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      CHRISTMAS
      EXCITEMENT
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MADONNA
      MACDONALD,
      SARAH
      CAMERON
      AND
      PAULA
      DOIRON
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ACE
      PROGRAM
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      a
      busy
      time
      for
      all
      students
      and
      professors.
      December
     
    

    
     
      means
      lots
      of
      studying
      and
      getting
      ready
      for
      exams.
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      like
      finishing
      up
      classes
      and
      getting
      Christmas
      vacation
      as
      a
     
     
      break.
      I
      love
      Christmas.
      It
      is
      my
      favorite
      time
      of
      the
      year
     
     
      because
      I
      get
      to
      spend
      time
      with
      my
      family,
      and
      that
      is
      impor-
     
     
      tant.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Te:
      time
      of
      year,
      we
      are
      finishing
      our
      classes
      at
      UPEIL.
      It
     
    
   
   
    
     
      My
      friend
      Paula
      Doiron
      likes
      Christmas
      because
      she
     
     
      likes
      going
      shopping
      for
      her
      mom’s
      present.
      She
      also
      likes
     
     
      helping
      her
      dad
      put
      up
      the
      lights.
      Paula
      and
      her
      mom
      like
      to
     
     
      look
      at
      the
      neighbors
      lights.
      On
      Christmas
      day,
      I
      like
      to
      open
     
     
      presents,
      have
      a
      big
      turkey
      dinner
      and
      go
      to
      church,
      because
      it
     
     
      is
      Jesus’s
      birthday.
     
    

    
     
      Another
      friend,
      Sarah
      Cameron,
      likes
      Christmas
      too.
     
     
      She
      says
      that
      her
      family
      celebrates
      by
      going
      to
      church
      on
     
     
      Christmas
      Eve.
      They
      visit
      their
      friends’
      house.
      They
      talk,
      sing
     
     
      and
      eat
      lots
      of
      good
      food.
      I
      like
      to
      eat
      food
      at
      Christmas
      too,
     
     
      but
      sometimes
      it
      makes
      my
      weight
      go
      up,
      but
      this
      happens
      to
     
     
      lots
      of
      people
      at
      Christmas.
      I
      also
      love
      to
      visit
      family
      and
      lis-
     
     
      ten
      to
      Christmas
      music.
      This
      year
      I
      bought
      a
      Santa
      hat
      to
      get
     
     
      people
      in
      the
      “Christmas
      Spirit”.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Merry
      Christmas
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ed
      Note:
      The
      ACE
      program
      is
      an
      inclusive
      post-secondary
     
     
      education
      program
      for
      adults
      with
      intellectual
      disabilities.