The best Christmas memories I have is with my papaw. He’d always make dinner with me and joke around about funny things, like he would say every year “what do you call an elf learning the ABC’s?” Then he would say “the elf-abet” and he laughed about it every year. But now I can’t spend time with him this year because he passed away, so that’s the best Christmas memory I have.

For those who have Covid. I’d like to say I have hope for you. You are strong in your own way. I believe in you. I know you can go on. You are great and don’t forget we all love you. You can do it. Everyone has hope for you, so be strong and be brave. We all love you and don’t forget to have a very Merry Christmas.

I love many Christmas traditions, but my favorite tradition is baking Christmas cookies! My family and I make Christmas cookies every year. When we bake, it makes the house smell like cinnamon. My other favorite tradition is decorating the Christmas tree. The ornaments we hang on the tree sparkle like Christmas lights. Spending time with family and having traditions to share every year make me very happy!

A message I have for a medical caretaker working through the holidays that cannot go home is, you are helping the world. We think of you every day and thank you for what you are doing. You are making a difference in the world so don't stop, just keep going. Your patients think of you as family. Just keep going and have a wonderful holiday.

Christmas means to me spending time with family and friends. I also like to see my family’s reaction to the presents I give them. It’s also a time to spend with Jesus. We also have a Christmas party, we go to my friends house and we open presents, play, and decorate cookies.

If I could grant one wish for my family, I would wish for them to always have good days. I wish this because I love my family and I would do everything to make them have the best day. They are the most important people to me.

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Christmas is special to me because I get to spend time with my family. I know I do not have my dad with me, but I know he is in my heart. All I want for Christmas is to be happy.

If I could grant one wish for my family, it would be to have more family time and to have more holiday traditions and for my dad and brother to visit more often.

The best gift I've ever given is love. I love my family, I love the people that I see all around. I hope everybody has a good Christmas this year, every year in fact, I don’t want anybody to be alone​

A message I have for a working medical caretaker working through the holidays is no matter how bad you want to go home don’t get mad about it, you may end up taking it out on the person you are taking care of. You never know how bad your patient wants to go home, just like you want to. I know that you will have a better time if you are nice.

Christmas means a lot to me because during Christmas you are celebrating Jesus and that is so very important to me. I also love Christmas because there are elves, Christmas trees, gifts, candy, and joy and any kid would love that. There's also love and spending time with your family or friends. Christmas is just a great time. I am so grateful that my family has enough money every year to spend it on my siblings and friends. I just wish everyone in the world could have what I do, this is why I dearly love Christmas.

If I could grant one wish for the world on Christmas it would be for families all around the world to have a big feast, poor or rich. Everyone would also hear the story of Jesus. We need to make a big deal about him because we are all one big family of God. This would be my wish.​

Ethan Whitaker ​

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