Santa letter

Dear Santa,

    Christmas is the season when you spend time with your family and...YOU GET GIFTS!  Also, you get to be in the presence of Santa Claus.  I’ve been okay this year.  One thing I really want is a video game that was released in September 2010.  The name of it is Halo Reach.  I want it because the game is one of the most popular games of the year.  I think I deserve it because I’ve been doing my chores a lot around the house.

    I try to be a very well behaved son for my parents.  They work very hard to provide me with a nice home and I always help around the house, so they don’t have to do all the housework.  Having the game will give me the opportunity to relax after I do my chores.

                                                                                 From,



                                                                                 Matthew Accatatta

Thankgiving's History

     The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621. The Pilgrims came to America on a ship named the Mayflower. The Pilgrims met the Native Americans and the Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to plant crops so they could grow their own food and survive in the new land.  The Pilgrims were very grateful to the Native Americans.  So, they had a feast with the Native Americans because they helped the Pilgrims survive their first year at the new land. The Thanksgiving celebration the Pilgrims and the Native Americans had wasn't one day, it was three!  The first Thanksgiving did not have any turkey, but the feast did include wild duck, geese, and venison, which is deer.  They didn't have pumpkin or apple pie either because there wasn't any flour left to make the pie crust. 
     George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789.  The Thanksgiving tradition continues today on the fourth Thursday of November as a national holiday which was decided by Congress in 1941.  

What I'm Grateful For

           There are many things I'm grateful for. The one that I am grateful the most is my parents. My parents are the ones who introduced me to the world we all know, Earth. They are the ones who keep me out of trouble when bad things happen. My parents buy me all the things I need like clothes, toys, games, and food and water. I don't know what I would do if I lost them. Some people scream at their parents but when their parents pass away they will wish they didn't do that. Most people take their parents for granted and that's not right. That is one thing I will never do.