Snowflakes

Vincent Descombes-Sevoie & Ronan Lamy-Chappuis

It was snowing in Lillehammer. The ski jumpers decided to warm up with playing in the snow. They formed teams of two. Ronan and Vincent were the French duo. The one and only rule was that you have to avoid the snowballs. If you got hit, you were out. The last standing team won. Ronan was worried cause he was the never good in snowball fights.

"3...2... 1 and go!" shouted one of the Finns.

They were out after about two minutes. They set a new French record. Ronan laughed at themselves.

"What should we do now?" Ronan asked Vincent.

"Let's make  tea for the guys. They would love it for sure." Vincent replied.

So, they went back to the hotel and grabbed a tea filter. Ronan set the tables for the other ski jumpers and Vincent poured the tea to the cups. Then they went back to the place where the others were still playing. They were like a small child who played in the snow for the first time. Only the Italians were out fully. Sebastian and Davide had no luck like Vincent and Ronan.

"Tea is ready!" Ronan shouted "If you don't come...  we will drink it all up."

The guys stopped and rushed to the hotel and they sat down to the tea. They loved the fact that the two French guy cared about them. The tea warmed up them and their soul. They were thankful to the boys and tea disappeared so much quicker than they thought.

"Thank you for the tea boys." thanked Anders Fannemel.

Mission was completed. They reached what they wanted. The tea was a good idea and a greater community helper. They talked about various topics which never came up. The French decided in making tea before every competition day. The other nations agreed in this to have a tea party.

Then they went back to their rooms where a note caught their eyes. It said:

"Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values."