February 24 SOLE

Why Boys Underestimate Girls?

By josh grace jumah and Lindsay

Boys sometimes underestimate girls cause their ego gets in the way. Boys think they are better than girls. Girls sometimes get better grades than boys and Boys also underestimate girls to look cool around other boys. Boys think it’s funny but girls do not and Girls tell boys to stop. Girls are afraid to try out for things cause of underestimations. They worry that if they don’t do well boys will laugh. Boys will challenge anyone who will challenge them. Underestimation means that you don’t think someone can do something

Why Big Things Are Heavy?

By: James Swaine.

You know how when you lift up big things and some are heavy? Why are they heavy? How are they heavy? One of the obvious reasons is it has a lot of pressure. There are other reasons why. Like when you’re carrying a backpack, it can be heavy for one reason: You put a lot of stuff in it or heavy stuff in it. Moving a table will take some time if you are doing it yourself because it has a lot of pressure and made out of wood usually, but if it’s a small table, you will be done in no time. School chairs are kind of heavy because they have some pressure, but home chairs can be really heavy because of all the pressure and there made of hard material. Couches are heavy even though there soft but just because it’s soft doesn’t mean it’s not really heavy. The weight depends on size. Weight = How much you weigh. For example if you weigh 150 pounds and stand on little chair you can break it. Pounds is your weight. Even though you’re bigger and stronger than your little brother/sister doesn’t mean he/she isn't heavy. Carrying 10 big books will be kind of heavy because of the books pressure and the amount you’re carrying. If you’re going to carry stuff to another area and there big, then take very little of the item at a time. Moving to other places take some time because of the stuff you need to carry from your house, and some stuff are really heavy which can slow you down, so i suggest that you take your time. Dense is what can make things heavy, dense is when you put different things/parts together to create 1 object so it can make it heavier and better. Student chairs in schools are dense but not as dense as other chairs. Books are also dense because of the amount of pages inside the book. The pages in books can be different sometimes, some are really white and soft.

Last Names

By, Heaven, Jorja, Tyson and kiera

             

The main reason is your ancestor’s last name. So easily they just had the same last name. 2 people can have the same last name but not be related. There are some things that increase the possibility of having that the same last name like, if the last name is rare, if the last name is hard to spell or if its refers to a small town.  There are some things that can decrease the chance of being related like, if the last name is common like smith or baker, if the last name is a color thing or place like small, if the last name refers to a first name like john or Anderson. You are not related to everyone with the same last name. It’s also very possible for you to be related to someone with a different last name, it maybe your part of family changed their last name, or you could have step parents and step siblings that have a different last name as you but you’re still related.  if your last name is smith your ancestors were black smiths. If Carter they were carters. The same with sawyer, bakers were baker

What Were the First Roller Skates Made Out Of?

                                   Anya, Alison

Skates were developed in1743. Original skates were debuted at a London Theater. They had wood rollers to move the actor across the stage. Earlier roller skates had wheels of wood, plastic, or steel, arranged in pairs. Modern-day in-line skates have wheels made out of polyurethane plastic. Polyurethane is a polymer composed of a chain of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links. 

                                                          

How do you get pink eye.?

Tye, Matthew. P and Peyton

You can get pink eye from someone else. Pink is a rare thing to get. Conjunctivitis is a different name for pink eye. Pink eye is a term that may be scary. Pink eye is also called Conjunctivitis. Pink eye is common and spreads easily. You should never share personal items such as wash cloth hand towels or tissues and avoid rubbing or touching your eyes. For getting to wash your hands and touching your eyes. Pink eye is a non-common infection. Pink eye looks disgusting. The most common way of getting pink eye is from a cold.

Why do leaves only change colors in the fall?

Matthew H, Mason, Harper, Moody

The chlorophyll in the leaves breaks down in the fall. Chlorophyll is the green pigments in the leaves. The chlorophyll breaks down because there is not enough lite and water. Not all leaves change color in the fall. The leaves usually change color in North America. Trees maintain three types of pigments. The three pigments are carotene, anthocyanin, and photosynthetic. Pine needles stay green all year around. If the leaves stay on the tree for more than a year the leave turns brown in the fall. Also if it is to hot the leaves will turn brown and when the leave falls of the tree it turns brown. For years scientists have tried the find the changes that has happened to the trees. Some leaves can fall when they are green. Different trees the leaves can turn different colors. Leaves can change color even when it is not fall. Tannins are the brown color in leaves.

Why do we have allergies?

 By: Emma Marlene and Keely !!!!!!!! J L

People have allergic reactions to things because the immune system mistakes the thing that you are allergic to for a serious threat, that’s why the body try’s to sometimes sneeze it out.  Your risk of developing an allergy starts in your genes. If your parents have an allergy to something than you might be eligible to having that allergy too.  For some reason, people who are allergic to peanuts can also be allergic to tree nuts, such as almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pecans, and cashews. The body's immune system normally fights infection. But, when someone is allergic to tree nuts or peanuts, the immune system overreacts to proteins in these foods. Some symptoms of an allergic reactions are: wheezing, coughing, sneezing, trouble breathing, hives, diarrhea, swelling, stomachache, vomiting, watery and red eyes, throat tightening and many more. Some cases of allergies you can die from because you throat starts to close (this is only in the most severe cases). You can be allergic to more than one thing at a time. There are certain medications that you can be allergic to. The body can be allergic to anything.

Why do your bones hurt when you get cold? 

By Jenson, Ben, Cody and Braydon

  

Your bones will hurt because all you can feel is the cold. When you’re in the cold you feel a crunching feeling. The weather hurts your joints. Cold weather makes your bones stiff. It’s worse if you have Arthritis. It hurts more if you’re older. You can get cancer from being in the cold. To get rid of the pain you use Analgesics. There is no cure for bone cancer. Drinking milk will help with the pain. It’s also called Myelofibrosis. It affect’s hips knees elbows shoulders hands. You can get a doll ache. A doll ache is a bad pain. Drinking milk helps by making your bones stronger. If you work out a lot you can avoid bone pain. Whole grain cereal helps by having fibre. A medicine called Chondroitin. Another way to help the pain is taking a walk every day. The main thing to help is to work out.      

February 6 2015

Who discovered space?

Emily and BRAYDON

On July 14th NASA headquarters had a discussion in Washington, D.C. The scientists discussed a space plan to find life in outer space. Space was likely founded millions of years ago. NASA is still looking for life in the solar system. NASA is mostly looking for life on Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. People believe the first person on earth discovered space but no one had space ships or telescopes yet. Other people believe the first person to discover space was Tycho Brahe along with other people. No one probably knows who did discover space now because it was probably millions of years ago and back then no one had technology and everyone from those times are dead now. How did someone discover there was no gravity in space? In the 18th century measurements at sea level and on tops of mountains showed that atmospheric pressure decreased. That is when no gravity in space was discovered. What is NASA? NASA is all about discovering new stuff about space and NASA is also a place where people get sent up into space.

How Do Touch Screens Work>

Grace and Jumah

A touch screen is on some phones and all tablets, it is a glass screen. A touch screen is glass that you can touch. When you touch the glass you can tap on icons. Tapping icons will open them. There are apps that download on to your tablet or phone. The rest you have to download. You can tap on games and they open then. You can play the games. A touch screen is made by turning sand into glass and then you put it on to the tablet or phone. The monitor on the tablet picks up what your tapping, The monitor is not on the glass. It is on the metal. When you’re on the lock screen you slide the screen sideways. You can put in your password and unlock it. The monitor picks up your finger prints and then you unlock the tablet.

How do Animals get rabies?

Mason and Alison

Animals can start off with rabies when they are born. These animals are Racoons, Bats, Skunks, and Foxes. Animals get rabies when they get bitten or even scratched by an animal that has rabies. They can also get rabies if saliva gets in an open cut, or a wound. The most likely animal to get rabies is a dog, because they are always outside and around a lot of different animals. People are able to get rabies. They can get it if a dog bites them, licks them, or it rubs it nose against their hands or any part of their skin. If a human gets bitten by any animal with rabies, and they don’t give medicine to the virus their brain can swell up and they can die. If they are not mammals they can’t get rabies. It can only infect mammals. Animals with rabies are usually known to have white foam coming out of their mouth. Rabies are only in the saliva. It is a virus. It is called virus neurotropic lyssavirus. There is a medicine to treat rabies it is called Postexposure Prophylaxis. To get the special medicine in your body you have to get a 5-inch needle in your stomach. For dogs, if they have rabies they will live for 2-3 days then there body weakens and they eventually die, unless they are treated before 3 days.  Every 10 minutes someone dies from rabies, because something bites them, scratches them, or licks them. If an animal or human gets bit and the animal has rabies, it changes their behavior so they won’t think properly, so they try to commit suicide.

How Do Country’s Get Their Names?

Matthew H, James

Most country’s got their names by a bit of a legend.

Greenland got its name by the lush valleys.

Iceland got its name by the icebergs after the suffering misfortune of early settlers.

First Canada was named Kanata, then Jacques Cartier was misunderstood and they thought he said Canada.

Not all countries have accepted names.

Africa got its name by the tribe that lived in Africa called Afri.

Some countries have more than one names here are some of them.

Germany-Deutschland and Nazis and many more.

U.S.A got its name because there are a lot of stats in it.

Before some countries used to be called by the tribes that lived in it.

Some countries names have changed over the years.

Some were named by events that happened in it.

WHERE ARE SNOW STORMS MOST COMMON IN CANADA?

BY: Jorja and Tyson?

Eastern Ontario in a part in Canada is hit with with loads of snow. Oshawa got covered with30 cm of snow. Montreal IS A COMMON PLACE FOR SNOW STORMS SOMETIMES.

Toronto HAD a BAD SNOW Storm from 11: 00 pm until 12: 00 pm. Oshawa, Kingston Cornwall, Halifax, Bowmanville and Montreal are some parts of Canada with lots of snow. Ottawa. Canada is known for its cold weather. In the USA Buffalo is a common place for snow.

Why Do People Get Plastic Surgery?

Jenson ,Kiera

The word ‘plastic’ in plastic surgery is from the Greek word ‘plastikos’. Plastikos means molding or giving form. In ancient Rome, plastic surgery started as a means to remove scars. Plastic surgery is to make people that think they need to look better look better. 318,123 is the number of breast implants in 2010. You can get plastic surgery on anything in your body.  Over $10 billion is spent on all U.S. surgery each year.  People get plastic surgery because they want to look pretty for someone your just because they think they look ugly.  

SOLE January 12, 2015

Why do people pollute the world and how can we stop it?

By: Grace

                                                

Pollution is a problem that effects life on earth. Pollution is caused by many thing like smoking driving cars and factory smoke. Most times people want to stop pollution but never get around to it. Pollution is affecting animals and humans. There are associations that help stop loss of endangered animals but when you think about it pollution is one of the reasons there are endangered animals. 

                                                    OIL POLLUTION

 When you look in rivers and little puddles you sometimes see oil and pollutes the water, most times oil is found in parking lot puddles. Most people think it looks cool and don’t get me wrong to me it looks cool but it is not good. It is car oil and also pollution.

                                                      CAR POLLUTION

When you drive a car the steam from the engine is polluting the air, the same air we breathe in. If you think thing might be okay now but in the future thing will get worse. But in the future it will be toxic. Some ways we can stop car pollution is if we’re going to school take a different way. By different way I mean transportation like for instance take a bike or skate board and maybe even walk. We can stop car pollution by also car pooling

                                                     Smoking  

People smoke because it is addictive and since it is addictive you can’t stop. Most people try to impress someone by smoking I know a lot of people who smoke and I try to convince them to stop and they try. Like my dad he is constantly trying but can’t. It is too hard.

                                                        Ways we can stop it

 We can try to make a change back at my old school we made posters and posted them up in the hall ways we got into pairs of boy And girl and made the posters. We can also make a change by walking riding a bike a scooter or riding a skate board. I would like to try the posters some time but it depends.

                          There are many ways we can stop pollution let’s see what we can do!

How Does Sand Turn Into Glass?

1.  Glass Is made from opaque sand.  In order to make glass you need a lot of materials. It takes a lot of effort. These days they use machines to make sand. To make glass you need, a furnace or kiln that heats 800 degrees, mold, a glass separator, a scale, safety stuff, and a dremel tool if you want. A dremel tool is a type of drill

Josh, Cody, Keely, Alison

Where Did They Get Rubber From?

By: Peyton Matthew and Harper

There is a tree that produces rubber. You may think that the rubber tree is made out of rubber but it is just like a normal tree with bark not rubber. People get rubber from rubber trees which is a tropical tree. The tree does not produce rubber right the next second it makes latex. Natural rubber is made from runny, milky white liquid called latex. Early people would let the latex dry and they made rubber things like shoes.

 How Were Volcanoes Created? Matthew H, and Braydon, James

The volcanoes in Hawai’i they are created from about 95% magma and 5% volcanic ash. Other volcanoes are 50% magma and 50% volcanic ash. Most volcanoes are created by the movement of tectonic plates. Some volcanoes can be created by magma being pushed up through a mountain. When magma dries it turns into a type of rock so over time the volcanoes can get bigger. Volcanoes can be created by the ground being pushed up by the magma and then when the magma dries it seals the ground together.

How Does A Mechanical Voice Box Work?

 BY Tye and Jorja Tyson

It works by vibrating. You need the voice box after throat cancer. The voice box shield can be mounted on top of your Arduino board to give it access to all of these capabilities of these speak jet voice and some synthesizer. The voice box shield uses the speak jet converts serial commands into a great robot sounding voice. It works similar to the natural voice box. You can control the speak jet through either serial or the eight input lines which are connected to digital pins 5=12.

WHY WAS PIZZA INVENTED IN ITALY ? 

By: Lindsay and Marlene

Some people call pizza, pizza pie. Everyone believes pizza was invented in Italy. When pizza was first invented most pizza was sold on the streets as a cheap meal for the poor. Pizza officially arrived in the United States when a man named Gennaro Lombardi opened a pizza restraint in New York City in 1905. Pizza was invented in Italy but if not possibilities are it was invented in America, Rome, Greek, or Egypt. Pizza did not catch on until the 1940’s. April 5^th is national deep dish pizza day.    

Why do people eat turkey on thanksgiving?

Jenson, Ben, Jumah, Mason

Americans said it was an economic sacrifice. The first thanksgiving people ate goose then they switched to turkey because geese were harder to find. Trader William imported six turkeys into England from the United States, but some people say that William bought the turkey from Spain, that’s how the UK got to try turkey. People first ate turkey when it was 1621. Before 1621 people usually ate geese, wild boar, lobster, duck, seal, eel, deer and a lot of other animals.

Can animals/people see the dead

By Emma, Heaven, Kiera and Anastasia

Some people believe that dogs have a sixth sense and it is that they can see the dead. 

In myths animals such as cats shares a connection with physic energy (ghosts). 

In Native American mythology, the lynx can walk between words.

Animals can see spirits. If you ever see your dog barking at nothing is seeing something.

There has been videos of cats/dogs fighting nothing.

SOLE January 5 2015

Why Is The Leaning Tower of Pisa Leaning?

Emily, Kiera, Peyton and Lindsay

In Italian the leaning tower of Pisa is Torre Pendente di Pisa. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower located in the city of Pisa in Italy. On the side where the tower is leaning it is 187.27 feet. On the other side of the tower it is 186 feet. The construction was stopped twice due to both wars. The leaning tower of Pisa took 344 years to build beginning in August 1173. The tower started leaning during the construction because it was built on soft ground. The leaning tower of Pisa has nearly been leaning for 840 years. The huge leaning tower was finished in 1372. The tower has been a danger of falling ever since the first brick was put down. The tower weighs 14,500 tons. The width of the tower is 2.44 meters.

Why do we dream? Can we have more than 1 in a night?

Anya, Marlene, Grace and Tyson

We dream because we are organizing and making sense of memories. Try to keep yourself half asleep with your eyes closed. We dream because our brain is still working. Some scientists think dreams have no purpose. You can change dreams in the night if your brain thinks it’s finished. Sometimes dreams can connect in one night. Yes we can have more than one dream’s in one night.

Are Sirens Real?

Keely, Cody, Ben, Alison and Harper

Sirens are believed to live a long time ago.  They are a part of mythology. They are dangerous but have beautiful voices. They dragged sailors down into the water and killed them. They are also known as sea sirens. Sirens are half bird half mermaid. They lived in Italy. They sang songs to attract sailors. The sailors crashed into an island to hear them. There are boulders around the island so if sailors crash into it they are dead. A group called the Argonauts found the sirens and got away. Sirens are the sea goddess daughter. Sirens are dangerous mermaids.

Can People have more than one disease at a time?

Emma, Heaven and Mason

You can get more than one disease at a time. When you get more than one disease at a time it is called auto immune. Most of us will have infections on our sex organ’s not all infections come from the male. You can get more than one disease from having unsafe sexual intercourse. There is no cure for herpes, aids or HIV. When you have unsafe sexual intercourse you can get diseases such as herpes, aids and HIV. It is not possible to get any of these diseases from kissing. There is no know prevention for most autoimmune disorders.

Why is chili called chili if it’s hot

By Anastasia, Marlene and Grace

The hot chili is because chili peppers and chili peppers are spicy. The name chili came from the Spanish word Chile. Chili is very popular and there are many types of chili peppers. Sometimes chili can be spicy or mild or somewhere in between. Most times chili is red. Chili is made of meat, tomato sauce and chili peppers. There is a lot of chili cook offs. A chili cook off is when people cook chili, then judges test it. The person with the best chili wins. The person who wins sometimes get to judge the next chili cook off or the winner gets 2 to 4 thousand dollars.

Why Do We Need To Go To School? By: James.

There are many reason why we need to go to school. Here are some of them:

1. Kids need to go to school because of house construction, gas problems, or power outages.

2. Kids need to go to school because if they want a job when they grow up. They’ll need to learn.

3. Kids need to go to school because of all the times they just play video games and just talk about video games so they can learn everything is not about video games.

4. Kids need to go to school because of their behaviour and they need to learn about treating people the way you want to be treated.

That’s 4 of them. There are still tons of reasons why out there. But, if you don’t like school, here’s some reasons why you might not like school.

1. You keep getting bullied by a bully everyday every recess (or not every day and every recess) and the bully keeps you from getting to the teacher.

2. A kid you don’t like keeps following you around a lot and you keep telling him to stop but he won’t and you try telling the teacher but he begs and pleads to tell you not to tell the teacher.

3. All the work you have to do when you get to a higher grade and so much homework that you really want time to play with your brothers and friends.

4. You just might not get used to your teacher when you’re doing your work.

5. The lack of sleep you will need for a school day. Trust me. I have to sleep at 9:30pm every night. If you don’t get enough sleep, you have a 75% chance of being grumpy and sleepy for the day.

6. When your being a big bully to someone most of the time. You get told on when you bully and get in lots of trouble you want to leave school forever.

That’s all 6 reason why you might not like school.

The main reason the schools were built was for kids to come learn and have fun. Of course. Kids don’t want to go outside on cold days. They rather stay inside than stay out in the cold.

Keep calm and get lots of sleep!

Why is chicken noodle soup good for you when you are sick?

By Jenson, Matthew P., Moody, Jumah, Braydon

The chicken can boost your immune system. It can create movement in some immune cells. The soup can keep you hydrated. Chicken contains vitamins and minerals. These are easier to digest when you are sick. Chicken noodle soup has 36 calories

A SOLE Christmas Part 2

why is SANTA ON the coca cola bottle? 

emily, kiera and alison

Santa has been on the Coca Cola ads since 1920. Coca Cola helped Santa to become more popular. The new Santa has been based on a salesman’s idea. Santa became animated in 2001. The Coca Cola creators put Santa on the Coca Cola bottle when the Christmas holidays come. Coca Cola put Santa on the bottle because he wears a red suit and the coca cola bottle is red. The Coca Cola company did not come up with the idea of Santa being in a red suit. Before the Coca Cola ads came Santa was drawn many different ways than the Santa now. Before the Coca Cola ads Santa was even drawn as a scary elf. Coca Cola introduced the friendly human image of Santa created by Haddon Sundblom in December 1931.

John Pemberton who invented Coca Cola was in the army. John Pemberton invented Coca Cola on May 8^th 1886 in Atlanta. The original Coca Cola was both alcoholic and coked up. The word coked up means drugged. Cocaine is an illegal now but when the first Coca Cola was created it was not illegal and was part of the formula. Cocaine was removed from drink in 1903. Coke is 123 years old. Coca cola originally cost 5 cents a glass.

Twas’ The Night Before Christmas Behind The Scenes.

By James, Jumah and P. Moody

A famous bedtime/Christmas book called ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, but people wanted to know who wrote it, how they got the idea of the book. The person who wrote the book uses the name Clement Clarke Moore. When it first appeared in the newspaper on December 23, 1823, there was absolutely no name attached to it. My guess for the main reason is to get kids start behaving and get kids to have good dreams and a good sleep the night before Christmas. It wasn’t till 13 years later that the author of the book Clement Clark Moore, a professor and poet, stepped forward to claim authorship of the book. In 1844, the basic poem was officially included for the first time in an anthology of Moore’s work.

How Do They Celebrate Christmas In Other Countries   

By: Lindsay and Mason

Many different countries celebrate Christmas differently some are, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and many more.(Italy celebrates by tying presents to a broom stick). In Russia Christmas is celebrated on January 7^th and not December 25^th. Every country celebrates Christmas in their own way. In Ireland it’s tradition to leave mince pies and a bottle of Guinness out for a snack for Santa. In the Netherlands people celebrate Christmas on December 6^th. For many people in Japan traditional Christmas dinner is KFC. The Serbia tradition for Christmas is tying up their mother two weeks before December 25^th and their dad one week before December 25^th. In Iceland there tradition is 13 Santa’s that come down from the mountain to give gifts.

What Is An Elf On A Shelf?

 Josh Jensen Cody Jorja 

It is a toy, movie and book. It costs $29.95 Canadian. An elf on the shelf is a thing that every night goes to Santa and tells how the kid is behaving. The elf on the shelf is a tradition made by kids in 2005.The book was made in 2005.The author is Carol Aebersold and Chanda Aebersold. They created the book over a cup of tea. It is sold in a lot of stores in Canada. You can get the book at indigo. It is most popular in Ontario. You can buy extra clothes. It is made out of plastic. When you get it comes with the book. An elf on the shelf it basically play hide and seek. Parents are allowed to tell the elf what they want. It tells Santa everything. It is popular every year.

What Is the Deal with Reindeer at Christmas?

Peyton, Ben, Harper, and Matthew H

Reindeer are also called caribou. No one knows why reindeer is wrapped in with Christmas. The reindeer need to make Santa’s sleigh fly. Reindeer is sort of like snowdeer and it snows in winter and Christmas is in winter. Santa picked an animal that lived in the North Pole that is gentle. Santa has a magical whip that he hits an animal with and it can fly. Santa picked reindeer because they are nice and they are active and energetic. Some people think Santa’s reindeer are fake. But no one knows if Santa’s reindeer are real. Donner and Blitzen were oregonaly called Dunder and Blixem.

What Is The Difference Between Hanukkah And Christmas? 

By Grace and Anya

Some celebrate Christmas and some don’t, for the people who don’t there is a bunch of different holidays. There is kwanza, there is Christmas and there is also Hanukkah. Hanukkah is for some cultures and kwanza is for others. Hanukkah and Christmas are similar and different.  Here are some similarities: They both come in winter time and they both relate to the roman empire. Here are some differences: There is a Hanukkah bush and there is a Christmas tree.

When Did Christmas Start?

Tye, Matt P, Braydon 

Roman pagans first introduced the holiday Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25.  Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. 

Why do Some People Not Celebrate Christmas and Others Do?

Some people don’t celebrate Christmas because of religion. Christmas started years ago when baby Jesus was born. Christmas and Easter are related because that’s the day Jesus sacrificed himself. Some people do celebrate Christmas because they believe in god and the joy of giving. Some people who don’t celebrate Christmas celebrate Hanukkah or other holidays related to their religion. There are millions of people who don’t celebrate Christmas. Some people are atheists. Each person believes something different. Some people believe Santa is real and some don’t. It is okay to believe differently because nobody knows exactly what is true.

Does Santa Live At The North Pole

By: Grace, Anya, Moody, Ben

Some people believe in Santa and some people don’t. The people who do believe think he lives in the North Pole. Santa is the mascot of Coca Cola. Some people think Santa wears red because of Coca Cola. Santa lives in the North Pole not the South Pole. He lives in the North Pole because it is closer to the people who created Santa. That’s why he lives in the North Pole instead of the South Pole, Santa has other names

The names are Father

Christmas,

 Sinterklaas,

 Julenisse

 Santa Claus

Kris Kringle

Why Is Christmas Called Christmas

by Jenson, Heaven, James and Jumah

The word Christmas gets its name from 2 words, Christ and mass which was a special church that celebrated the birth of Jesus in the mid fourth century.

Why Are Some Christmas Trees Fake?

Mason, Braydon, Josh, and Matt H

Some Christmas trees are fake because some people are allergic to the Christmas trees. People also like fake Christmas trees because they are too lazy to get up and cut one down. Christmas trees are fake because real ones are too much work to care for. Christmas trees are better when they are fake because real pine trees cost too much money (real Christmas trees are around $25 to $100). People buy fake Christmas trees because real ones would drop too many pines needles off of the real tree.

Why do we buy christmas presents?

 Emily, peyton and alison                                                                                                                                                                                                              

We buy presents for people for Christmas because it is to remind us of the presents given to Jesus by the wise men.

Different countries and different families that celebrate Christmas have their own reason for given and receiving presents.

In Spain it is believed instead of Santa Claus delivering their presents it is an old lady named Befana.

We celebrate Christmas because Jesus was born December 25^th Year 0 and on that day the three wise men gave gifts to Jesus and that was a special day so Jesus birthday became Christmas also.

It is said Jesus was born on the 25^th but no one knows the actual date.

  Fun facts

 In Europe the presents are not left under the boring old tree. They are left in shoes or boots.

The three wise men gifts include, Frankincense, Gold and Myrrh.

Why Do Our Presents Go Under Our Trees

Tye Matt.P Jorja

Our presents go under the trees because if kids are good they deserve a good Christmas.  The people put presents under the tree because they love their kids. They put presents there because it looks nice.