YS STUDENT NEWSLETTER #321 December 24, 2007

Contents
1. Something for Your Heart
2. Surf Report
3. Forgettable Fact
4. Potent Quotables
5. Parting Shot

1. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART Christmas can be a very busy time for everyone. Use the following Christmas Poem Mad Lib to take time and reconnect with your family. Tell everyone that you are in the process of writing a Christmas poem but need help coming up with some key words. You can then ask everyone to contribute the needed words as you call out the parts of speech, etc., by each blank in the poem. Have them be as creative and as wild as they can be and write the best ones in the spaces. When all the spaces are filled, read the entire poem to the group and the results are hilarious. Have Fun!
A CHRISTMAS POEM
'Twas the noun before Christmas and all through the noun, Not a creature was stirring, not even a _______________. The _______________ were hung by the _______________ with care, In hopes that _______________ would soon be _______________. The _______________ were nestled all snug in their _______________, While visions of _______________ danced in their _______________. And Mom in her _______________ and I in my _______________, Had just settled down for a _______________ winter's _______________. When out on the _______________ there arose such a clatter, I _______________ from my _______________ to see what was the matter. Away to the _______________, I _______________ like a flash, Tore open the _______________ and threw up the _______________. When what to my wondering _______________ should appear, But a _______________ sleigh and a _______________ _______________ reindeer. With a little old driver, so lively and _______________, I knew in a moment it must be _______________. More rapid than _______________, the _______________ they came, And he _______________ and _______________ and called them by name: On _______________ and _______________, On _______________ and _______________. On _______________ and _______________. and _______________ and _______________. But I heard him _______________ as he drove out of sight, "_______________ Christmas to all, and to all a good _______________!"

** Taken from "Ideas: Holiday Ideas," copyright 1997, published by Zondervan, used with permission.

2. SURF REPORT ~ A Christmas Story Trivia Game: based on the Christmas classic movie http://www.funtrivia.com/flashquiz/index.cfm?qid=45973 ~ Lenny's Memory Game: The old game of Memory, with a Christmas theme http://www.northpole.com/Clubhouse/Games/Concentration/Memory/memory.asp?pic=mix

3. FORGETTABLE FACT 99 percent of people can not lick their elbow.

4. POTENT QUOTABLES "He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." - Roy L. Smith
"There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries." - W.J. Cameron

5. PARTING SHOT You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

*All "surf report" internet links and "potent quotables" are provided for informational purposes, and do not imply endorsement by Youth Specialties. copyright 2007 :: Youth Specialties 300 S. Pierce St. // El Cajon, CA 92020 888.346.4179