Christmas+Contest

=Hello, students! Well, it's nearing that time of year again: C h r i s t m a s ! To celebrate this, why don't we have a contest? I, being Harrison, am looking for the most original (Yes, just like The Veterans of Yesterwicky) poem or short story about the holidays. Not to limit you on what you can write about, this is a contest that can be about the season of winter, or Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah. My point is, this contest has a very broad region about what you can write. =

=Okay, I know what you guys are thinking: //What's the prize?// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8b00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">My answer: The prize is the satisfaction of winning, a dollar or two, and maybe either a king-sized candy bar of your choice or perhaps a book or something. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #808080; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> But this contest closes on <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">December 22, 2011, so get cracking! =

Here's an example I was told to make: Lost in the Snow __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Entries __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Poetry (Free or Rhyming Verse): <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. <span style="background-color: #33ffb8; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Christmas Disaster~Emma: Winner! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. <span style="background-color: #0097ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Christmas Reality~K.Q.: Runner Up! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Stories: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. <span style="background-color: #33ffb8; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">California Christmas~Naira: Winner! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. <span style="background-color: #0097ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Not So Merry Christmas~Alexia: Runner Up! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">3.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Let me just say, all these entries were fantastic and this contest was very hard to judge. Congratulations all of you!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">The winners will receive a king-sized candy of their choice.The runners-up will receive a regular sized candy bar of their choice.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Happy Holidays!