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GOOD Continued from Page 1 keep their heads on a swivel or suffer the pain of a snowball drilling you. There would be 5-foot tall piles of snow and everyone would play king of the hill on them. Bodies were fl ying every- where, nobody was safe, not even girls. When the snow comes out, everything gets better. I dare you to name a fun re- cess without snow, Tosto. By far the best part about the snow is sledding. There is no better feeling than the wind blow- ing in your face, snow splashing all around you, reach- ing insane speeds as the sled goes fl ying down a hill. The games you can play while sled- ding are endless. You can build a ramp and see who fl ies the farthest and the highest. Also, the SANTA Continued from Page 1 never actually shown his face. It leads the common man to believe he’s just hiding in the chimney and waiting for someone to leave the room because he’s too scared to start up a conversation. He then takes a couple bites out of some cookies that are left out for him, but he fi nishes none of them. That is a true sign of a coward. Papa Snow leaves no trace behind him, though. It’s almost as if he’s not even real and our parents told us he was real to enhance the Christmas spirit, and the holiday as a whole. Just kidding, that’d be preposterous. Another thing to note is that Santa does no work making the gifts and has a bunch of elves build them for him. What a fraud. This guy sits around all year, fattening up while all the elves are doing the work for him, and then delivers the gifts that the elves have been working hard on all year. He then receives all the credit for the entire holiday and doesn’t seem to give any credit to his co-workers. B ROTHE R R I C E H I G H S C HO O L C H I E F TA I N classic race down the hill. However, my favorite thing to do was have one kid try to climb the hill while the others try to take him out. Knees shattered every- where. The snow truly brings out the toughness in everyone. Except Tosto. The snow makes Tosto soft and cranky, like the Grinch. No one wants to be the Grinch. Except Kunz. Finally, snow brings the classic Christ- mas songs. Without snow, there would be no “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!,” the list is endless. Even a talentless Justin Bieber was able to write a Christmas song because snow is that inspiring. Snow is, without a doubt, the greatest thing that falls from the sky. Tosto is too afraid to admit it. He is the kind of kid who likes Thanksgiving music. The one day he “delivers” his gifts, his reindeer pull him the whole way while he just drops gifts down the chimney, based again on the fact that no one truly has ever seen the man. Maybe Rudolph should be the hero of Christmas. Leading eight other reindeer and pulling a man who is P AGE 2 BAD Continued from Page 1 any less, as I slide out of my neigh- borhood, at red lights, and through Michigan lefts. The snow gives me mental-health problems. Snow is going to make your car ride half an hour lon- ger than usual. Go crash your car into another stop sign, Cole. If you ever come across me on a snowy morning where we didn’t have a snow day (looking at you, Bloomfi eld Schools), I’d walk the other way before I walk down the halls like the Grinch, ruining everyone’s already-dead spirits. On top of it, everyone drags in this nasty snow from the parking lot on their shoes, and the hallways are a water slide. I hope you fall, Cole. (Not really, because you could probably break your head open, and I’m not sure if I wish physically harm upon you). Snow is pretty on fi rst glance but awful in its true form. All you feel is snow down your neck and a cold, damp breeze, just like Cole’s soul. Dread it, run from it, you know it’s true, Cole. probably anywhere from a half-ton to a ton in weight is an astounding phys- ical accomplishment. He’s done it for many years now, too, which is way more impressive than sitting around all year and taking credit for an entire holiday. Santa isn’t just a coward, he’s de- lusional. Now I’m wondering when Santa’s really going to pick up the slack and start producing. The normal human could see that if Santa contrib- uted to Christmas all year we would all be getting better gifts each year. Santa always takes the easy route, though. He does as little as possible to get by. The Chieftain apologizes if you take offense to any of this, but it’s the cold, hard truth. Again, I am a huge fan of Christmas, but Santa’s true identity as a coward recently dawned on me, and more people need to understand this to encourage him to pick up the slack a little. One can only hope that Santa will produce big numbers this year and be the real king of gifts, because, as of now, he is the king of cowards. D E C E M B E R 2018