If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Christmas, you’d be wrong—just ask a five-year old. This month, 16 adorable elves from a Niverville Elementary Kindergarten class decided to set the record straight by answering some fundamentally important questions about Christmas.
Q: Which gifts did the three wise men bring to the manger?
A: Kenzie—“Some treasure. Maybe coins to buy stuff.” (Others within the junior assembly agreed that coins would have come in handy for milk, baby food, and toys.)
Brielle—“Gold, myrrh, and frankincense.” (Somebody’s been paying attention in Sunday school).
Q: Why does Rudolph have a red nose?
A: Ainsley—“Cause it’s cold out.”
Scarlett—“Because he likes the light on.”
Ava—“So Santa can see.”
Quinn—“Because it glows.”
Q: Can you finish this song: “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, my two front teeth. Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, then I could…”?
A: Mila—“Eat!”
Ainsley—“Put them back in.”
Q: What kinds of presents does Santa want?
A: Sawyer—“An airplane.”
Adley—“A card from kids.”
Tyrell—“A dump truck.”
Brielle—“A new sleigh, ‘cause the old one has lots of dirt on it.”
Q: If Mommy wrote a letter to Santa, would she say you’ve been naughty or nice?
A: Savanah—“Nice, because I help her make her bed.”
Asher—“Nice. I help Mommy make my bed and she helps me make my bed too.”
Colin—“Nice, because I let the dogs out for her.”
Q: Where is the North Pole?
A: Asher—“North.”
Mila—“In the sky.”
Scarlett—“It’s behind the clouds.”
Brielle—“Far, far away. So far you couldn’t even walk there.”
Zachary—“It’s on land, maybe so far, far away that you can’t even drive there.”
Ainsley—“Far. Really, really, really far.”
Q: What kinds of things do you hope you don’t get for Christmas?
A: Mila—“Coke.”
Kenzie—“Dirt.”
Ava—“Bees.”
Colin—“A toilet.”
Scarlett—“A rollercoaster, because there’s no straps. What if I get one with no straps and I fall out?”
Ainsley—“A toy computer. I like real computers best.”
Savanah—“An LOL.” (For other naïve adults out there, this is a toy).
Q: If your daddy made a Christmas wish list, what kinds of things would he ask for?
A: Colin—“Green coffee with spiders inside.”
Kenzie—“A new computer.”
Mila—“Gum.”
Scarlett—“A new jacket, ‘cause his zipper doesn’t work.”
Q: Why do we decorate a tree at Christmas?
A: Ava—“For Santa because it’s Christmas.”
Adam—“That’s how Santa knows it’s Christmas.”
Asher—“Because you have to put ornaments on something.” (The “duh” was implied).
Colin—“If there were no decorations, if Santa got there then he couldn’t get out of the house and make any more magic.”
Q: If Santa forgot where you lived, how would he find out?
A: Scarlett—“He uses a map and he sees how far it is to fly to your house.”
Tyrell—“We have a number on our house so he would find it.”
Adam—“He already knows.”
Q: What kinds of animals were at the manger when Jesus was born?
A: Colin—“A giraffe.”
Alex—“A stork.”
Quinn—“A chicken.” (Others agreed that this would provide an essential source of food for the gathering crowd).
Kenzie—“A dog. One that has magic.”
Sawyer—“A turtle, because so it could breathe.” (I didn’t ask).
Q: What is your favourite part of Christmas?
A: Kenzie—“Santa comes!”
Scarlett—“The Christmas tree.”
Asher—“Lego.”
Ava—“Getting a pet.”
Ainsley—“Doing the fun things like decorating the Christmas tree.”
Sawyer—“Making cookies and milk.”
Santa, if you’re listening, the rest all unanimously agreed that presents are, without question, the best part of Christmas!
