Santa’s Photo Album: The decorating marathon

Have you ever attended an outdoor festival in a park? I’m with my friends Raccoon, Mr. Snow, and Feather in this picture, preparing for the North Pole outdoor Christmas party.

To mark the occasion, we decided to decorate ALL the trees in the park for the very first time. It was a big task, but many hands made light work. Still, we were in a sweat over it, ho, ho, ho!

At first, everything went like clockwork. The raccoon was in charge of the baubles, while the others were responsible for putting up garlands and colored lights. We carried everything we needed in my large sack. But once we got to the last stand of trees, we realized we didn’t have any ornaments left! I was sure I calculated exactly how many decorations we needed for the entire park.

We looked around and noticed some shiny objects lying in the snow. As we approached, Feather noticed that they were our decorations. I quickly realized what had happened when I tried putting them back in my sack: it had a hole! Baubles and garlands were strewn all over the place, ho, ho, ho!

As you can imagine, we had to go back and pick up all the ornaments we’d lost. Luckily, my friends were there to help. By joining forces, we picked up everything and finished decorating the trees before sunset, just in time for the party.

Come to think of it, it was risky to wait until the day of the event to start decorating. If we’d started earlier, we wouldn’t have had to finish in a hurry. Trust me, I learned my lesson!

By Sarah Beauregard and Johannie Dufour
Translated by Jasmine Heesaker