Cheryl Yeap
'Twas a peaceful night in Paradise Hotel. Dalat
high school students gradually trickled into
the ballroom, awkwardly greeting their dates and taking pictures. The
girls felt beautiful as ever in their CB gowns, and the boys shone like stars.
When everyone was asked to take a seat, sweet
Santa (a.k.a. Mr. Allen), Mrs. Claus (Miss Grad), and two elves strolled down
the aisle, bringing joy and excitement to the entire hall. Suddenly, the
gentle Christmas music was
switched to a menacing tune. The joyful atmosphere of the hall was completely
uprooted. A group
of Asian rebels, wearing creepy masks, invaded the merry
ballroom. They ran around the hall like mad people and danced in the middle of
the hall. They gathered on the stage and wrapped Santa and his friends in
thick, inescapable ropes. As Santa and his companions shouted for help, Peter
Lee, the mastermind behind the whole operation, escorted Santa and his friends
away, and then rapped about his reason for this capture.
After the scene, the guests were dismissed
to get their
delicious dinner from the buffet line. The guests enjoyed the food and the
company of their friends. People continued to pose like celebrities and took
countless photos.
Then, Kevin, Santa's assistant, called for
the guests' attention. He asked the guests to help him in his mission to rescue
Santa and his friends. Because
Santa and his elves were captured,
the children of the world would not receive gifts. Therefore
the first
event was gift wrapping. When the timer started, a representative from each
guest table dashed to the
back of the hall in search of two specified gifts. Then, each table group
worked together to wrap the gifts creatively and to create masterpieces.
Then, the host of the night (Peter) picked the best gifts; a gift with a
beautiful Christmas tree decoration was selected as the winner.
The next event was to create a booby trap
to defeat the Asian invasion rebels. Miss Seckler, a Physics
genius, impressed
everybody by creating a simple, yet complicated, contraption to trap any
unlucky person. People gathered around her table with
pure amazement
in their eyes. Then, the weapon that Lexi Zimbulis’ (12) table made was
chosen as the best booby trap. Here's how it works: as people become enticed by
Calvin Thompson’s (12) handsome face, a
distraction is created, allowing the burglar to “speared.”
Then, the Asian rebels struck again. They gathered on stage with their leader, Peter.
Kevin used
Lexi's booby
trap, with Calvin included, to kill Peter. As Santa and his friends were freed
from being hostages, Peter lied dying on the ground and asked the kind guests
for forgiveness; for
only then did he understand the true meaning of Christmas, which are joy and
happiness. ‘Twas a Christmas miracle.
As Isaac Chan said, "It was a
fun-filled night of Asian humor, dancing, and acting.” Truly, it was an awesome
and memorable
Christmas Banquet.
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