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Christmas Story Prompts
Take an idea below, modify it, change, it, or expand on it. But whatever you do, don’t stop until you turn it into a 500 to 1,000 word
short story for children:
- The snowflakes looked like tiny angels fluttering by.
- As the snow hit the ground, the children new Christmas was just around the corner. They loved everything about Christmas, the snow,
the cold air, the hot chocolate, and even…
- Spending Christmas in California seemed like the perfect escape. Plenty of sunshine, no snow, and no distractions. She could wallow
in self-pity and escape her family’s prying. Then she met a homeless child and everything changed.
- The family just moved into their new home. With only five days until Christmas, they were worried that the rough won’t be done in
time and they’d have to spend Christmas at the nearest motel.
- Grandpa arrived just in time for us to build our annual snow man, only this time grandpa…
- As I watched grandma prepare her traditional apple pie, my mind wandered back to the time, I as a child…
- A young girl’s father is off fighting the war and she begs God to bring home in time for Christmas. With one 24 hours until Christmas,
her mother fears her faith in God will be compromised, but then a miracle happens…
- Determined to show her selfish children just how lucky they really are, one mom takes her children down to the local shelter to
volunteer for Christmas dinner. What happens next is short of a miracle.
- Twin boys run away from an English orphanage, hope on a train bound for America and arrive at Ellis Island just in time to experience...
- After hearing about the devastation of last night’s blizzard, one classroom decides to raise enough money to help two families
replace the cattle they’ve lost—after all, it’s their livelihood. Once the media takes wind of their new project, things get a little
crazy, but thankfully things turn around quickly and the true meaning of the gift takes precedence.
- Determined to escape the commercialism of Christmas one family boycotts Christmas, rents a secluded cabin in the mountains,
discovers a family in much need of help, and discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
- Wanting to do something completely out of character, one family decides to host a family reunion, on a cruise ship, during the
Christmas holiday.
- As the soldier prepared to spend Christmas without his family, he began to pray that his stay, in this foreign country, could touch
the life of just one person that his sacrifice would be worth it. With only four hours until Christmas, he grew weary and restless,
then…
- Santa Claus knelt beside the infant child to kiss her goodnight, only to discover her heart slowly fading away (miracle of Christmas
story).
- I always thought Santa Claus wasn’t real, but then we read about St. Nicholas in our history books and that night…
- Santa Claus gets stranded in Africa and it’s up to the animals to save Christmas…
- The North Pole is in trouble, the snow caps are melting and Santa’s home will soon be destroyed. Determined to find help, one elf
leaves the North Pole in hope of finding a miracle.
- After vacationing in the Bahamas, it’s time for Santa and his elves to return to work and prepare for the big day, but as they travel
back to the North Pole, Santa’s sleigh mysteriously enters a time warp and is taken five hundred years into the future…
- Determined to prove Christmas is a faux, a young boy grows up to become the world’s smartest scientist. After years of experimenting,
he finally develops a time machine that takes him back in time. And what he discovers will change his life forever.
- Pick one character from the Bible who lived during Christ’s birth and tell the story of Christmas from his perspective.
- Pick a place and time in history and build a Christmas story around that era.
- Pick your favorite sitcom and write a Christmas story based on the characters of that sitcom.
- Peter Pan comes back to visit Wendy as she’s giving birth to her fifth child on Christmas morning. While waiting for her to come out
of the delivery room, Peter tells her children the story of Christmas, as only Peter can.
- Chestnuts roasting by an open fire provoke beautiful imagery, but what happens when two squirrels break into the house and try to
steal those chestnuts off that open fire?
- A ghost from the past creeps back into the life of one mother, who thinks she’s going crazy, only to discover a Christmas gift that
could come no other way.
- Little Annie has always wanted a harp, she’d been practicing on a rented harp for years, then on Christmas morning a mysterious
package arrives on her doorstep. Inside is the harp of her dreams, but there’s only one thing wrong…this harp talks!
- Determined to stop the prejudices in his town, one little boy devises a plan to bring churches from every congregation together for
Christmas service.
- Every year the community picks one family, out of hat, to place the Christmas star on the town Christmas tree. This year, the honor
belongs to…
- Ever since she was a little girl, she dreamed of caroling through her town, in old fashioned costumes, and spreading the Christmas
cheer. But she was always so shy. Now she’s 70 years old and she doesn’t want to die never having accomplished the one thing she’s
longed to do. With all the courage she can muster up, she sets out to put together the largest group of carolers her town has ever seen.
- Pick one of your favorite Christmas memories and build a children’s story around that memory. Change the setting, incorporate new
conversations, add more excitement, and don’t forget to have fun!
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