How to Write A Christmas Story?
“Whatcha writing, Dad?”
“I’m writing a Christmas story to send to your grandparents. They wrote me a story every Christmas while I was growing up, and I thought it might be fun to write one for them.”
“Can you write one about me?”
“Perhaps. Let me see here…”
Once upon a time, there was a young boy named David. He had messy brown hair that refused to stay combed, and he had bright hazel eyes that looked upon the world with wonder. David lived with his family in a small house near the woods, and he had all sorts of adventures with his older brother Rusty, his older sister Peggy, and their dog Rocky.
David loved both his family and friends, but what he really loved the most was Christmas. He enjoyed playing in the snow, decorating the tree, and singing Christmas carols, but what he really loved were the presents. Making and giving presents was lots of fun, but not as much as fun as receiving them. This Christmas, there was one present that David wanted more than anything else, and that was …
“A laser gun!”
“What?”
“A laser gun! So I can be a space hero! Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew! Or maybe a blue lightsaber like the Jedi have in those Star Wars Legos games. Yea, that would be cool!”
… a blue Jedi lightsaber. He tried his best to be a good boy all year so that Santa Claus would leave the lightsaber under the tree. He wanted it so much that he even dreamed of all the new adventures that he could have with the lightsaber.
It was soon Christmas Eve. David helped his mother make their traditional Christmas Eve dinner of …
“Chili dogs!”
“We don’t eat chili dogs for Christmas Eve dinner.”
“We should. The hot dogs are red, and the chili is red, and red is one of the colors of the Christmas season. And if you add relish on top, then you get green, and green is a Christmas color as well!”
… chili dogs. He added lots of pickle relish to each chili dog so that they matched the red and green colors of the season. When he finished decorating the chili dogs, he started setting the plates on the dining room table.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion outside. It was so loud that it rattled all the plates on the dining room table. David rushed to the living room, leaped upon the sofa, and looked out the window, trying to see what caused the noise. He looked all around the front yard, but there was nothing there except a thick blanket of snow and the big snow horse his sister Peggy and he built the day before. He then looked into the sky, and his eyes grew wide with surprise. Falling out of the sky was …
“A Tyrannosaurus Rex!”
“David, dinosaurs don’t fall out of the sky.”
“They do if they’re dinosaurs from outer space!”
… a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The huge dinosaur landed in his front yard, squashing his sister’s snow horse and scattering snow everywhere. The astronaut suit it wore was covered with scorch marks, as it had just fallen from outer space, and its glass helmet had shattered upon hitting the ground. Because it had landed on its back, the huge dinosaur could not use its tiny little arms to get back onto its feet, so it was rocking from side to side helplessly.
There was a knock at the front door. “I’ll get it!” yelled David as he bounded off the sofa and headed to the door. He opened the door to find his best friend …
“Beast Boy!”
“Who?”
“Beast Boy! He’s a Teen Titan superhero! He’s green, he eats burritos, and he can change into any animal that he wants!”
… Beast Boy standing there, finishing off his late afternoon burrito. “David, Christmas is in trouble!” he said, wiping his hands on his superhero uniform. “Dinosaurs from outer space are attacking the Earth, and they have grounded Santa’s sleigh! If we can’t get his sleigh back in the air, then there’s not going to be any Christmas, which means that you won’t get that cool Jedi lightsaber that you wanted! We gotta do something!”
David grabbed his coat, wool scarf, and winter hat from the coatrack next to the door. “I’m going out, Mom,” he yelled as he put on his winter gear. “I gotta go save Christmas!”
“Make it quick, dear,” his mother replied from the kitchen. “Dinner will be served soon.”
David and Beast Boy ran past the fallen dinosaur and into the woods toward Santa’s sleigh. They followed the path David knew would get them to the clearing in the middle of the woods, but the fallen snow made it difficult to see the path. They soon came to a point where the path split off to both the left and right. David could see from the crumbled snow that both paths had recently been used. “Which way do we go, David?” asked Beast Boy. “Left or right?”
“Up!”
“Up? Why up?”
“Because they’re grizzly bears who breathe fire on the left path and mutant snowmen who throw matzo balls on the right path. So they only way they stay safe is to climb the nearest tree.”
“OK. I get the fire-breathing bears and mutant snowmen could be trouble, but why matzo balls?”
“My friend Josh’s family made matzo balls for dinner the other night, and they packed them full of fat and other stuff. His sister picked one up and threw it at him. It hit him on the side of the head, and … and … and … and he required stitches.”
“Up,” he replied. They both quickly climbed up the big pine tree between the paths. As they climbed higher into the tree, they could see the fire-breathing grizzly bears to their left and matzo-ball-slinging mutant snowmen to their right. “Wow!” exclaimed Beast Boy. “We would have been in serious trouble if we had gone down either path!” His smile then turned into a frown. “But how are we going to get the clearing?”
“There is something at the top of the tree that should help us,” replied David. They continued climbing until they reached the top of the tree, where they found …
“A roller coaster!”
“David, why would a roller coaster be at the top of a pine tree?”
“Where else would you put a roller coaster?”
… the entrance to David’s Spectacular Forest Roller Coaster. They climbed into the front car and pulled down the safety bar. Seconds later, they were racing down the tracks towards the bottom of the snowy forest, hands up in the air and screaming loudly. Pine and birch trees sped by as the roller coaster twisted and turned across the forest. After spinning through a final set of corkscrew loops, the ride ended, and David and Beast Boy exited the roller coaster into the forest clearing.
They saw Santa and his reindeers hiding behind his sleigh. They did not look hurt, but they were definitely scared. In front of the sleigh stood four more spacesuit-wearing Tyrannosaurus Rexes, each holding a section of a very large net meant to ensnare Santa and his sleigh. Even worse, on either side of the dinosaurs were the flame-breathing grizzly bears and matzo-ball-slinging mutant snowmen they saw earlier in the woods. Santa was in big trouble if they could not save him.
“OK, David, so now what?”
“Santa Claus gives me my lightsaber, and Beast Boy and I save the day!”
“That’s it?”
“Yep.”
“OK.”
Upon seeing David, Santa Claus reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a blue Jedi lightsaber, and tossed it to David. “Please use your Christmas gift to save me!” he yelled.
David turned on his lightsaber and rushed around the edge of the sleigh. Upon seeing him, the bears breathed huge plumes of flame at him, while the mutant snowmen slung hardened matzo balls at him. He deflected both attacks such that the bears’ flames melted the snowmen and the snowmen’s matzo balls hit the bears in their heads and knocked them out. (Luckily for the bears, they did not require stitches.)
“Now, Beast Boy!” yelled David. From behind the sleigh, Beast Boy leaped into the air, turned himself into a 100-foot-tall hippopotamus, and slammed into the ground. The impact caused the dinosaurs to fall down, entrapping them in the net instead of Santa. It also caused all the large icicles from the trees around the dinosaurs to fall to the ground, circling them with large icy spikes. With all the snow that was kicked up off the ground, David whipped his lightsaber around so fast that it caused the snow to turn into a huge ice sheet atop the icy spikes. The Tyrannosaurus Rexes from outer space not only found themselves on their backs and ensnared in their own net, but also now trapped in an impenetrable ice jail.
“Thank you, David and Beast Boy,” said Santa as he climbed back into his sleigh. “I wish I had more time to chat, but I am late as it is to deliver the presents to all the other nice boys and girls in the world.”
“I can help with that, Santa,” said Beast Boy, changing into a flying reindeer and hooking himself up next to Rudolph. “Now you can fly even faster than before!”
“Thank you again, Beast Boy,” happily replied Santa. “David, hop in the sleigh, and I will drop you off at your house quick as a wink.”
David climbed into the sleigh, and less than a second later, he was at his front door. Santa wished him a Merry Christmas as he flew out of sight. Waving goodbye, David entered his home just in time for his dinner of chili dogs with relish.
“And they all lived happily ever after.”
And they all lived happily ever after.
“I’m writing a Christmas story to send to your grandparents. They wrote me a story every Christmas while I was growing up, and I thought it might be fun to write one for them.”
“Can you write one about me?”
“Perhaps. Let me see here…”
Once upon a time, there was a young boy named David. He had messy brown hair that refused to stay combed, and he had bright hazel eyes that looked upon the world with wonder. David lived with his family in a small house near the woods, and he had all sorts of adventures with his older brother Rusty, his older sister Peggy, and their dog Rocky.
David loved both his family and friends, but what he really loved the most was Christmas. He enjoyed playing in the snow, decorating the tree, and singing Christmas carols, but what he really loved were the presents. Making and giving presents was lots of fun, but not as much as fun as receiving them. This Christmas, there was one present that David wanted more than anything else, and that was …
“A laser gun!”
“What?”
“A laser gun! So I can be a space hero! Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew, pew! Or maybe a blue lightsaber like the Jedi have in those Star Wars Legos games. Yea, that would be cool!”
… a blue Jedi lightsaber. He tried his best to be a good boy all year so that Santa Claus would leave the lightsaber under the tree. He wanted it so much that he even dreamed of all the new adventures that he could have with the lightsaber.
It was soon Christmas Eve. David helped his mother make their traditional Christmas Eve dinner of …
“Chili dogs!”
“We don’t eat chili dogs for Christmas Eve dinner.”
“We should. The hot dogs are red, and the chili is red, and red is one of the colors of the Christmas season. And if you add relish on top, then you get green, and green is a Christmas color as well!”
… chili dogs. He added lots of pickle relish to each chili dog so that they matched the red and green colors of the season. When he finished decorating the chili dogs, he started setting the plates on the dining room table.
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion outside. It was so loud that it rattled all the plates on the dining room table. David rushed to the living room, leaped upon the sofa, and looked out the window, trying to see what caused the noise. He looked all around the front yard, but there was nothing there except a thick blanket of snow and the big snow horse his sister Peggy and he built the day before. He then looked into the sky, and his eyes grew wide with surprise. Falling out of the sky was …
“A Tyrannosaurus Rex!”
“David, dinosaurs don’t fall out of the sky.”
“They do if they’re dinosaurs from outer space!”
… a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The huge dinosaur landed in his front yard, squashing his sister’s snow horse and scattering snow everywhere. The astronaut suit it wore was covered with scorch marks, as it had just fallen from outer space, and its glass helmet had shattered upon hitting the ground. Because it had landed on its back, the huge dinosaur could not use its tiny little arms to get back onto its feet, so it was rocking from side to side helplessly.
There was a knock at the front door. “I’ll get it!” yelled David as he bounded off the sofa and headed to the door. He opened the door to find his best friend …
“Beast Boy!”
“Who?”
“Beast Boy! He’s a Teen Titan superhero! He’s green, he eats burritos, and he can change into any animal that he wants!”
… Beast Boy standing there, finishing off his late afternoon burrito. “David, Christmas is in trouble!” he said, wiping his hands on his superhero uniform. “Dinosaurs from outer space are attacking the Earth, and they have grounded Santa’s sleigh! If we can’t get his sleigh back in the air, then there’s not going to be any Christmas, which means that you won’t get that cool Jedi lightsaber that you wanted! We gotta do something!”
David grabbed his coat, wool scarf, and winter hat from the coatrack next to the door. “I’m going out, Mom,” he yelled as he put on his winter gear. “I gotta go save Christmas!”
“Make it quick, dear,” his mother replied from the kitchen. “Dinner will be served soon.”
David and Beast Boy ran past the fallen dinosaur and into the woods toward Santa’s sleigh. They followed the path David knew would get them to the clearing in the middle of the woods, but the fallen snow made it difficult to see the path. They soon came to a point where the path split off to both the left and right. David could see from the crumbled snow that both paths had recently been used. “Which way do we go, David?” asked Beast Boy. “Left or right?”
“Up!”
“Up? Why up?”
“Because they’re grizzly bears who breathe fire on the left path and mutant snowmen who throw matzo balls on the right path. So they only way they stay safe is to climb the nearest tree.”
“OK. I get the fire-breathing bears and mutant snowmen could be trouble, but why matzo balls?”
“My friend Josh’s family made matzo balls for dinner the other night, and they packed them full of fat and other stuff. His sister picked one up and threw it at him. It hit him on the side of the head, and … and … and … and he required stitches.”
“Up,” he replied. They both quickly climbed up the big pine tree between the paths. As they climbed higher into the tree, they could see the fire-breathing grizzly bears to their left and matzo-ball-slinging mutant snowmen to their right. “Wow!” exclaimed Beast Boy. “We would have been in serious trouble if we had gone down either path!” His smile then turned into a frown. “But how are we going to get the clearing?”
“There is something at the top of the tree that should help us,” replied David. They continued climbing until they reached the top of the tree, where they found …
“A roller coaster!”
“David, why would a roller coaster be at the top of a pine tree?”
“Where else would you put a roller coaster?”
… the entrance to David’s Spectacular Forest Roller Coaster. They climbed into the front car and pulled down the safety bar. Seconds later, they were racing down the tracks towards the bottom of the snowy forest, hands up in the air and screaming loudly. Pine and birch trees sped by as the roller coaster twisted and turned across the forest. After spinning through a final set of corkscrew loops, the ride ended, and David and Beast Boy exited the roller coaster into the forest clearing.
They saw Santa and his reindeers hiding behind his sleigh. They did not look hurt, but they were definitely scared. In front of the sleigh stood four more spacesuit-wearing Tyrannosaurus Rexes, each holding a section of a very large net meant to ensnare Santa and his sleigh. Even worse, on either side of the dinosaurs were the flame-breathing grizzly bears and matzo-ball-slinging mutant snowmen they saw earlier in the woods. Santa was in big trouble if they could not save him.
“OK, David, so now what?”
“Santa Claus gives me my lightsaber, and Beast Boy and I save the day!”
“That’s it?”
“Yep.”
“OK.”
Upon seeing David, Santa Claus reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a blue Jedi lightsaber, and tossed it to David. “Please use your Christmas gift to save me!” he yelled.
David turned on his lightsaber and rushed around the edge of the sleigh. Upon seeing him, the bears breathed huge plumes of flame at him, while the mutant snowmen slung hardened matzo balls at him. He deflected both attacks such that the bears’ flames melted the snowmen and the snowmen’s matzo balls hit the bears in their heads and knocked them out. (Luckily for the bears, they did not require stitches.)
“Now, Beast Boy!” yelled David. From behind the sleigh, Beast Boy leaped into the air, turned himself into a 100-foot-tall hippopotamus, and slammed into the ground. The impact caused the dinosaurs to fall down, entrapping them in the net instead of Santa. It also caused all the large icicles from the trees around the dinosaurs to fall to the ground, circling them with large icy spikes. With all the snow that was kicked up off the ground, David whipped his lightsaber around so fast that it caused the snow to turn into a huge ice sheet atop the icy spikes. The Tyrannosaurus Rexes from outer space not only found themselves on their backs and ensnared in their own net, but also now trapped in an impenetrable ice jail.
“Thank you, David and Beast Boy,” said Santa as he climbed back into his sleigh. “I wish I had more time to chat, but I am late as it is to deliver the presents to all the other nice boys and girls in the world.”
“I can help with that, Santa,” said Beast Boy, changing into a flying reindeer and hooking himself up next to Rudolph. “Now you can fly even faster than before!”
“Thank you again, Beast Boy,” happily replied Santa. “David, hop in the sleigh, and I will drop you off at your house quick as a wink.”
David climbed into the sleigh, and less than a second later, he was at his front door. Santa wished him a Merry Christmas as he flew out of sight. Waving goodbye, David entered his home just in time for his dinner of chili dogs with relish.
“And they all lived happily ever after.”
And they all lived happily ever after.