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nice and warm and the crystals melted and the children reached school on time.
They kissed their mother, said, "As-Salamu alaykum" and went inside.
The school bell rang and the children settled down to work. Time just flew by and
it was nearly time to go home when Mrs. Short, their teacher, told them that
tomorrow they would decorate the classroom ready for Christmas. This was a
new word for the children, they had never heard it before so they asked their
friends what it meant.
Jane, Sarah's friend told her that Christmas was the time she liked most;
everyone made their houses look pretty with paper chains, tinsel, lights and a
Christmas tree. There were parties and everyone got presents. Jane was
surprised that Sarah had never heard of Christmas, but Sarah told her that
although she had never heard of Christmas they had something like it back home
called Eid, which is the time they celebrate the end of the fast of Ramadan and
that there was another Eid to celebrate the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca.
In the meantime, Abraham went to Mrs. Short and told her that he did not
understand what Christmas was, so Mrs. Short told him that it was the day they
They kissed their mother, said, "As-Salamu alaykum" and went inside.
The school bell rang and the children settled down to work. Time just flew by and
it was nearly time to go home when Mrs. Short, their teacher, told them that
tomorrow they would decorate the classroom ready for Christmas. This was a
new word for the children, they had never heard it before so they asked their
friends what it meant.
Jane, Sarah's friend told her that Christmas was the time she liked most;
everyone made their houses look pretty with paper chains, tinsel, lights and a
Christmas tree. There were parties and everyone got presents. Jane was
surprised that Sarah had never heard of Christmas, but Sarah told her that
although she had never heard of Christmas they had something like it back home
called Eid, which is the time they celebrate the end of the fast of Ramadan and
that there was another Eid to celebrate the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca.
In the meantime, Abraham went to Mrs. Short and told her that he did not
understand what Christmas was, so Mrs. Short told him that it was the day they