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On Friday, all the Elementrees arrived to class with toys for the charity event. These are the toys they each brought in:

Tommy Tomorrow: a small toy car.

Bobby Bishop: a toy tool belt.

Brenda Books: a coloring book and crayons.

Cleo Redding: a colorful necklace.

Cynthia Buttons: a doll.

Amy Lockhart: a superhero action figure.

Brian Glass: a ball.

Pete Moss: wood blocks.

Trudy Jones: a teddybear.

Abigail Abacus: a deck of cards.

When Santa arrived Friday morning, he was wearing his fuzzy red suit with the fluffy white cuffs. He had on a wide black belt. He had a big belly, rosy cheeks, white curly hair, and a white beard. He was wearing his red hat with the white puff ball at the end. He walked into Ms. Applewood’s class merrily saying “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and ringing sleigh bells.

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Presents courtesy of ClassroomClipart.com

“The winter holidays are upon us,” Ms. Applewood said to her third grade class. “Green Lawn Elementary School is participating in a toys for charity event. If you would like to participate, please bring a toy to class this week. Santa will stop by this Friday to pick up all the toys and bring them to the children in need in our community.”

“Hey, wait a minute!” Tommy Tomorrow said. “Doesn’t Santa have a shop for doing this kind of thing?”

The class laughed.

“Are the elves on strike?” Bobby Bishop asked.

A few students giggled.

“Are you sure we’re talking about Santa and not Scrooge?” Tommy wondered out loud.

There were some more chuckles in the room.

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