Winter Break

Winter Break is two weeks of break during Christmas and New Years. It is a time when people celebrate for Christmas. I think everybody loves Christmas because people like presents, especially little kids. Other holidays during this time are Ramadan, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. I actually have no idea what they do during these times, except for Hanukkah. I know they exchange gifts, and light up the candles. Otherwise, I do not know. I really love Winter Break because of Christmas, New Years, and the fact that I can sleep in.

Over this past week, I have been sleeping at twelve o' clock because I have to read a book for History Class. We have a book report due next week, and I have only started reading my book, Schindler's List. I read about 100 pages, and there are 376. I am constantly trying to force myself to read, but it is really hard for me to start reading. I get really tired when I read, I do not know. My mom says I should ask my optometrist about this. On top of Schindler's List, I have to read The House of the Scorpion for English Class. We do not actually have a date when to read the whole book by, but I have to read it, and write a summary about it. Sometimes, I think that teachers give students too much homework right before Winter Break. Also, teachers have many tests for us to take before Winter Break. Breaks in general make students forget everything they learn, and therefore do bad on tests. This is why many teachers give students a lot of homework, and a test in the end. This week, I have a Spanish test today, a Math quiz on Friday. Next week I will have a History, Chemistry, and Math test.

Santa Claus is an actual person, but dead. Saint Nicholas of Myra used to give gifts to the poor. Christmas is actually the birth of Christ. Now, we just give presents to our friends and family, have Christmas trees (fir trees), etc. I don't know many other things that we do during Christmas. We decorate our Christmas trees with ornaments, lights, maybe candy canes. People have songs about Christmas and Santa Claus. This is the time of the year, besides Black Friday, where prices in stores go down. Stores have competition over toys, who can sell the most, who can make the most money...and lower their prices to get more business.