By: Briana, Jose R., By: Briana, Jose R., Samantha, and John MarcoSamantha, and John Marco

Learn to be grateful for what you haveLearn to be grateful for what you have

Be happy for having:Be happy for having:• Food Food • WaterWater• HomeHome• FamilyFamily• FriendsFriends

“ External heat and cold had little influence on scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.” - Page 3

• Don’t spend your life on money• Spend your life with your family• Learn the difference between what you need

and what you want • Spend your money on the poor and the less

fortunate• Think about something else beside money

“A very, very brief time, and you will dismiss the recollection of it, gladly, as an unprofitable dream, from which it happened

you awoke.” - Page 49

• Some adults work all the time or they have Some adults work all the time or they have overtime and never get to see their overtime and never get to see their families. families.

• If this happens you should talk to your boss If this happens you should talk to your boss and tell him/her that you want to have and tell him/her that you want to have some time to spend with your family.some time to spend with your family.

• Your boss will probably agree and then you Your boss will probably agree and then you will have time to spend with your family.will have time to spend with your family.“In life my spirit never

roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole, and weary journey’s lie before me!” -Page 22

• Spend your money or give it to someone Spend your money or give it to someone before you diebefore you die

• You can’t be buried with your money. Here You can’t be buried with your money. Here are some things you could do with it before are some things you could do with it before you die:you die:

• Give it to familyGive it to family

• Give it to the less unfortunate Give it to the less unfortunate • Spend itSpend it

“ It is doomed to wander through the world – oh, woe is me! – and witness what It cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!” - Page21

When someone messes up in life you should learn When someone messes up in life you should learn from that mistake. For example:from that mistake. For example:Don’t be mean to someone. If someone else did it Don’t be mean to someone. If someone else did it and they got in trouble, you will too.and they got in trouble, you will too.If someone cheated on a test and got detention, If someone cheated on a test and got detention, don’t do it.don’t do it.Don’t physically hurt someone. If someone was Don’t physically hurt someone. If someone was caught or told on, you will be turned in to a caught or told on, you will be turned in to a responsible adult.responsible adult.

“ I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by link and yard by yard, I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.” -Page 22

No one should be grateful for money if you’re No one should be grateful for money if you’re extremely rich. You should be grateful for extremely rich. You should be grateful for things such as…things such as…

1.1.A houseA house

2.2.ClothesClothes

3.3.FoodFood

4.4.An educationAn education

5.5.Family and/or FriendsFamily and/or Friends

6.6.Good healthGood health “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it in all the year. God bless us everyone. -Pages 110 and 122

Learn from your past. Have you ever done Learn from your past. Have you ever done something wrong in the past that you did something wrong in the past that you did wrong again last week? Well you didn’t learn wrong again last week? Well you didn’t learn from your past. Here are our lessons that we from your past. Here are our lessons that we have learned from the past:have learned from the past:

Jose: Riding a bike down a hillJose: Riding a bike down a hillBriana: Sleeping late doesn’t keep you awakeBriana: Sleeping late doesn’t keep you awakeSamantha: Never cut your own hairSamantha: Never cut your own hairJohn Marco: Don’t land on your handJohn Marco: Don’t land on your hand

“I told you these were shadows of the things that have been, that they are what they are…” -Page 52

Some people regret dumb things they have done in the past, so use the present time to change those things. You can also use the present time to do more important things like…

Study moreJoin a sports team or a clubSpend time with familySee some old friends

“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow, I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.” -Page 86

When you die you want people to remember you for who you are, right? Well then you need to leave a legacy. Some of you maybe be remembered for being…

FunnySmartA best friendHelpfulTalented

“Am I that man who lay upon the bed? Spirit! Hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse.” -Page 110

Some people on New Year’s Eve come up with a New Year’s resolution, which is something people want to change about their life. For example…

If someone wanted to be more eco-friendly they may want to recycle and will walk to school instead of being driven. It will make them feel like a better person, and it will benefit the earth as well.“ I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to

keep in all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all three shall strive within me.” -Page 110