Dear Northley Students,

It’s already half way through the year, can you believe it? February is here, but where is the SNOW?

We still need to use up our snow days! So, to get everyone into the wintery mood, we wanted to fill

this newspaper with fun, holiday articles and activities. Enjoy!

The Editor

By Julia Smith What do you like to do after the holi-days? We elves love to take vacations to Christmas Island. After all of that toy making, we like to kick back and relax with a coconut filled with hot chocolate! Yum! What is your favorite toy to make? Well, we all have different favorites. Like, Jingle Bells loves to make the in-struments, Mistletoe likes to bind all of the books, Sugar likes to make all of the candy, and Elwood likes to make the sports equipment such as: baseballs, basketballs, footballs, and more. What do elves like to eat? We try to stay within four major food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn,

and syrup. We love a lot of sugar. We also eat pancakes when the holiday season is over because that’s when Santa can leave the shop

and get us some.

Julia Smith is a member of the National Junior Honor Society. She is working on a community service project where she writes letters to the soldiers in Iraq. We wanted to share a letter sent back to Julia: Dear Julia,

Thank you so much for the box you sent.

Receiving any kind of mail is

always a great morale booster. I really

liked reading the cards from the

kids, the jokes made my day. I loved all

of them, I will start hanging

them up tomorrow. I was telling some of

the other soldiers the jokes,

they didn't laugh as much as I did. I

would like to send a letter to the

kids if you could send me the address to

the school or I could just send

it to you and you could deliver it for me.

I wanted to tell you a little about me. I

am 28 years old and I love the

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• Letters to Soldiers

• Interview with the Elves

• Winter Sports

• Holiday Concert

• Sixth Grade Survey

• 8th Grade Memories

• Winter Formal

• Horoscopes

• Siegel’s Nest

• Hunger Games

• Pop These Days

• Short Stories

• National Chocolate Month

• Cookie Recipe

• Swim Team

• Winter Experiment

• Meet Mrs. Morgan

• Puzzles

• Top Workout Songs

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Viking Voice February 2013 Volume 2

Letters to Soldiers

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Eighth Grade Yndiah Bobo Nicole DeStefano Claire Howley Kate Lannon Mel Leeland Tessa Mazzarella Rachel Miller Natalie Novotni Shannon Savage Emily Simpson Ryan Vickers Coach: Mr. Treml

Seventh Grade Jake Baron Connor Boyd Shahir Brown-Morris Bailey Kilgore Justin Kuc Joe Long Brendan McGinn Liam Nihill Evan Roland Ian Roland John Stritzinger Charlie Wendling Coach: Mr. Starkey

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Eighth Grade Ishy Ahmad Nassir Ali Joe Dignazio Dino Karros Matt Manfre Michael Mason Bryan Meehan Ed Penza Tyrone Starkey Sean Steppke Tyler Ungarino Quentin West Coach: Mr. Rick

Nick Bailey Christian Bateman Alex Buonopane Haneef Burrell Austin Campbell Jared Creegan Don Gilmour Austin Jester Jon Kester

Chase Kilgore Justin Lubberman Shane Luedtke James McCullough Jake McDonald Danny Mullen Shane O’Neill Blaire Orr JT Osher

Adam Robinson Jamere Robinson Joe Scarpato Yrral Stephens Leo Wright Coaches : Mr. Orr Mr. Bennett

Seventh Grade Sami Bowen Aislynn Catka Savanna Cuddahy Katelynn Horvat Devon Linn Hannah Maggio Marissa McGarrey Madison Michael Anna Miles Liz Morgan Leah Roth Veronica Roth Coach: Mr. Bell

Mr. Raines By: Emily Bromley & Kelly Coleman Mr. Raines has been teaching in Penn-Delco school district for ten years. He started teaching his friends about music in middle school and contin-ued to teach his friends in high school and college. Mr. Raines went to a variety of colleges including; East Carolina, which he attended for four years, and West Chester University, where he earned his Master’s degree. He attended St. Joe’s for high school. Mr. Raines went into the music industry because he wanted to teach middle schoolers all about music, and to show everyone that anyone (with raw music ability or not) can play an instrument. Music was always a passion of his. Now music is not only his passion but it is his job. Although Mr. Raines does not know how to play all the instruments, he has at least a little knowledge about them.

Concert Band played Fanfare Noel,

Greensleeves, Hanukkah is Here, It’s the

Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

Symphonic Band played I want a Hippo-

potamus for Christmas, Minka’s Sleigh

Ride, Rockin’ With Frosty, and American

Bell Carol.

The 6th Chorus sang: Carol of the Field

Mice, Riu, Riu, Chiu , Do you Hear What I

Hear, and Winter Troika Ride.

The 7th and 8th Chorus sang: Something

Told the Wild Geese, Herl Za Krismas, Ha-

nukkah Night, and Have Yourself a Merry

Little Christmas. Honors Choir sang the

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

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What did you do over winter break? Mrs. Matys – She spent time with friends and family. She also took her daughter to play with her friends. Tommy C – He visited friends and fam-ily. He read some good books and played his Xbox. Chris B – He had a lot of Hot Choco-late and watched A Christmas Story. Cody C – He visited family in Dela-ware and opened presents. Jameer W – He went out Christmas shopping for stuff. Joey T – He got the legos he wanted for Christmas. Taryale A – He ate with his family, played with friends, and visited other family. Nick C – He opened his presents to see the My Little Pony he wanted.

Kelly C - She saw her cousins and went to her Grandparents for Christmas Eve. Kadin B – He read Catching Fire. He also went to his Dad’s house in Atlantic City. Emily B – She went outside to play with friends and neighbors. Gabby D – She visited family and friends. She went outside to see other friends. Gianna D – She visited her family, watched TV, and had a camp fire to roast marshmal-lows. Hailey B – She slept in, watched TV, and hung with friends. Devin C – She went outside with her dad and spent time with her family. Madison B – She read some books, went Christmas shopping, and wrapped the pre-sents. Zeoni M – She went to her Aunt’s house and

took her sisters to play outside. Angela E – She went ice skat-ing and she went the only res-taurant open on Christmas in Chinatown. Melissa P – She went to her Grandparents house for Christ-mas. Kerilys R – She stayed inside and watched some movies, went to church, and went out to dinner. Mandi O – She went to New York City, went outside, and her cousins and aunt came from Florida.

Wimpy Kid.” It was so funny. And my fa-

vorite 7th grade memory is when we did

the Charlotte Doyle project. We made a

video and it was really funny because it

was sort of terrible.

Melissa R— The best 6th grade memory

was having a great homeroom and going to

the Blue Rocks game. In 7th grade I re-

member my favorite teachers and my

friends.

Catherine B—In 6th grade we went to the

Blue Rocks game and I got really sun

burned. In 7th grade, I remember playing

capture the flag and getting really muddy.

Victoria V—I loved my English class and

teacher. Looserpalooza was fun and we

made giraffe hats. In 7th grade, my social

studies teacher was obsessed with Abe

Lincoln and George Washington and cap-

ture the flag was great.

Tessa M— My favorite 6th grade mem-

ory was being able to make all new

friends. My favorite 7th grade memory

was Career Day.

Natalie N— 6th grade memory was all

the new friends I made. 7th grade

memory was playing capture the flag

and field day.

Gioia M—Favorite 6th grade memory

was when people could write some-

thing nice, but we didn’t put our

names. In 7th grade, when we got all

wet from an activity with water.

Andrew G—My favorite 6th grade mem-

ory was learning about Greek Mythol-

ogy and in 7th grade playing capture

the flag.

Gillian K— The 6th grade memory I like

best is when we went to see “Diary of a

Kayla G— In 6th grade, hav-

ing Mr. B as a teacher and

cutting out wood was a great

memory. In 7th grade, Mr.

Click’s class was great when

we played capture the flag.

Jon K— My favorite memories

were going to the Blue Rock’s

game and getting inducted

into the National Jr. Honor

Society.

Attention 8th Graders: We

want to hear your favorite

6th, 7th, and 8th grade

memories. Bring your memo-

ries to room 113 and you

might see them in the next

Viking Voice.

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Kate L— Dancing and taking pic-

tures with my friends

Rachel M— Dancing with all of my

friends and the photo booth

Kelsey C—The photo booth and go-

ing out to dinner afterwards

Julia S—Dancing and having so

much fun with my friends, and tak-

ing funny photos in the photo booth

Megan B—My favorite Winter For-

mal memory was just hanging out

with all of my friends, dancing and

having fun

Matthew L—My favorite memory

was when the DJ played Gangham

Style and everyone went crazy

Blake P—My favorite memory of the

winter formal was being able to

dance with my friends

Kristen O—My favorite memory was

the photo booth

Montana M—I liked the photo booth

and having pictures taken with my

friends

Ryan V— My favorite memory was

how people got prizes for dancing

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By: Julia Smith Aries: (March 21-April 19) This New Year will be as energetic as you are! Forget the indoors, you will be outside doing what you love to do best: staying active. Whether it’s shoveling snow or sledding down hills, you will find a way to burn all of that energy! Taurus: (April 20-May 20) This New Year will take some get-ting used to. But, being as patient as you are, it shouldn’t be a problem. Remember to open up to people and make some new friends! Gemini (May21-June 20) This New Year will be full of laughs! Lots of fun is heading your way! But, don’t let your double per-sonality get in the way of all your fun. Remember, balance is a good thing.

Cancer: (June 21-July 22) Your New Year looks very promising! As loyal and sympathetic as you are, you will make some new friends, while keeping your old ones close. Leo: (July 23-August 22) This New Year will be filled with adventure for your wild spirit! Have fun and try to find someone else to share your crazy adventures with! Your year will also be filled with drama between your fellow peers, so try not to get involved or it might ruin your sponta-neous year! Virgo: (August 23-September 22) Your New Year will be great! Filled with fun, friends, and more! But, try not to work so hard or you might not be able to enjoy it! Libra: (September 23-October 22) Your New Year looks as optimistic as you! Be sure to spread your optimism throughout your friends so that their New Year is as good as yours!

Scorpio: (October 23-November 21) Your New Year will be surprising! Look out for a special twist in your year! Don’t worry; it’s going to be a good one! Sagittarius: (November 22-December 21) Your New Year is going to be a time for giving. Being the generous person you are, it should be a wonderful year! Capricorn: (December 22-January 19) Your New Year is going to be filled with opportunities to show off your leadership skills! Whether it’s a lead in the school play, or captain of your sport’s team! Aquarius: (January 20-Febraury 18) Your New Year will be filled with ways to show others your uniqueness and crea-tivity! Enjoy every minute of it! Pisces: (February 19-March 20) Use your artistic mind to create an amaz-ing year! Stay open-minded about others and share your creativity with others!

A: I hope you apologized. If you didn’t, APOLOGIZE! An apology can go a long way to resolving con-flicts. If you did apologize, she may need a little time to calm down. Then maybe apologize again, and explain what you are sorry for. For example, “I’m so sorry I hit you in the face with a snowball. I would never intention-ally do that. I hope you can forgive me because I really value our friendship.” Q: I have a hard time making friends at school. The only person that listens to me is my stuffed snowman name Frosty. What can I do to make some “real” friends? A: I would join an afterschool activ-ity (sport or club). You will find so many interesting people that you actually have something in common

Q: My best friend went snowboarding without me! I don’t want to be mad at her but I can’t help it. How can I con-trol my jealousy? A: Tell your friend that next time she goes snowboarding, if she is allowed to bring a friend, you’d love to go. You can then find out why she didn’t bring you. She may not have been allowed or maybe she didn’t think you’d be interested. But it sounds like the two of you just need to communicate openly with one another a little more.

Q: Over the weekend, my whole neighborhood had a huge snowball fight. During the chaos, I accidently hit my friend in the face with snow. Now she’s mad at me. What can I do?

with. I would leave Frosty at home, though, but that’s just me. Q: I am planning to have a win-ter themed birthday party soon. I have a group of friends but not everyone is getting along. What should I do? A: Special Guest to the Nest: Mr. Maxwell just had a party and had the same issue so he is here to answer this one! Invite everyone in the group. The party may be just what they need to work out their differences. Just because they are having a disagreement now does not mean that they are not going to make up. If you do not invite some of them, you may feel bad later and that may (Continued)

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A Present to Me By: Julia Smith

I didn’t want to move, but my mom made me. The

three hour drive to our new ranch house was dreadful. It

was already four months into the semester when my mom

told me that we were moving to New Jersey. A new

school, a new house, new people and I am not prepared for

any of it. My mom looks at it as, “a brand new start” but

all I see it as is a giant disappointment. I’m not the one

who needs a new start. Anyway, Christmas is a week away

and I am not even excited for that either. I am starting

school tomorrow and I am still trying to figure out my

game plan for the day. I toured the school yesterday and it

wasn’t anything special. Drab gray walls, boxy school

desks, and stupid gray uniforms that are as dull as the

teachers who work there. As the sun drops and the hours

go up, I lay awake thinking of those gray sweaters.

The next morning went by in a blur as I said good-

bye and started walking to school. Yes, walking. There are

no buses that belong to the school; something about giving

kids exercise, but I really think that all they want is to

punish us kids. Homeroom wasn’t that excellent either.

My teacher, Mrs. Edwards, is an older lady with strange

black and silver hair. She spoke with a whisper, but I did-

n’t even pay attention. My other classes went by so slowly

and I thought that lunch would never come. But, lunch

was even worse. I sat by the trash cans on the floor and

when the first banana peel fell onto my head, I lost my

appetite. In afternoon homeroom, Mrs. Edwards an-

nounced that the school will be hosting their annual

Christmas Pollyanna. I knew right then and there that I

wouldn’t be receiving any gifts. When I got home, I told

my mom and she made me buy some dumb present.

The Pollyanna came that Friday before break and

everyone exchanged gifts with each other…except me.

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Pop These DaysPop These DaysPop These DaysPop These Days

By: Connor McDermond

I’m not trying to be a total old man here, but pop just

really stinks these days. All it is is some talentless

auto tuned pretty boys thinking that they can make a

song. The lyrics just stink! “Call Me Maybe.” Wow!

Is that just a desperate attempt at rhyming something

with baby. Plus, “I need a refill?” What were you,

getting sponsored by Burger King? The songs are

also repetitive in Justin Bieber’s “Baby.” He says it

55 times - FIFTY FIVE TIMES! Plus, he sounds like

a seven year old girl singing (no wonder he’s the

worst female singer in the world.)

By the way, you have to be kidding. A guy writes a

song called “Payphone” in 2012! Wow! What’s his

next single, “Floppy disk?” Pop started getting de-

stroyed by these young faced talentless hacks ever

since Michael Jackson died. Every time I hear a pop

song on the radio, I cover up my ears to not listen to

this dog doo doo. If you have the same opinion as

me, then good for you. but if you don’t, get a life and

stop worshipping these untalented pretty boy morons

as gods. I rest my case that pop stinks these days,

and don’t even get me started about One Direction.

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STORY

When everyone was done, I had nothing. I watched as the

other students opened their presents and I sat there. I

don’t know why, but this made me a little upset. The rest

of day went by like always and as I was leaving, I heard

someone call my name, “Annie! Annie!” I turned to see

Mrs. Edwards standing at the entrance holding a gift,

“This is for you! One of the students was embarrassed to

give this to you and asked me to and I must have forgot-

ten!” I smiled and held the gift. Maybe this won’t be so

bad after all. The End.

Snowman Paradise By Johnna Diehl

One day, a snowman appeared out of no-where in the middle of Northley Middle School. All of the teachers were scared that the snowman would not leave. All of a sudden, the students be-gan laughing.

“What’s going on?” said Maria. Mrs. Miller exclaimed, “A snowman just

appeared.” The Northley Middle School was now completely frozen.

“Was this school crazy?” said Joey. Kids were running and screaming! So, they closed the school down for five days. The kids and teachers resumed on the Monday of the next week. The snowman was gone. Now the students could learn.

Directions: 1.) In a large bowl, beat granulated sugar, butter and molasses with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well mixed. Beat in egg and water until blended. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt, cardamom and cloves. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm. 2.) Heat oven to 350 F. On floured surface, roll 1/3 of dough at a time to 1/8 inch thickness. (Keep re-maining dough refrigerated until ready to roll) . Cut with floured 2 ½ inch gingerbread boy or girl cookie cutters. On ungreased cookie sheet, place shapes about 1 inch apart. Decorate with currants or can-dies. Sprinkle with colored sugar. 3.) Bake 6 to 7 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; cool completely.

Santa Claus By Alexis Gindle

One winter night, at midnight on Christmas, Santa was at all the houses giving out presents to all the boys and girls. He was silent. Then he came to a foster home where 20-40 boys and girls lived. Santa needed a lot of presents. One little boy heard a small noise coming from the living room. So the little boy got up from his bed and went downstairs. Santa and the little boy looked at each other and at that very moment Santa new that his wife was watching over him and his new son.

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Gingerbread Cutouts Prep Time: 1 hr 30 min Start to Finish: 2 hr 30 min 10 Dozen Cookies Ingredients: 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 1 cup butter or margarine, softened 3 tablespoons molasses 1 egg 2 tablespoons water or milk 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground cardamom ½ teaspoon ground cloves Currants or assorted candies, if desired Colored sugar or additional sugar, if desired

National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

National Chocolate Covered Anything Day is a very over looked holiday. It is always on December 16th

. This is a day

to indulge your favorite chocolate foods and not feel guilty about it. Some popular chocolate covered foods are

chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered cherries, and chocolate covered chocolate cheesecake. Some more

different combinations are chocolate covered bacon, chocolate covered bugs, and chocolate covered meatballs.

You can create your own chocolate covered food. Be fun and creative with it.

This holiday goes back to the mid-1800’s. There were many Swedish settlers in Minnesota. They found

the method of covering everything in chocolate. It was in a small town called Lindstrom, where the people thought

this was a great idea and it needed to stay alive. A chocolate shop in Lindstrom called Här är Chokladöverdragna

Något was the first to celebrate this day. If it wasn’t for Minnesota we would not have this wonderful holiday.

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S w i m m i n g

Catherine Olshefski Ryan Olshefski Shreyas Parab Maddie Pomante Emma Robinson Morgan Ruggieri Emma Sierdzinski Brendan Skwirut Madison Skwirut Julia Skwirut Jane Smith Riley Smith Jared Stanaitis

Ryan Haughey Josh Hocker William Holefelder Breanna Hulton Shelia Irby Liz Johnson David Kearney Dan Komorowski Liz Luoma Anthony Marantino Makenzie McGinnis Jayme McIlhenney Grant Michaels

Andrew Basht Lauren Bondrowski Megan Bowen Chelsea Brees Cassie Bridwell Joey Cairy Brian Chadwick Stephanie Chattin Melanie Chiponis Savanna Cuddahy Bailey DeLellis Connor Connelly Sami Haney

Dan Taylor Kyle Thorp Josh Trusty Brittany Valentine David Valentine Erica Williams Jackie Wynes Coaches: Mr. Campbell Mrs. Matys

Winter Experiment

Ingredients: Water bottle, Water Fill a plastic bottle with water stopping about ¼ inches from the top. Replace lid and sit the bottle in the freezer making sure the bottle is standing straight up. Leave the bottle in the freezer for at least a few hours. It will appear that the bottle has exploded because of the ice.

Art by Zoey

The Hunger Games Book vs the Movie

By: Zoe Tutlo

The Hunger Games! Have you read the book? Have you seen the movie? Well, I’ve done both and let me tell you, I don’t regret one min-ute of it. So which one is better you ask? I personally have no favorite, but let’s see what you think! Mrs. Zimmerman said…“I like the book. The movie was great, but it left out a lot of important parts.” Julia Smith said… ”I prefer the book. The movie was good though.” What do you like better? Thanks for read-ing and see you soon!

The Viking Voice loves to find out more about the special people who work here. Julia and Devyn had plenty of questions for our awesome Mrs. Morgan. Q: How long have you been a secretary at NMS? A: Since February 2004. It will be 9 years in February. Q: What is the best part of being a secretary here at Northley? A: The students are the best part. They are always different and it’s a lot of fun to see them when I’m out and around town. Q: What do you like to do during free time? A: Walk and hike with my husband Tom and play “Chuck It” with my puppy, Coal. Q: What college did you go to? A: I went to Keystone School of Business and Widener University.

Q: What is the hardest part of being a secretary? A: Getting my work done quickly and correctly. Secretaries do many tasks at one time, but at the end of day, everything needs to come together. Q: Do you have any interesting hobbies? A: I’ve been involved with the Green Ridge Volunteer Fire Company for 30 years.

Q: Have you worked outside of the district? What did you do? A: I was an Administrative Assis-tant to the President of UGI Corpo-ration. It’s a fancy name for a sec-retary, but I had a company car and a clothes allowance. Q: What type of music do you like to listen to? A: Anything you can dance to!

Q: What is your favorite movie and book? A: My favorite movie is “Gone with the Wind”, and the book I always read and reread is about 911 firefighters. I don’t know that it’s my favorite book, but it’s been my “go to” book for 10 years. Thank you, Mrs. Morgan. We appreci-ate all that you do!

I want to thank you once again for

everything you did to put a smile on

our face.

Thank you,

SGT NEWTON, YADIRA

SASMO

TF Durable

1st Sustainment

Brigade

Bagram Airfield, Af-

Army. I also enjoy reading, and

writing. I am actually working on a

book myself. It's a book about my

experiences in Iraq back in 2003. I

went to Iraq when I was 18 right

after high school. I have two kids, a

boy who is 5 and a girl who is 8 and

I miss them both so much. My kids

and I also love Harry Potter.

I don't have anyone else in my fam-

ily in the military. I am the only

crazy one who joined the Army but

I love every moment of it.

(Siegel’s Nest Continued) actually cause more friction. I hope you have a wonderful birthday! Q: I am pretty sure there is a student who is being bullied in my home-room. He won’t say anything but some kids always seem to be making fun of him. Should I say something or should I stay out of it? I’m afraid I will make it worse and the kids are just kind of talk-ing down to him and laughing at him. A: Any time, and I mean ANY time, you see someone being hurt emotionally or physically, you should report that. You can remain anonymous. But this student may really need our help. Let’s work together to help him and ALL students who are unfortunately a target of bullying. We can make a difference.

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CHESTNUTS FIREPLACE HOTCHOCOLATE

MARSHMALLOWS MITTENS SNOWBOOTS

SNOWFLAKES SNOWMEN SUGARCOOKIES

Winter Wonderland

VIKING VOICE STAFF

Top Work Out Songs for 2012-13 Whether you’re hitting the gym or preparing for practice, or a game, these songs are sure to get you pumped and ready for some exercise! With all the students participating in sports this year , you need to get your mind ready (not just your body) if you want to be a success! 1- Radioactive by Imagine Dragons 2- Champion by The Chevin 3- Lose Yourself by Eminem 4- All I Want by A Day To Remember 5- Stronger by Kanye West 6- New Divide by Linkin Park 7- Part of Me by Katy Perry 8- Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas 9- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy 10- Here Comes The Weekend by P!NK By Haley Domzalski

(Interview with the Elves continued) What is your favorite thing to do in your free time? Besides making toys, we love to sing Christmas carols, play basketball, and smile. Smiling is our favorite thing to do! What is it like working for Santa Claus? It’s so amazing! He is the best boss ever! He gives us breaks whenever we want them, and sometimes we even get to travel in the sled on Christmas and help him give out the toys. I think that we all like to work for him. Well, except for Frank. He has to pick up the reindeer poop. But, everyone else has a great time. I’m just glad that I got this job and I don’t have to mend shoes or bake cookies in a tree or anything. How do you get to Santa’s Work-shop? That information is confidential.