Honorable Mention – Essay/Short Story – Elementary (Grade 1-5)
Grace McGettigan - Age 9 - Morgantown
Santa Claus to the Rescue
Once upon a time there were two brothers and one sister and the brothers names were Tom and Jerry and they were older then the sister. The sister’s name was Savannah. Savannah knew Jesus and how he was born and all of that, but her brothers didn’t.
One day Savannah was singing holly jolly christmas as a carol and there was an avalanche and Savannah was right In its path. In a couple of seconds Savannah was covered in snow, but Santa came and rescued her.
When Savannah woke up, she was surprised. She saw Santa watching Home Alone and Christmas lights were everywhere. One of the elves gave Savannah hot chocolate (it was so good) and Savannah went to the workshop. She saw so many presents and Christmas trees covered in ornaments and pine cones. An hour later she went outside and saw so many snowmen. “Oh no!” said Savannah. It was Christmas eve and she didn’t know how to get back.
Santa heard her say that and got an idea. He will bring her as a present so when he got ready to go he said, “Come Savannah, I am going to take you home.” Savannah hopped on the sleigh and fell asleep. When she got to her house, Santa went to her bedroom and laid her in bed and then went to drop all of the presents off. When everyone woke up and unwrapped the presents, Savannah taught Tom and Jerry about Jesus.