Storytime

For Ethan's Christmas party at school we had a man from our ward (who plays the big guy up at Tuacahn) come and read a Christmas story to the class. It was cute. The man couldn't dress up as Santa (contract reasons) so he put on a Santa hat and a red vest. When the kids walked in a lot of them thought he was a real Santa but wasn't in his red suit or had a beard because it wasn't Christmas. But the debate was on.

He read them a story about a clockmaker who worked on a clock for a long time so it would be a perfect gift for the Christ child. But he ended up selling it when it was finished to give Christmas to some neighbor children. He looked around his house and found the only thing he had to give the Christ child was an apple. So he gave that and it was accepted as the "best gift" because it was all he had.

When the story was over we gave the kids an apple and a huge candycane as their gifts from us. It was a great morning and the kids loved it! Courtney had to sit by her brother the whole time. She certainly loves him.