Shh! It's a Secret!

Time to see what the kids were up to!  During the week after Thanksgiving, each class visited our "Secret Store" to shop for gifts for their moms and dads.  With the help of their teachers, the kids selected and wrapped gifts, and, best of all, wrote notes that said why they selected each item.  We hope that the parents had as much fun unwrapping these gifts as the kids did selecting them!

And just look at what we were able to donate to the food bank... 246 non-perishable food items!

Christmas JOY!

Far way in Bethlehem

Many years ago

Was born a special baby

That you all surely know.

Angels waited for his birth

While shepherds watched their sheep.

Wise men searched the sky for a sign

While Bethlehem was asleep.

The baby's mom was Mary

Joseph was his pop.

They had to make a long, long trip.

In Bethlehem they stopped.

They looked for a room, but there

Was no place for them to stay.

So Mary and Joseph spent the night

In a stable filled with hay.

Angels waited for his birth

While shepherds watched their sheep.

Wise men searched the sky for a sign

While Bethlehem was asleep.

The stable wasn't fancy

But it was warm and dry.

As Mary and Joseph settled in

Stars twinkled in the sky.

The cattle and the horses

Softly lowed and neighed.

While doves and an owl perched high above

Mice rustled in the hay.

 

That night the special babe was born

And angels began to sing

"Hosanna in the highest!

Glad tidings do we bring!"

 

To shepherds and sheep in the fields below

The angels sang with joy

"Hurry on to Bethlehem

To meet God's baby boy!"

Angels sang a birthday song

To shepherds and their sheep.

Wise men searched the sky for a sign

While Bethlehem was asleep.

The shepherds woke up all their sheep

And did what the angel said.

They were the first to meet the babe

And see where he laid his head.

Suddenly, high in the sky

A beautiful star shone bright.

In a land far, far away

Wise men saw it's light.

The wise men knew that something good

Had happened on that day.

For many nights they traveled.

The star showed them the way.

When they got to Bethlehem

And saw the little babe

The wise men gave him wonderful gifts

And on their knees they prayed.

 

This little babe, God's only son,

Was sent from heaven above.

A gift for people everywhere

Filled with all God's love.

Angels sang a birthday song

To shepherds and their sheep

Wise men followed yonder star

While Bethlehem was asleep.