Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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ih lookback at Christmas %j;sjw - ' -r- ' S.r ' - • -.J rr ■ ■vci-rwi-r-vrj vi %e ! s s ' W ' Vf t jvr ig -vr -sf -sg- Christmas is supposed to be a time of good cheer, rejoicing, fun, food, and Santa Claus. But through the years, it changes. Kids change from excitement over Old St. Nick, to finding out who really stuffs their stockings and fills the bare space under the tree. Reaching back about ten years, you may find an encounter you faced at Christmas time. It could be sad, happy, or even stupid. Now, in 1986, how many of us remember these moments? SOPHOMORE BRANDON GARCIA: When I was about five, I always wanted a little red fire engine. For Chiristmas. I asked Santa for one. Christmas morn- ing I woke up and there it was. I ' ll never forget that truck. I would drive it up and down the street, and make the noise that goes along with it. I wore a cap and a badge and knew that I was a fireman. JUNIOR ANGIE FLORES: When I was seven years old, I put out a stocking with milk and cookies, and even a letter to Santa. When I woke up, the cookies and milk were gone, but the letter was there and my stocking was empty! I felt so sad. When my parents got up, I told them about my stocking and they looked at each other. Their faces looked so guilty, and they told me that Santa must have forgotten. I couldn ' t figure out what I had done wrong. That ' s when I thought maybe there wasn ' t a Santa. SOPHOMORE TOMMY STURGEON: When I was little. I thought that if Santa could make it down the chimney, so could I. So I got on the roof and tried to make it down. I faced a big problem on the way down — I got stuck. My parents had to call the neighbors and drag me out. JUNIOR JASON COOPER: believed in Santa for so long, f y mom would take boots and put fake snow on them. Then she would make footprints on the rug. She would pound on the roof, and ring bells. With all that going on, how could I not believe? If the past ten years have been so exciting at Christmas, just think of what ' s in the future. What will we have to go through to convince our children that Jolly Santa Claus really does exist? story by Julie Wishner; layout by Lynn Fujioka. l fc -w e-vn-n-r%gvevci-f ' w ' wiMr-www .■■■-.■%j--wwr ' ---- ' --- w« irf sz . ■■ww ' wveveve-vg-vr-vr-vr%r evevc:m ► INTERRUPTED BY THE CAMERA, Cynthia Ra- mirez en|oys her new toy puppy. Cynthia loved Christmas as a kid. 34 }p Student Life Christmas

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■4 A BATHROOM WALL provides the background for a cryptic mes- sage. Custodians were usually quick to remove grafitti. especially on outside walls.

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-4 DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN HIS NEW TRUCK, Brandon Garcia pretends he ' s a fireman. - Brandon s dream was to get that red truck. Christmas Student Life