WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS...
A month before Christmas everyone gets busy. As a rule, Velzys gymnasium starts its annual project ‚Waiting for Christmas‘.
The project was opened with Comenius Christmas Painting Contest activities. The students from 5th to 12th forms took part in it. The best paintings and works were send to the Christmas Art Exhibition in Romania to represent Lithuanian Christmas traditions and customs.
After some days the students started to decorate their classrooms and the windows of the corridors with paper patterns showing winter symbols such as flakes, St Clauses, deer and Christmas trees. The air was full of joy and creativity. The main decoration became Christmas wreath. They were hung on every classroom door. The students did them with a special attitude and care.
In the early morning on 17th December the Velzys gymnasium community gathered together to commemorate the importance of the coming holiday and watch the Advent performance. The best students were given the remembrance gifts and gratitudes. The pastor gave a speech and greeted everyone with the coming holidays.
The final activity was the Carnival. The theme of the event was ‘Epochs’. We could enjoy watching performances about Ancient Egypt, Greece, Slavery, the Future and aliens as well. The best performance and masks were awarded.
The project ‚Waiting for Christmas‘ was a success. It filled our hearts with the warmth and joy. Furthermore, it gave us the most important gift – winter holidays.
Rima Stongviliene and Renata Jankeviciene
This is so nice! It looks like we are not so very different in the way we celebrate Christmas. The photos are very nice, too. We also had activities of decorating the classrooms and carol singing and making and writing Chritmas cards, all of these finializing in 2010 with the art exhibition and the Christmas carols concert in the main school hall, as you can see in the photos from the exhibition.
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