From Amélie...

Hello!!

My first name is Amélie and my nickname is "carrot junior ".

I am fourteen years old.

I have got one brother, Alexis. He is sixteen and a half years old.

I live in a house near the forest in Fère en Tardenois .

The castle of "Anne de MONTMORENCY" is a historical monument. Our school was named after him (Anne de Montmorency was a man !)

My best friends are Mathilde, Marine, Lucie, Sorya, Aurélia, Coline, Mathilde, Tiffany… We like laughing together !

My passion is Arts !!!!!!!

Two years ago, my class went to "Canterbury". It is a NICE town !!!!!!!!! I liked the red phone boxes and the red buses a lot ! ( :) smile....)

Bye !

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* Merry Christmas *
* By Amélie D. *

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CHRISTMAS AT HOME

Shopping
For Christmas dinner, you have to buy food : the custom is to buy a turkey with chestnuts and a log (a traditional cake), but you don’t have to ! You can decorate the table any way you want (a tablecloth with holly, Father Christmas or candles ...) but we must not forget to put a wreath on the front door and the most important is to have fun.



The Christmas Tree


Our custom is to decorate a Christmas tree. You can buy a real tree, or a tree made of plastic. It may be large or small. After you can decorate several ways with several colours: with electrical garlands or cardboard, with apples pine or sequins. At the top of the tree you usually set a star or an angel.




The Food

The tradition for Christmas dinner is:
-the "white pudding" as a starter.-the"turkey with chestnuts" as main course the"bûche" as dessert. You also need…- love
- joy
- good things to eat. (Do not forget to put on the table: small cakes for Santa Claus and carrots for the Reindeer at the end of the meal).


Midnight Mass
In Fère-en-Tardenois, the Christmas mass is not at midnight but at 10 p .m. The nativity scene and the decorations are prepared by the private Catholic school which is located next to the church. During the Midnight Mass, we sing Christmas songs (such as "the divine Child"), we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Before returning home, drawings made by children are distributed.



Santa Claus
All year long, children must be wise otherwise Santa Claus
will not visit them on Christmas day !
During this time, Mother Christmas and the elves make the presents before the big day: Santa Claus’s tour.
Santa Claus comes to leave presents under the Christmas tree. He goes first see his best friend: the Merchant of Sand, who sprays sand to make the children sleep.
When Midnight rings, everybody is asleep.
Santa Claus can finally enter through the chimney and leave
the presents under the tree and chocolates in the slippers.
Then he eats the cakes that the children have left for him
because he has got a sweet tooth !
In the morning, all the children are happy when they find their surprises !
Santa Claus, Mother Christmas, the elves and the Reindeer can finally rest !