brother went to see the Christmas tree If I give the world a gift it would be peace. The world and me and DANIEL got a candy cane for each of us but needs peace so the world so everybody can be nice to we could not eat it and we went home. each other and the world will be happy. By Adam - Gr.2, Holy Family By Ethan - Gr. 3, Holy Family To all Oakville residents. Wishing you health & happiness Masjid Noor-UL-Haram World Islamic Mission Canada · 2478 Ninth Line Oakville, ON L6H 7G9 · (905) 257-1342 · wimcanada.com Happy Holidays!