Special days throughout the school year have potentialities for many kinds of meaningful experiences for children. Each day is celebrated in its special way. There are fun days such as Halloween, May Day, and April Fool's Day. There is Thanksgiving with its opportunity to develop the real meaning of the words “giving thanks.” There are patriotic and religious days. Children, teachers, in fact the whole community, can make plans for observing the day in keeping with the purpose of the day itself. The following story shows how one school observed Christmas with its many possibilities for rich experiences.