The Wacky Family's Christmas Party

Third Place (tie), children's stories

Shaun Harrison |

12/18/2008 - 12/19/08

The Burgereapers are a family that is crazy, because last year they hid in a barn and did nothing on Christmas.

My name is I Spy Harris, and this year I am going to see what they are doing. I am going to be disguised as a berry bush in front of the arroyo where they are having their party. I am going to use a recorder, binoculars, and a microphone — a recorder to record, binoculars to see closer, and a microphone for listening.

During my spy time, I saw some somewhat ordinary things. One was their feast. They had roasted squid with gravy, eggs cooked in their shells, platypus eggs, octopus, robin feathers, dog poop and rotten deer. They ate out of cups and drank out of bowls. They used plates as napkins and napkins for plates. They ate outside in the snow.

Their games were different but pretty much the same. One game was an annual booger fight. There were six teams. They were Yellow, Green, Blue, Red, Orange, and Purple. You had to have a spoon, pull a booger out of your nose, and fling it. The Blue team won with a booger gun blast. They won an extra napkin of rice macaroni with a side of green fox tail. But then everybody started crying, so the Blue team shared with everybody.

The next game was Spinopoly. There was a wheel full of tasks, and you got a number of points for doing a task. There were four teams of nine. They were Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green. The Red team won with 784 points. In second place was Yellow with 628 points; in third place was Green with 590 points; and in last place was Blue with 100 points.

Afterward they opened presents — like every other family — except that the parents hid them for the children to find, like an Easter egg hunt. The 16 children found their presents in a half hour. Some of the presents were bunnies, rockets, clothes, and remote-controlled cars and airplanes. Then the children hid the adults' presents. It took the adults three hours to find their presents. They got clothes, knives, money, and toys such as TVs, stereos, and surround-sound systems.

Everyone went and played with their toys and other things. After five hours of play, everyone left.

The Burgereapers are just an ordinary family. They have the same traditions as everybody else. I guess my work is done.