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My name is Tori, I am a 13- year old girl and I live in Rochester, NY, which is in the United States. The dominent religion of the US is Christianity, although, personally, I am a Reform Jew. In my specific shool (twelve Corners Middle School), there are quite a few Jews, but in the surrounding districts, some of my friends are one of two of three Jews in the entire school.
In the US we celebrate Holloween, Thanksgiving, the 4th of July, and New Years, although most celebrate Christmas, too, and Easter.
My family doesn't really do much for these American holidays, but we celebrate all of the Jewish holidays. My personal favorites are probably Purim and Channukkah.

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I'm Kavya and here in rochester we celebrate halloween, christmas, easter, and alotta other stuff. i think my fave holidayt of all is my birthday!!!its soo fun!!!!I love getting tons of prezs and feeling really xited and important then!!!!:)

Hello, from Portugal!

I'm writing to share with you a coming National holiday here, in Portugal. On the 10th June we are commemorating a holiday. It's a national one, related to one of the greatest writers we've already have... Luís de Camões... have you heard about him?? He wrote one very important book OS LUSÍADAS, in poetry about the history of Portugal. It is considered the Portugal Day and we also celebrate the fact that Portugal conquered many places, like in Africa, or Brazil!

Hope you liked to know about this holiday!

Helena.

To celebrate the birthday of Gandhi,we at St.Mark's School organised several activities. Grade 11 and 12 students took an incident from the great man's life and enacted it out for the class to see.Each incident had Gandhi's message in it.The students enacted the Dandi March,the non cooperation Movement etc.beautifully.It was a beautiful way of remembering the Father of our Nation,Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Hope you appreciate them.

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I am a boy living in oklahoma. I'm 13, I go to owasso 7th grade center. We celibrate Christmas. We belive it is the day of Jesus's birth so we give and get presents. We usually have a christmas tree to put the presents under. We decorate the tree with ornaments or anthing we want to put on the tree. I like christmas the most.

tom w. 12 Owasso,Oklahoma 7th grade center our mani religion is christian and our main ritual is Christmas and we celebrate every year. we dont really care what religion you have though we hafve a war in iran over religion.

My name is Alyssa. I live in the U.S.A. My favorite holiday is Christmas.Christmas is my favorite holiday because it is a holiday celebrating Jesus's birth.The most dominant religion in my country is Christianity. The most important religious ceremonies in my country is Christmas and Easter. At Christmas time people give their friends and family gifts.

The dominant religion in my country is christianity.majorholidays are Christmas and Easter. People gather together and share the story of Jesus's birth and Easter is about his death. We light up trees with strings of lights on Christmas and hide and find eggs on Easter. My favorite part of Easter is lent. For 40 days before Easter you give up something, it might be a certain food (like chocolate) or playing on the computer. Most people feel that all religions have their own belifes and respect that but a few are judgemental. I cannot wait to celebrate the birth of my savior and see all of my family. I hope everyone celebrating a holiday this season is ready and excited! Happy Holidays

I am a 13 year old boy. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma. I am a Christian and my favorite holiday is Christmas. My schools name is Owasso 7th grade center. The dominant religion of our country is Christian. There are not to many religious ceremonies in America. The predominant religion is pretty tolerant of Christians but think Christains need to see things a little more like they do instead.

Hi im Emma i am 12-years-old and live in owasso Oklahoma i am christian and here we celebrate christmas, easter, halloween, thanksgiving and the 4th of july my favorite holiday is christmas because it celebrates the birth of jesus and on christmas we exchange gifts with other family members.

Hello, my name is Tali, and I am 12 years old. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma, and my school's name is the Owasso 7th Grade Center. My favorite holiday is Christmas. In my family, when we wake up, we're not allowed to go open presents. My parents put wrapping paper in front of the entrance to our living room, and we have to wait until they have eaten breakfast. When they're done, my sister and I get to run through the paper into the living room. We then open presents for about two hours. The dominant religion in the United States is Christianity, and one of the Christian holidays is Easter. Most people don't care what religion you are.

Hello my name is Avery. I am 13 years old. I am a boy, and I am from Owasso, Oklahoma. My school is Owasso 7th Grade Center. The dominant religion in our country is Christianity, and the most important religious ceremonies in our country is Christmas. Almost everyone participates in Christmas. I am not against any religion. This is just the religion I believe in. I do not know what others think about different religions.

My favorite holiday is Christmas. First of all its my favorite because my whole family shows up at my house on Christmas Eve and then we all spend the night. When we wake up we all open our presents and we eat a big lunch. Then we go open our presents at are dads and then all the relatives go home and we go to bed ready for the next day so we can play with all our gifts!!!

My name is Jackson; I'm 13 and a boy. I am from Owasso, Oklahoma. My favorite holiday is Christmas, because you get to give presents to all your best buddies. I also like getting them though. I celebrate Christmas by having a huge party with my whole family there we trade presents, talk, and just enjoy ourselves.

My name is Logan I am a boy from owasso oklahoma and I attend the Owasso 7th Grade Center. My favorite holiday is Christmas. How my family celebrates Christmas is we decorate a Christmas tree with glass ornaments and lights. Christmas day in the U.S. is December 25th. We hang stockings on the fireplace and give gifts to people and place them under the tree. The legend of Christmas is that a man named Santa Claus lives at the north pole and has a factory of elves that make otys for all the boys and girls of the world. On Christmas Eve Santa delivers presents to everyone around the world. He comes down your chimny and places stuff in your stockings and gifts under the tree.

Hello, I'm Cassidy.I live in Owasso, OK. I'm twelve years old, and go to the Owasso Seventh Grade Center. I am a girl. I live in the United States of America. My favorite holiday is New Years. New Years is the holiday where people stay up really late on Dec. 31 and wait for midnight and celebrate the new year. They usually televise a big celebration in Times Square, New York City, NY. When it gets close to midnight they start a countdown and everyone joins in. When it's finally midnight, they drop this gigantic ball loaded with confetti, from about four stories up. Every body makes a toast with whatever drink they're holding at the time. My family usually has a big party on New Years Eve. On the actual day of New Years we usually go over to my grandmas' house and have a big dinner with my family.

My name is Shelby and I am 12 years old. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma in the United States of America. I go to Owasso 7th Grade Center. Most people in America celebrate Christmas. Christmas is celebrating the birth of Jesus,son of God, in the Christian religion. My family celebrates the holiday by putting up a Christmas tree. A Christmas tree is a pine tree. We hang decorative glass bulbs on the tree and also lights and stars. On the night before Christmas, parents leave gifts underneath the tree so that when the children wake up, they recieve their gifts. Other than Christmas, my favorite holiday is Halloween. On Halloween, children and teenagers dress in decorative costumes. They go door-to-door and trick-or-treat. When you hold out your basket and say "Trick-or-treat", the people participating will give you candies and other treats.
The most common religion in America is Protestant, a part of the Christian belief system. One of the most important holidays for this relion is Easter Sunday. This is the day Christ rose from the dead in the Christian religion. Most people do celebrate these holidays. Most Christians are tolerant with other religions. Some even want to learn more about other religions. Another religion in America is Judaism. Around the same time as Christmas, the Jewish celebrate Hannukah.

Hi, I'm Maggie and I live in Owasso, Oklahoma, which is in the United States. I am a 12 year old girl. I go to the Owasso 7th Grade Center.
The main religion in the United States is Christianity. An important religious ceremony we have is Christmas. It is celebrated on December 25th, and it is believed to be the day of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christian God. To celebrate, my family usually eats a large dinner and then gives and recieves gifts. We put up a tree sometime before Christmas, and decorate it with ornaments and such. We put the gifts under the tree.
We also celebrate Easter, which is said to be the day that Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified. The date of Easter differs from year to year. My family gets together, eats dinner, and celebrates.

Greetings, I am 13 years old, I am a boy, I am from Owasso, Oklahoma, USA, and I go to the Owasso 7th Grade Center. We celebrate holidays of no labor, freedom from England, national importance, and religious holidays. Christmas is my favorite holiday. Christianity is the dominant religion in the USA. It doesn’t really have religious ceremonies but, it celebrates Christmas and Easter. Christmas is celebrated every year on December 25th. Easter is celebrated every year on a Sunday but, is a different day. Christians have mixed feelings about other religions.

My name is Korey. I just turned 13 in November. I am a boy. I am from Owasso, OK. The name of my school is Owasso 7th Grade Center. I celebrate holidays by getting together with my family and usually eating a big meal together. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. The dominant religion in our country is mainly Christianity. Some of the religious holidays or ceremonies we celebrate in our country are Christmas and Easter. Christmas is the day that Jesus Christ was born. Easter is the day that Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross. We celebrate these ceremonies every year. Christmas is on December 25. Easter is a different day each year. Christianity feels that other religions should follow their own religions.

My name is Bryan. I am 12. I am a boy. I am from Owasso, Oklahoma. The name of my school is Owasso 7th grade center. I celebrate holidays with my family just last week I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family by hunting deer in Matador, Texas. The major religion in America is Christianity which includes Protestant Christianity; a major ceremony is weekly church every Sunday. A major religious holiday is Christmas celebrating the day Christ was born. Christianity feels that other religions should conform and follow Christianity instead of their own religious beliefs.

There are many different holidays in the U.S.A. Including the 4th of July, Halloween,
and my favorite Christmas. What you do is you have a pine tree and we decorate it. My family has a tradition is on December 24, Christmas Eve to be precise. What we do is after dinner we place presents under our tree and then we open them! Next we watch a movie and drink eggnog(which is milk with a lot of cream).Finally we go to sleep with joy in our hearts.

Hi! My name is Carolyn. I am a 12 year old girl. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma which is in the United States. The school I attend is called The Owasso 7th Grade Center. The dominant religion in the United States is Christianity. Some of the holidays we celebrate are Christmas and Easter.

Christmas is celebrated on Dec.25. It is the celebration of Christ's birth. It involves family get togethers where we eat and exchange gifts. We decorate our houses with lights, and put up a Christmas tree, in which we decorate with lights and ornaments.

Easter is celebrated on a diffenrent day each year. It is the celebration of when Christ rose 3 days after he was crucified. We get together with family and eat.

Hi, my names Lauren. I'm a 12 year old girl from Owasso, Oklahoma. I'm in the 7th grade and attend the Owasso 7th Grade Center. My favorite holidays are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Years. The main religion in the US is Christian. On Christmas Christians celebrate Christmas to recognize the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is celebrated on December 25. Christians recognize Easter as a time to celebrate Jesus death and resurection. This year, 2009, Easter was celebrated on Sunday, April 12. Next year, 2010, Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 4. Thanksgiving is a time where you get together with your family and enjoy each other. You realize your thankful for all you have and you thank God for all the blessings he's given you. Some common foods to eat on Thanksgiving are turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and corn. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November.

Hello, my name is Allison. I am a 13 year old girl. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma, in the U.S.A. I go to school at the Owasso 7th Grade Center.
We celebrate different holidays in a different way.
January 1st, New Years- We celebrate it with fireworks, blow horns, parties, confetti, and green items. We celebrate this because it is the first day of "the new year".
February 14th, Valentines Day- Valentines day is a special day for you and your loved ones. It is a day full of hearts, flowers, chocaltes, and love. Its where you give your boyfriend/ girlfriend or husband/ wife candies or teddy bears. Its a day to say "i love you".
April 4th, Easter- April 4th is the day Jesus was resurrected or came back from the dead. On Easter the Easter Bunny comes and hides eggs and we have a little scavenger hunt and look for the eggs. The eggs are filled with candie and money. Also the night before you put a basket out and the Easter Bunny fills it with presents, candies, and money.
October 31st, Halloween- On Halloween kids and sometimes adults get to dress up as whatever they like for one night and go around neighborhoods and knock on doors and when the owners of the house open the door you say "trick or treat" and the owners give you a piece of candy.
November 26th, Thanksgiving- We celebrate Thansgiving for the pilgrims and indians. On Thanksgiving all of your relatives get together and spend time with each other and cook a big dinner. Usually people cook turkey, ham, potatoes, carrots, dressing, stuffing, rolls, gravy, cranberry sauce, and pie.
December 25th, Christmas- Christmas is my favorite holiday. It is a beautiful holiday. You set up Christmas trees and lights around your house and decorate it alot. ALl of your family comes and you give eachother presents and Santa Clause comes and leaves you presents during the night and you wake up the next morning and get to open the presents.
The dominant religion in our country is Christain. Communion and being babtized are two of the important religious ceremonies. When you get babtized you are showing that you truly believe in God and you want to live for Him, you usually only get babtized once in your life. After you are babtized you are a son or daughter of God. You may then partake in communion which goes on every Sunday at the church service. Christains are mostly open to other religions, we don't force people to come to our religion, we try to help the people who make bad choices like drugs or alchohal and try to guide them towards God but we never force anyone. We are just happy that people believe in God.

Hello, my name is Tori. I am a 13 year old girl. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma in the United States. I attend school at the Owasso 7th Grade Center. Here in the U.S. we celebrate many different holidays in alot of different ways. Some of my favorite holidays are Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Easter. For Christmas we celebrate the birth of baby Jesus, we give family and friends presents and usually get together with relatives to open presents and eat! On Christmas it is custom to eat ham with potatoes and gravy. We celebrate Christmas on December 25th, on the 24th we celebrate Christmas Eve. Sometimes Children are allowed to open one or two of their presents.
On Halloween kids and somtimes adults get to dress up as whatever they would like to pretend to be for a night. You go around neighborhoods and knock on doors, when the owners of the house open the door you say "Trick or Treat!" Then the owners will give you a piece of candy. Halloween is on October 30th.
Thanksgiving is a time to get together with your family and have a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving is a holiday where you celebrate giving thanks to your friends, family, and give thanks to the people who helped start this country. On Thanksgiving you eat turkey, potatoes, dressing or it can be called stuffing, rolls, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, and all types of pies. Thanksgiving is on the last Thursday of November.
Easter is to celebrate the resurection of Jesus Christ. On Easter your parents hide eggs, either real or plastic. If they hide plastic eggs they usually put candy inside them. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday of April.
The dominant religion is the U.S. is Christian. Communion and being baptized are two of the important religous ceremonies. When you are baptized you are showing that you truly believe in God and want to live for Him, you usually only get baptized once in your life. After you are baptized and made a son/daughter of God. You then may partake in communion which goes on every Sunday at the church service. Christians are mostly open to letting others believe their own way, if the people are lost, confused, or need help Christians will help and disciple to them.

My name is Megan. I am 12 years old. I go to the Owasso 7th Grade Center. My favorite holiday is Christmas. In my family we put up our tree and christmas lights up around Thanksgiving. On Christmas me and my sister have to wait to go downstairs.When our parents call us down we open our stockings then we open presents. Afterr that we go to my grandmas house for lunch and then we open presents there. In the United States most people are Christian.

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Hi, I'm Mitchell! I am 11 years old. I am a boy. I'm from Owasso, OK of the United Staes of America. I go to the Owasso 6th Grade Center. Our school website is www.owasso.k12.ok.us/index.cfm.

The main religion of the USA is christianity. My favorite holiday is either Christmas or The 4th of July. The 4th of july is the day the day when we got freedom from Britain.

Most people in the U.S. celebrate Chrismas. It is
also my favorite holiday. I like because it marks
Jesus' birthday. Also we get to give and recieve gifts.

Hi, My name is Allie and I go to the Owasso 6th Grade Center. I am 12 Years old and I am from Owasso, OK. The dominant religion in the United States is Christian. Being a Christian, most people in the United States celebrate Christmas. To most people Christmas is all about christmas trees and presents and Santa Clause. Christmas is also about people getting together and celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

My favorite holiday is Christmas. Some of the reasons I like it is because we put decorations/lights in our yards and lights on our houses. We get to spend time together, there is snow on the ground,and we get presents!

My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like it, because of the snow, the lights, the Christmas tree, family, giving and getting gifts, the music, and that we get to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Hi my name is Madi and I am 11 years old. I live in Owasso, Oklahoma. We celebrate New Years, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and there are many more.
My favorite holiday is Christmas. Christmas is a great time to spend with family. Every Christmas morning I wake my mom and grandma up at about 8:00 o'clock. We take pictures, open presents, and have a good time.
The dominant religion in Owasso is Christianity. Most people are okay with other people having a different religion.

My favorite holiday is Christmas because i get tons of presents,and it's a time for family to get together.

Hello, I am 11 years old. I am a girl. I am from the United States, Owasso, Oklahoma to be exact. I go the Owasso 6th grade center. Our school website is

 www.owasso.k12.ok.us/OwassoSixth.cfm.

Holidays in our country are celebrated with our close friends and family. My favorite holiday is probably Christmas, because it was when Jesus was born. And I am with my family all day. :)

My favourite holiday is Chrismas, because I get a lot of gifts, and I get to hang out with my cousin.

Hi my name is Nolan,I'm 12 years old, I live in Owasso OK, and I go to the Owasso 6th grade center. The dominant religion in our country is Christian. The most important religious ceremonies in our country are Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Easter, which we celebrate once every year. Nobody really cares about what other people's religion is in our country.

My name is Drew and i am an 11 year old boy. I live in Owasso Oklahoma, wich is in the U.S.A. I go to the Owasso 6th grade center. The school wbsite is

www.owasso.k12.ok.us.com.

The dominant religion here would be Christian. Every Sunday there is church that you go to to worship God. The Church puts on a Christmas service and we sing songs there on Christmas Eve. Everyone in my predominant are not against other religion, just do not follow them. The holidays we celebrate here are Thanksgiving,Easter,Christmas,New Years,and Independence Day (July 4th). My favorite would be Chrismas because all family is together, there is great food, and everyone is happy.

My favorite holiday is Christmas it is all about giving but really everyone just likes the present. Another thing is that we put up a small tree with lights and ordaments all over it and we put presents under the tree and that night or in the early morning you open them

My favorite holiday is Chritmas, because my sister comes home to visit and I get a lot of presents. I also like it because the whole family is together. I get to buy my brother, sister, dad, and mom. I get to hide them and put them under the tree on christmas eve.

Hey my name is Kimberly and I love celebrating Christmas! I am an eleven year old girl from Owasso, Oklahoma. I go to school at the Owasso Sixth Grade Center. Most people in Oklahoma celebrate Christmas and it is my favorite holiday of course. Christmas is around Jesus's birth and thats why we have the pictures of the manager ,the lamb, and the donkey. Actullay we don't know where Jesus was born or if Christmas is actullay on Jesus's birthday. Well my family and I put up decorations. One of the reaons I like Christmas is because of the happiness and family. Well Bye.

-Kimberly

Hi my name's Kaitlyn and I live in Owasso, OK. I go to the 6th Grade Center. Here in the US we often celebrate holidays like Christmas, Halloween, and the Fourth of July. These are celebrated yearly. The dominant religion is Christianity. Although I'm not a very religious person, my favorite holiday is Christmas because I get to make sweets with my family. I don't have an opinion on any religion, and I don't know what others think.

Hi, my name is Megan. I am 12 years of age, and the school I go to is the Owasso 6th Grade Center. Some of the Holidays we celebrate are Halloween, Christmas, Thanksiving, Independence Day. Halloween on October 31st is a day were you can put on a costume that can range from scary to silly. Then, you go house to house with a bucket or something to hold candy. Ring their doorbell, and say trick-or-treat! They will usually hand out candy. Christmas is a day were people give and receive gifts. The day it happens, December 25, is thought to be the day of Jesus's birth. Thanksgiving is a day to be with family, and eat delicious foods. Independence Day which happens on July 4th.It is the day when America gained independce from England. Those are just a few of the holidays we celebrate here ion America!

Hello,I am an 11 year old boy. I go to Owasso 6th Grade Center. I am in ESC. I live in Oklahoma, USA. My favorite holiday is Christmas, because it is a time of joy. We always celebrate Christmas with lots of eggnog and other delicacies. On Christmas morning, we open all of our presents at about 3:00 in the morning.

Hi...I'm Britney I'm a girl and i live in Owasso, Oklahoma. In Oklahoma most people celebrate Christmas. Christmas is my favorite holiday. It marks Jesus' birthday ,which is on December 25th, and it's a chritstian holiday.
In winter, Christmas season, my family and I put up a Christmas tree and put lights on our house to decorate it. We also decorate the house with green and red, mistletoe and other "chritstmas decorations."
On Christmas eve, December 24th, we have a party and exchange gifts. Then St. Nicolas ,also known as Santa Claus, comes during the night and leaves gifts, but only if you've been good all year. Some people that if your bad he will leave you coal instead of presents. Then, either puts them under the tree or in thier stockings which they hang over the fire place. Then in the morning we look in our stocking and see what Santa left for us.
Also in my family it's tradition that we have a Christmas feast. We eat ham and turkey and pie and mashed potatoes and lots of other things. Then we play with our presents and give other people presents.

I'm Samantha and I'm 12. I'm a girl. Our school website is www.owasso6.wikispaces.com I am from Oklahoma in the United States. Our school is the 6th grade center. I love Christmas because we have a tree and we get to decorate it. We eat yummy food and get great gifts. I love being with my family.

My name is Chacy, I am 10 years old.I am a boy. I live in Owasso,OK. The dominant religion in the U.S. is Christianity. My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like Christmas because we celebrate the coming of our Lord. I also like it because I get alot of presents each year.

Hello, My name is Caleb. I am 11. I am a boy. I am from the USA. I go to the Owasso 6th Grade Center. Our website is

owasso6.wikispaces.com

 The dominant religion in the USA is Christian. My favorite holiday is Christmas. I do not know of any religios ceremonies in the USA. I do not know what the predominat religion think about other religions.

My name is Celeste. I am a girl from Owasso, Oklahoma in the U.S.A. Most people celebrate Christmas. "Santa Clause" gives everyone gifts if they've been good. If they've been naughty, they get coal. It is a season of giving. Most people say it is the best time of the year. We have this holiday because it celebrates Christ's birth.

Hello, my name is Chacy. I live in the U.S and the dominant religion here is Christianity. My favorite holiday is Christmas. I like Christmas because I get alot of presents

My name is Kahlie, I go to Owasso Schools. I am 11 years old; I am a girl who goes to The Owasso 6th Grade Center. Our wikipage is owasso6.wikispaces.com. My favorite holiday is Christmas. The way we celebrate Christmas is, we basically celebrate God and that we have family, homes, food, and water.

Hello, My name is Mira,and I am a 12 year old girl. I live in Owasso, OK, USA. I go to the Owasso 6th Grade Center. Our school website is 'owasso6.wikispaces.com'
Almost everybody celebrates holidays differently. My favorite holiday is Christmas.

I am a 12 year old girl. My school is the Owasso Sixth Grade Center. I Owasso,Oklhoma,United States. Christian is the dominant relgion. The most important religious ceremony is probaly Christmas.Onc e a year is when it occurs it the celebration of when christ was born.

Heyy Everyone! My name is Ashlyn. I am a girl. I got to the owasso 6th grade center. I was born in Tulsa , Oklahoma. which is just south of Owasso. Im 11 years old and will turn 12 May 1st. I play many spory such as Cheerleading , Softball , and Basketball! My favorite thing to do is to hang out with my friends! My favorite Holiday is Christmas, because i love to decorate and put up lights!

Hi! I'm Kristen I'm from Owasso I'm an 11 year old girl. I go the the Owasso Sixth Grade Center. Our district website is

www.owasso.k12.ok.us

My favorite holiday is Christmas.On Christamas Eve the family gathers at my house and we all sit around the Christmas tree and sing Christmas carols, and at 10:00 we open all the gifts around the tree. Then everyone goes home and goes to sleep to wait for Santa. When we wake we go into the living room and all the gifts are there. We call each other and tell what we got from Santa, usually thats the best stuff. My favorite part is being with family and having a blast.

Hi. I'm Maddie, I'm an eleven year old girl from Oklahoma. I go to the Owasso Sixth Grade Center. Our school website is www.owasso.k12.ok.us My favorite holiday is Christmas, we always get a Christmas tree and decorate it with ornatments and lights. Then when Christmas morning comes we get up and open all of the presents. Then we call all of our friends and family and thank them and tell them what we got. The best part is, is that I get to spend time with family and friends.

My name is Celeste. I am a girl from Owasso, Oklahoma in the United States. Most people here are Christian so we celebrate Christmas. "Santa Clause" gives presents to all the boys and girls who had been good that year. If they were bad, they get coal. There is a lot of giving in this time of year. We have this holiday because it celebrates Christ's birth. I love this holiday!

Hi, my name is Sydney and I am an 11 year old girl who is from Owasso, Oklahoma. I go to the Owasso 6th Grade Center. My school website is

 http://owasso6.wikispaces.com.

My favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas. In my family for Thanksgiving we go to my grandma's house and eat a lot of food like ham, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, and corn. It is mainly just a time to hang out and talk. For Christmas we wake up and open presents, but before we do that we put up a christmas tree. We decorate it with lights, beads, garland, and ornaments. Every family does their christmas tree a different way. Sometimes on Christmas Eve we have a special dinner or watch a Christmas movie. On christmas day, after we open presents, we play games. That is what my family does on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I am 12 years old. I am a girl and am from the USA. I am from Owasso 6th grade center. You can go to owassops.k12.ok.us to learn more. I celebrate Chirstmas by puting up a tree and going to church on Christmas. I love Christmas. Our dominant religion is Chirstian. The one of the most is the baptisim, Easter Sunday, and Christmas. And I would say, on a scale of 1-10, it would probably be an 8 of how many people paricapate. I think they respect their beliefs.

Hello, my name is Kine. I live in norway and is 14 years old, I are a girl and the school i walk on is Ås ungdomskole.. My favorit holiday is the summer holiday, its because we have that holiday in three month. And its hot and I can be white my friends.And I can be in the stable and white my animals. my dog Stella and the horse I just to ride hufa. I think this holiday is the best! I think the best white this holiday is that I can be in the sun every day. I just love this holiday. and I start in June and end in August. Big hug from Norway

I'm a 14 years old girl from Norway. The main religion in my country is Christianity, therefor we celebrate christmas, well many do. 'Cause it's many different people that lives here, who celebrates their holidays. I celebrate christmas; on the 24th of December we celebrate the birth of Jesus. In the morning we watch christmas programs on the TV. In the evening we eat food, I eat something called "pinnekjøtt", and then we open the presents from under the tree. Before the 24th of December we decorate the house, outside we put ligts on the house or on our trees, inside we decorate with copies of the Santa Class, called "nisser" in Norwegian. They look like him, but aren't him. Merry Christmas! Or in Norwegian: God Jul!

Hallo! I live in Norway. We celebrate Cristmas on the 24. December. First many people go in the church, so at the evening, we eat very good food. After that we go around the Christmas tree, befor we open many pressents form family and friends. We eat rib and turkey and other good dinner. We have Christmas cookies that we have make ourselves. In the Christmas holyday we also celebrate new year.

In Greece the predominant religion is Christianity. So, the two most important holidays are Christmas/'Christougenna'as we call it and Easter, but we consider 15th of August, the Assumption of Virgin Maria, important too, because the Virgin has a special post in our religion for us, Orthodox Christians. Very important and great fun, and a favourite with all children, is also the Carnival time, which is something like Halloween in US, only that in Greece is always at the end of winter (sometime between February and March) with culminating day the Ash Monday (or "Clean Monday" / "Kathari Deftera" in Greek) 40 days before Easter. On Ash Monday, it is traditional to go to the countryside for a picnic, fly kites, and begin fasting for Easter by eating Lenten food (not that we keep fasting for very long - definitely not 40 days!) Another fun Holiday is New Year's Day. In Greece we celebrate it with parties and we stay up late! Schools have 15 days holiday at Christmas (24 December - 7 January) and 15 days at Easter (starting one week before Easter). I think people are quite tolerant in Greece. They don't mind what's your religion when they like you and want to make friends with you.