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CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT

By MADONNA MACDONALD, SARAH CAMERON AND PAULA DOIRON

ACE PROGRAM

is a busy time for all students and professors. December

means lots of studying and getting ready for exams. | like finishing up classes and getting Christmas vacation as a break. I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year because I get to spend time with my family, and that is impor- tant.

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My friend Paula Doiron likes Christmas because she likes going shopping for her mom’s present. She also likes helping her dad put up the lights. Paula and her mom like to look at the neighbors lights. On Christmas day, I like to open presents, have a big turkey dinner and go to church, because it is Jesus’s birthday.

Another friend, Sarah Cameron, likes Christmas too. She says that her family celebrates by going to church on Christmas Eve. They visit their friends’ house. They talk, sing and eat lots of good food. I like to eat food at Christmas too, but sometimes it makes my weight go up, but this happens to lots of people at Christmas. I also love to visit family and lis- ten to Christmas music. This year I bought a Santa hat to get people in the “Christmas Spirit”.

Merry Christmas

Ed Note: The ACE program is an inclusive post-secondary education program for adults with intellectual disabilities.