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What are some holidays people celebrate this time of the year?
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What are your favorite holiday traditions in your family?
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Do you do anything special for your pet during the holidays?
Vocabulary
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Clatter: a continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.
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Caper: skip or dance about in a lively or playful way.
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Mauled: a person/ animal wounded by an animal by scratching and tearing.
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Ousted: To drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.
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Quashed: put an end to; suppress.
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Vexed: annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
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Wretched: in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.
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Cormorant: a large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage.
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Ibis: a large wading bird with a long down-curved bill, long neck, and long legs.
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Jackal: a slender, long-legged wild dog that feeds on carrion, game, and fruit and often hunts cooperatively, found in Africa and southern Asia.
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Narwhal: a small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward-pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth.
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Quetzal: a bird of the trogon family, with iridescent green plumage and typically red underparts, found in the forests of tropical America.
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Xerus: an African ground squirrel of the genus Xerus, having spiny fur, very short ears, and a long tail.
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Yak: a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.
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Pondered: think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
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Adorned: make more beautiful or attractive.
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Lineage: the line of descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
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Slumber: being a sleep or sleeping.
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*Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.
You can use them, but you don't have to use them.
You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.
Remember, though, that the focus of your time should
not be on the development and execution of a craft;
the focus should be on the read-aloud and the
enjoyment of the book!
