As the new year approaches, write a summary of your 2007 highlighting anything of particular importance to you.

…..and so moving along, today’s challenge is to rewrite the well-known poem.

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Which carol or song of the season is the one that’s guaranteed to have you humming along when you hear it played?  Why do you enjoy this song more than the others?

Use any of the following to begin a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

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Set your timer for 20 minutes, put the title at the top of your page and then start typing.  Give your creativity a free rein to take the theme where it wants to go with it.

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Use the following words in a piece of fiction or non-fiction. Word order doesn’t matter but you must include them all.

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Does Santa exist?  Write an opinionated essay on the world’s “jolly old elf”!

Use the power of written description to show someone not at your Holiday table the scene – who would be there, what’s on the table (food and decoration), what’s usually discussed, any traditions, and so on.  With the senses as your guide, talk a stranger through your main Holiday meal.

Use any of the following to start a piece of fiction or non-fiction:

1. The smell of coffee was filtering through from ………

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Write yourself a report card for 2007 - but write it as an impartial observer.