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3rd Grade Holiday Dinner Plans

We asked area third graders what they’d serve for holiday dinner.

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ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY

On Christmas I would serve cool aid and soup bread, meat and gravy and wine for the parents. That’s what I would serve. – Elliot, Roosevelt Elementary

I would like to make for Christmas dinner is huge peanut butter cup cookies, lots of peanut butter ice cream, peanut butter sandwiches, taco salad, deviled eggs, peanut butter cup fluff, hamburgers, and apples. – Madeline C., Roosevelt Elementary

I would serve chunks of chicken, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, ice cream, dessert, ham, and crackers. That’s all. – Caleb C., Roosevelt Elementary

I would make cookies, turkey, milk, soup, and strawberries. The cookies are for dessert. The cookies and milk and soup is for Christmas dinner and the soup, turkey, and strawberries and corn are for Thanksgiving dinner. – Emily K., Roosevelt Elementary

I would make turkey, mashed potatoes, and gravy, and corn, and biscuits, and milk. – Ben O., Roosevelt Elementary

I would serve ham, mashed potatoes, rolls, corn, fruit salad, pudding, brownies, and orange cake. – Sean M., Roosevelt Elementary

I would make a chicken and turkey. I would serve my great grandma’s famous corn bread and corn and mashed potatoes with gravy with a dessert table and a pop table. – Ricky Z., Roosevelt Elementary

I would make turkey and green beans and carrots and pineapple. – Hunter, Roosevelt Elementary

Green beans, peas, turkey, stuffing, and potatoes. – Ryan V., Roosevelt Elementary

I would serve a turkey, mashed potatoes, chocolate cookies, some salad, milk, chocolate milk, carrots, and corn. – Michael, Roosevelt Elementary

I would serve red cool aid, turkey, and pumpkin pie, apple pie, and apple juice, orange juice, and blue cool aid. – Chris, Roosevelt Elementary

I would serve stake and salad, potatoes, and chicken, and carrots, and Kool Aid, and beef, and turkey, and pizza. – Samantha, Roosevelt Elementary

For Christmas Eve I would cook pork, stuffing, ham, brownies, and cookies. For Thanksgiving I would make turkey, ham, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, brownies, cookies, and rice. – Gena, Roosevelt Elementary


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LOCUST LANE ELEMENTARY

For Christmas supper I’d make pizza, chicken, steak, hot dogs, French fries so we can have a good meal. – Dylan Trott, Locust Lane Elementary

One Thanksgiving day it was my turn to bake for Thanksgiving. My family and I always have a turn for a holiday to cook and it was my turn to cook for Thanksgiving. I cooked a turkey, corn on the cob, mash potatoes, and carrots. I had my cousins come over, my grandma and grandpa, my brother and mom and dad, aunt and uncle, my second cousins, and me. We had so much fun and everybody loved my food. I loved cooking Thanksgiving dinner! – Haley, Locust Lane Elementary

I would get turkey and sandwiches and pop and pizza. Why? Because the food is good and it was November and I like the food and the people would like to food, too. – Sunil, Locust Lane Elementary

I would make a Christmas dinner there would have chicken and ice cream cookies and finger Jell-O. – Kristina, Locust Lane Elementary

For Christmas I would serve maybe Christmas cookies and for a drink some hot chocolate and I will put marshmallows in the hot chocolate and I will put decorate on the cookies and the plates will be Christmas plates. – Noah S., Locust Lane Elementary

If I was in charge of the Thanksgiving dinner I would serve mash potatoes, corn, stuffing, turkey, and pumpkin pie. – Ryan, Locust Lane Elementary

If I was going to make a Thanksgiving dinner I would but turkey. On the side of the plate I would put mash potatoes. But just in case someone didn’t like gravy, I would put some in a separate bowl. I would also put carrots on the side (three for each person). The carrots will be normal, like, not cooked or anything. I would also put stuffing on each person’s plate. To drink I would put white milk. My Thanksgiving dinner would be great! – Aubrey, Locust Lane Elementary

If I was in charge of making dinner I would make Christmas cookies and a Christmas cake and make Chinese food. Then we will eat. – Keng Xiong, Locust Lane Elementary

If I was in charge of making Thanksgiving I will make a turkey with stuffing, corn on the cob, and mashed potatoes. For dessert I would bake an apple pie. Mmmmmm. – Kendra Yoder, Locust Lane Elementary

For a Thanksgiving dinner I would serve roasted turkey, steaming hot potatoes, and stuffing. I would also serve tomatoes soup. Yes, nice steaming hot tomato soup. Saving last, but not least, the dessert: pumpkin pie with ice cream and whipped cream. – Maddy, Brandon, Locust Lane Elementary

If I was serve a Thanksgiving dinner I would make a turkey because almost every body likes turkey in my family. The second thing I would make is mashed potatoes because I get to cook them and it is really fun to mash the potatoes. I would also serve corn because you can mix the corn and the potatoes together and that’s really good. I would also make Thanksgiving cookies because my whole family likes dessert the best. That’s what I would serve if I could choose the Thanksgiving dinner. – Jack, Locust Lane Elementary

On Christmas I would make meat loaf. On Thanksgiving I would make turkey. On Hanukkah I would make meatballs. Finally on Kwanzaa I would make tuna. – Arik, Locust Lane Elementary

I would serve cookies, turkey, and cool whip salad. I would also serve cake, soup, and coffee. I would pre pare the best Christmas dinner ever. I will enjoy and cook my dinner at home. – Cole Morden, Locust Lane Elementary

If I would serve dinner for Christmas I would serve a “fragle” drink. I made with orange, ruby, and cherry juice. I’d add water and a chocolate chip or two. But last and not least, I’d serve steak! A good, juicy steak! So come to my house on Christmas and eat well! – Eliot Van Glunsven, Locust Lane Elementary

You can make hot cocoa or water. You can make pizza with your family and friends. You can make French fries and open presents after dinner. – Keng Chang, Locust Lane Elementary

If I was cooking Thanksgiving dinner I would serve turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy with it, too! I will be careful so I do not cut my self. So then we will dig in!! Then we will play games. – Teyarra, Locust Lane Elementary

I would serve mash potatoes, turkey, and gravy. Maybe some stuffing, too. I might also put some green beans in the dinner, too. In a giant place. – Devan, Locust Lane Elementary

I would serve Santa cookies, turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and presents. Presents are frosted graham crackers. I love Christmas. Christmas rocks. Also I would serve pumpkin pies. – Mackenzie Hoff, Locust Lane Elementary

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LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY

If I were in charge of making Kwanzaa dinner I would serve cookies. I would also serve bread and apple sauce. We would have juice and milk if there were kids. If there were adults I would have pop, or they could just drink water. I would also have a large turkey. That is all. – Keira, Longfellow Elementary

Turkey, ice cream cake, rice, crab legs, salad, mash potatoes, gravy, corn, kebab, sushi, fish, sausage, bacon, omelets, juice, pumpkin pie, jambalaya, eggs, and frog legs. – Desmond Xiong, Longfellow Elementary

Cake, ham, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and potatoes. – Nicole Hauck, Longfellow Elementary

If I would make dinner for Hanukkah, I would make a cake and mash potatoes, salad, ice-cold pop, and mixed veggies. – Yer Yang, Longfellow Elementary

I would make chicken, ham, blackberry pie made by my great grandma, cookies with white chocolate chips, apple cider, cake, my mom’s homemade peanut butter balls, milk, honeydew melon. Yummy. That would be a fantastic feast. – Zavier Balow, Longfellow Elementary

I would make roast beef, turkey, mashed potatoes, beans, salad, corn on the cob, gravy. For dessert I would make cookies, cake, apple and pumpkin pie, ice cream, and cupcakes. To drink, I would serve pop, milk, and water to drink. – Blake Rudd, Longfellow Elementary

Gingerbread cookies, eggs, bread, pie, hot chocolate, sushi, cupcakes, cake, bacon, and chicken. – Amy Her, Longfellow Elementary

I would serve chicken, turkey, potatoes, and gravy, and corn, and squash, and pickles, and cranberries, potatoes with cheese, or berranaise sauce vegetables, and mixed fruit. And to drink would be pop or milk or apple cider and water. And for dessert apple pie or pumpkin pie or cookies and apple bars and pumpkin bars. – Madysen Dokkestul, Longfellow Elementary

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ROBBINS ELEMENTARY

I would have fish and cookies, beef jerky, and cereal with any kind of milk. Me and my friends would have venison, cheese and crackers, ice cream with chocolate syrup and every topping. … There would be chefs cooking in front of you and they were very fast at cooking. In a hotel with a swimming pool. There would be butlers to serve you and get you any kind of food you want to have. And music there so you could do a dance. … The food would come really fast in one second when it done. Every person in the world could come to the feast and bring any kind of animal you want. … The buffest you would just keep on eating it would be 10 days long. You would have stomach ache but it would go away. … The butler would be the best butler in the whole wide world in the history of butlers. He would have the best butler suit ever. … There would be the best band in the world playing. The crowd would cheer for the band and me because I paid the band to come. … It was sweet. – Mitchell, Robbins Elementary

I would make cookies and pizza. I would make thee most gross thing. I’d combine cookies, cake, cupcakes, soda, and puppy chow. I would buy a hole bunch of huge bottles of soda. I would buy donuts and candy and brownies and cakes that look like presents. I would make cookies the size of a giant tree. I would make pancakes with chocolate in it. That’s the end of breakfast. – Mark, Robbins Elementary

I would serve chicken, French fries, and milk. For dessert I would serve sundaes! I would buy everyone a Chinese yo-yo and a pack of bubble gum. I hope nobody chews so loud we all throw up. That would actually be cool! – Danny, Robbins Elementary

I would make apple pie, cheesecake, apple cider, chocolate cookies, because they are wonderful. I would make giant fat M and M cookies and put a little present in it. I would invite the President of the United States of America for dinner. I would make turkey. – Riley, Robbins Elementary

I’d make cherry pie, blueberry pie, chocolate pie, spider pie, and grasshopper pie. I’d make turkey with a lot of people that are my family. I’d make a lot of cakes and cookies. I’d have a lot of fun with my cousins and aunts and uncles. We’d go to my grandma and grandpa McDonough’s house. They live on a lake by a beach. We are going to have mashed potatoes. We are going to have drinks and some chick in. I would make rice crispy bars. I would make ice cream and puppy chow. We’re going to take all of the cars they are a mini van, a SUV, and a red car. My mom drives the van. My dad drives the SUV. My sister drives the red car. My sister has her driver’s license. – Matt, Robbins Elementary

If I made Christmas food I would make chocolate chip cookies, brownies, ham, turkey, stake, ribs, hot dogs. For Thanksgiving I would cook ham, turkey, chicken, beef jerky. – Seth, Robbins Elementary

I would buy a turkey. I would get corn. I would make muffins. And dessert I would make a cake with orange frosting and a 3-D Santa and he would be spinning and saying, “Ho, ho, ho.” It would be a special day for my family and my dog. – Adam, Robbins Elementary

Some ice cream, maybe some cake with little snowman on it. Maybe put some toppings on the ice cream like chocolate, sprinkles, and many more. And different kind of flavors vanilla, chocolate, mint, and more. Maybe some more designs on the cake maybe toppings on the cake. Like nuts, chocolate, sprinkles, frosting. Maybe more stuff like crackers with toppings. I would make hot chocolate with animal crackers and whip cream with shredded chocolate and choco. Yummmmy that sounds superduper very very good!! – Luis, Robbins Elementary

I would make a Thanksgiving dinner and we would eat turkey, chicken, stuffing, bread, corn, and mash potatoes. And for dessert we would have cake with vanilla frosting and ice cream. And I would invite my friends and family. We would have a party and we would play games. And we would have a wonderful time. – Kaylee, Robbins Elementary

For Thanksgiving I would make turkey, buttered mashed potatoes with gravy. For dessert I would make apple pie. For Christmas I would make ham, left saw, and rice. For dessert I would make cookies that look like Santa and cookies that look like Christmas trees. For Hanukkah I would make pork chops, tomato soup with crackers, and bacon. For dessert I would make blueberry pie. – Danielle, Robbins Elementary

I would make ham, mashed potatoes with butter gravy, and lefsa, and a couple treats. Like rice crispies, cake, and cupcakes. For Thanksgiving I would make turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and butter. For Hanukkah I would make turkey, corn, and brownies. – Zoe, Robbins Elementary

I would make cookie dough, pumpkin pie, cookies, chocolate, and pasta. I’m not sure how I would make it all. For drinks I would have water, milk, Gatorade, and sprite. I would buy that at the store. I would get invitations at Target because my mom works there and I wouldn’t have to pay the full price I think! – Olivia, Robbins Elementary

If I were in charge of making Thanksgiving dinner I would make turkey, watermelon, stuffing, and potatoes. I would put candles sticks in the middle of the table to make it fancy. I’m proud of myself for making a big Thanksgiving dinner by myself. – Ashley, Robbins Elementary

I would serve a big chicken dinner with sweet potatoes, buttered bread, beans, salad, and cookies. To drink I would have milk, juices, and all kinds of other things. My dinner would be so yummy! – Lilia, Robbins Elementary

First I would think what my guests would like. Then I would make it. I would make turkey, fish, chicken, and pork on fancy plates. The sides would be corn peas, potatoes, and mixed vegetables. And for dessert I would give ice cream, bars, and candy, and pies. And when my guests left I give they candy bags. I hope they had a great time. The end. – Serena, Robbins Elementary

I would make turkey. I would also make apple pie cause it’s America’s favorite. I would make mashed potatoes. I would also serve sparkling cider to drink. I would make my famous rice crispy bars. I would make stuffing. I would make strawberry shortcake. I would have a stuffed ham. I would bake gourmet cookies. That is my Thanksgiving feast. – Grant, Robbins Elementary

I would make lefsa with butter, brown and white sugar, pizza, any type. Also I’d make cheese curds with extra cheese and jalapenos in the middle. Lots and lots of ham. For fruits and vegetables I’d have banana, apple, and broccoli with cheese. To drink milk. Mint coco chip with coco sauce red, yellow, and blue sprinkles. – Steinar, Robbins Elementary

I would probably make turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, maybe even some chicken. I would also make lasagna, meat and fruit shish kabobs. I don’t know if I should make pork chops. For decorations I would make orange and brown paper chains, pilgrim and Native American hats, one of hose baskets, and a table cloth. – Kristen, Robbins Elementary

Cookie dough ice cream with extra cookies and potatoes and gravy and turkey and rib sandwiches and for dessert I’ll feed them chocolate ice cream and I’ll give them all present and it will be me and my mom’s birthday. Yay. – Declan, Robbins Elementary

I would make a famous lasagna and for sides I would make some corn and some noodles with sauce and mashed potatoes. For dessert I would make either a blueberry pie or a cake. For something to drink maybe a soft drink or hot chocolate. – Kathryn, Robbins Elementary

I would make turkey. For side hashbrowns and green beans and my grandma’s beef stew and corn on a cob and cucumbers and cantaloupe slices and watermelon and pear and potato and grave and strawberry and carrots. I would rent a big dining room with a chandelier and a long table. – Alana, Robbins Elementary

I would serve turkey, mashed potatoes, cookies, pudding, chips, pizza, pies, and brownies. That is what I am going to serve. The turkey I got at the store. The mashed potatoes I made. The corn I got from the store, too. The turkey sandwich from the store as well. The cookies were good because I got it at the store. The pizza was all gone when we left. The brownies were very, very good 60 slices. – Garret, Robbins Elementary

I would make Christmas cookies, mashed potatoes, chicken, Christmas soufflé, and a cake with a 3-D snowman on the top, stuffing, turkey, watermelon, nachos with cheese, fruit basket, yorkie cupcakes, hasbrowns, fish nuggets, pizza, pizza dumplings, apple pie with a cherry on top, ice cream, pancakes, waffles, tacos, and chips and salsa at Action City. – Patience, Robbins Elementary

I would make Christmas cookie, cupcakes, cake with frosting, mints, potato with grave, sausage with pancake on it. I will get chicken samwich. We will have a Christmas party, play games, we will open presents, I will make a 3-D snowman cake and I will make 3-D puppies. I will give everybody some of my favorite recipe that is cookie with a little pinch of vanilla and peanut butter and a tab of milk. And after everybody is done eating you lift up the plate and you might find afute on the bottom of their plate and get a prize. – Allie, Robbins Elementary

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LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY

Thanksgiving main meal: shrimp. Drinks: orange juice. Sides: yellow carrots and sliced apples. Dessert: Cheesecake. Sauce: Tokyo Sauce. – Flynn Schultrich, Lakeshore Elementary

Thanksgiving dinner: tacos, strawberries, French fires, pickles, chips and dip/salsa, little mini sandwiches, and lime drink. – Emelia Holle, Lakeshore Elementary

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