; Wednesday,
December 23, 1992
Have you ever wondered how
Rudolph got his red nose?
Student in Mrs. Anthony's fourth
grade class at Bethware School
‘have their own ideas about how
this happened.
Rudolph hasn't always had a red
nose. You see, Rudolph was a bad
reindeer. He was so bad sometimes
he had to be locked in a stable. Of
course, if you were a reindeer you
wouldn't want to play with him,
and neither did the others.
One day when Rudolph was
thinking his bad thoughts he
thought he'd play a trick on the
reindeer. He went and picked some
cherries. He put glue on them and
when they went to sleep he stuck
them on the reindeer. When they
woke up they were covered in
cherries; they thought they were
sick. ; -
A little later Santa came in and
saw the reindeer covered in spots.
Santa looked very closely at the
spots and saw they were cherries.
All the reindeer put super glue on a
cherry and stuck it on Rudolph's
nose and he couldn't get it off.
That's how Rudolph got his red
nose.
Beth Bumgardner
Did you know that Rudolph's
Rudolph was walking down in the
woods and he saw Santa Claus.
Then his nose started to turn red.
Since he had a red nose Santa
Claus took him home with him.
Then Rudolph had to pull the
sleigh. Then he helped Santa give
out presents.
Rudolph liked to have his red
nose. The other reindeer like him
too. They would have liked it if he
could stay with Santa, but he had
to go home.
When did Rudolph get his red
nose? Did he color it red? Did he
dye it red?
I don't know. Do you "No"!
Really, nobody knows. Still I won-
der how he did that. I think he col-
ored it with magic markers.
Clint Falls
nose was not always red? One day -.
Sandy Hamrick -
When Rudolph was a little baby
his nose was black. Then when he
got a little older it started to
change. He said, "What is happen-
ing to my nose?" Then he realized
it was Christmas and he had asked
Santa to give him a red nose.
When Rudolph went to bed on
Christmas Eve he woke up the next
morning in Santa's toy store. Then
it became next year. Before he
knew it he was guiding the other
reindeer. That is how Rudolph got
his red nose.
Kristi Hildebran
Rudolph's nose wasn't really red.
One day Rudolph was running real
fast and he was not looking where
he was going. He hit a light with a
lot of Christmas lights. Down came
a red light with super glue on it. It
hit him on the nose and it wouldn't
come off.
He went to play with his rein-
deer friends. They called him
names. A girl reindeer came over.
She liked Rudolph's nose. She
thought it was beautiful. Then rein-
deer's father didn't like Rudolph.
He didn't want his daughter to go
with him. Rudolph and the girl
reindeer decided to get married
anyway. All his baby reindeer have
red noses too. :
Ty'keivius Curry
Rudolph had a purple nose when
he was born. Rudolph got his red
nose like this:
When he was born there was a
bucket of red paint and a hot coal.
The paint had glue in it, and when
Rudolph was three days old he
stuck his nose in it. The coal was
flat and glue got on his nose and
the coal wrapped around his nose
and red paint got on it. So his nose
was glittering and was red for th
rest of Rudolph's life. :
Joshua Dean Price
Rudolph's red nose has not al-
ways been red. He saw Santa and
his nose started to feel weird, so he
went home. His nose was red when
he got home. His mother said,
"What happened to your nose?” He
told her he ran into Santa and his
nose started to feel weird. So he
ow did Rudolph
get his red nose?
came home and when he was com-
ing home all of the other reindeer
ran away from him.
He has had a red nose ever since
he ran into Santa. But now all of
the other reindeer are friends with
Rudolph, because he saved
Christmas.
Jamey Smith
You see, Rudolph didn't always
have a red nose. Let me tell you
how he got his nose.
Once upon a time Rudolph was
walking down in the woods. He
saw a bunch of horses and men. He
tried to run but he got caught by
them. They took him to a dungeon.
They made a fire right next to
Rudolph because it was snowing.
But Rudolph didn't know that the
men were trying to help him. He
jumped out of the dungeon and ran
through the woods again. It was
very cold and his face got cold and
his nose got red and cold. Then he
found Santa and got warm. But his
nose stayed red.
Chad Shelton
You know. that Rudolph's nose
was red all the time. Because
Rudolph was sitting in the sun one
day and it turned red. He was go-
ing back to his home but, every-
where deer looked at him weird.
His mom was scared and my dad
was gone. Now he had to go out on
his own. His nose started to go off,
on, off, on. He was so scared he
jumped and fell and his red nose
was gone, then it turned back
black.
Laura Champion
Did you know that Rudolph's
nose was not always red? It was
black. : :
....Ong. Christmas when I was in.
bed I heard a sound and I woke up.
There was Rudolph outside and
Rudolph was wanting inside. So I
let him in because he was cold. He
took off his red nose and put on his
black nose so we could talk and he
could not get the black nose off.
Santa came and he could not get
it off; so he used his magic to put
on a red nose. Now his nose is al-
ways red. :
Candace James
When Rudolph was first born his
nose wasn't red. Once he was walk--
ing in the woods. Then when he
looked up he saw wolves surround-
ing him. So just when he turned to
run, he saw more and more. Then
that's when one bit his nose and he
hopped all the way home. Next he
looked in the mirror and his nose
was red. The next day everyone
laughed at him.
Laura Adams
Rudolph didn't always have a
red nose. It was green and Santa
didn't like it. They tried everything,
even painting it., but the paint fell
off. An idea popped into Santa's
mind. He could cut out the middle
of a cherry and put glue inside it.
So he did. Then he went off and
got married and lived happily ever
after.
Shane Short
Rudolph has not always had a
red nose. One day all of the rein-
deer were playing basketball with
Rudolph. There were Christmas
lights all around them. Rudolph
slipped and ran into them. The oth-
er reindeer started laughing.
Rudolph ran to his house and start-
ed crying. The other reindeer felt
sorry for him and asked Rudolph to
play again.
Chris Gregory
Did you know Rudolph didn't
have a red nose when he was little?
He was born with a black nose but
it changed to red when he was five
years old. No one knows why it
happened.
One night Rudolph was not hap-
py about his red nose. When Santa
Claus came outside he saw a red
light flashing in the bushes. It was
Rudolph pawing at his red nose.
Santa Claus said, "What are you
doing here?" Rudolph said, "trying
to get my red nose off." "Why?"
asked Santa Claus. "Because peo-
ple might laugh at me," Rudolph
answered. Santa Claus told him he
could be his first deer. Rudolph
said he'd like that. Santa Claus said
he would light up the whole town.
Amber Sutton
Once upon a time Rudolph the
red nose reindeer had a black nose.
When he was nine years old he was
sick for a long time. While he was
sick his nose turned red. The rein-
deer doctor tried all kinds of chem-
icals to change Rudolph's nose
back to black. The chemicals made
his nose get brighter and brighter.
The reindeer doctor decided that
the only way Rudolph could get his |:
black nose back was to do surgery. |=
Rudolph decided to keep his red |
nose because he was afraid he |:
would not be able to fly after
surgery. :
Hannah Ware
See Rudolph, 9-B
Students write about Christmas long ago
Students in Mrs. Elmore's and Mrs. Sloan's second of candy, and a handful of nuts.
grade class at Bethware School interviewed family
members, neighbors and friends to find out how
Christmas was celebrated in years past. They learned
that Christmas has changed a great deal over the years,
but it is still a time to enjoy giving and sharing with
others.
My Best Friend's Christmas
By Jordan Crisp
My best friend is Sudie Peele. She is 81 years old.
Her nickname is Poe. She lives in Meadows, N.C. in
Stokes County.
All the town had was a store and a post office. She
lived about 8 miles away from town. She rode to town
on a horse and a buggy. :
On Christmas Eve they would go out to the woods
10 get a cedar tree that they had picked out in the sum-
mer. She didn't have any ornaments so she had to make
them. She colored paper and made paper chains to
hang on the tree. Her mother always made a coconut
cake on Christmas Eve.
She went to bed early and got up at 4:00 a.m. to see
what she had gotten for Christmas. She didn't have a
Christmas stocking, so she put out a box or her hat.
For Christmas she got apples, oranges, nuts, and a spe-
cial treat was penny candy. Her mother, father, two
brothers and Sudie had coconut cake, pie, baked pota-
toes, and leather britches for Christmas dinner.
Her favorite gift was a doll and a chair. Her grand-
mother gave her a doll that cost 25 cents.
They only got one present for Christmas. One time
of Jesus. She always had a white Christmas, because
where she lived it started snowing in November.
Merry Christmas, Poe. I love you!
Christmas Long Ago
By Ross Ellis
I interview my Grandpa Newell. He is 60 years old.
He told me that they would all go to the woods and cut
a cedar tree for their Christmas tree. They would drag
balls of popcorn made with molasses. Before
Christmas they would sneak and eat the popcorn off
the tree.
Grandpa would hang his mother's longest stocking
she got a ceramic bird and one time she got a picture.
it home and decorate it with strings of popcorn and big
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up, hoping Santa would leave lots of good things. If he
was good Santa would leave him an apple, orange, ba-
nana, and a candy bar. If he was bad, he got switches.
On Christmas day all the Thornburg family would
get together and cat until they were about to pop. After
lunch all the boys would go rabbit hunting until dark.
Grandpa Newell also told me about a Christmas he
would always remember. He was about 9 years old and
his Uncle Clyde sent cach of the children in his family
a big box of Hershey candy bars, a catcher's mitt, and a
first baseman'’s glove to share. They all loved it!
A Long Ago Christmas
By Van-Keith Jones
My aunt Grace Curry is 73 years old. When she was
young her family had very little for Christmas. Her
parents were very poor and could not give the family
much. They had food and enough clothes to keep
warm and clean. There were four girls in my aunt's
family and she was the oldest.
The Christmas celebration was very limited. A shoe
box with two oranges, two apples, two or three pieces
They played with a rag doll, a ball made by winding
thread in a hard ball. They made a swing with a tree
and a rope tied to a tree limb. In October and
November my aunt and her sisters would meet at their
friend's house with sacks and hike in the woods to
gather locust and wild holly to decorate with at
Christmas.
The Christmas tree would be one cut out of the
woods and decorated with things they made. My aunt
and her family went to church, sang carols, and recited
poems. They received a bag of candy, nuts and fruit.
They had good times at Christmas even if they did-
n't have much.
Christmas A Long Time Ago
By Latoya McClain
I sat down to have an interview with my Papa. He is
60 years old.
He said, "We celebrated Christmas with the rest of
the children in the neighborhood. We didn't have very
much money back then. All we got was apples and or-
anges, but we understood because everyone of us got
the same.
"We didn't have family gatherings. I remember my
favorite and most special Christmas. I was eight years
old and I got a cap gun for Christmas. That was my
very first toy."
My Papa said that he was 14 years of age when he
got his first bike. Christmas started changing for my
Papa.
Grandma's Christmas
By Danielle Miller
Now the age of 64, my grandma tells me about her
childhood Christmas. She remembers her mom telling
her about Saint Nicholas coming down the chimney to
leave her a present under the Christmas tree. Her mom
let her put out milk and cookies for Saint Nicholas.
Grandma helped put up the tree and decorations. But
her mom wouldn't let her help cook.
In Pennsylvania where grandma grew up, it snowed
on Christmas. Her mom would Ict her go out and play
in the snow. Grandma enjoyed sled riding and building
snow men. Grandma's whole family attended church
on Christmas day. -
See Christmas, 8-B
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