C6 Objective: Vocal Varieties (5 to 7 mins) delivered by Mayna Chien
Speech Title: What We Learn from Santa
Delivered on 2005/12/6 (AMTC)
As Christmas is around the corner, you may be bombarded by all the Christmas carols. Everywhere you go, you can hear “ You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout. I’m telling you why. Santa Claus is coming to town.” “Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.” “ Walk into the winter wonderland.” Oh, I just LOVE Christmas carols. You know what my favorite Christmas carol is? It’s --Rudolph the red nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose.
Not only is the song very catchy but it’s very inspiring. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows. All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph play in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight? Then all the reindeer loved him and they shouted out with glee Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. You'll go down in history! I don’t know about you but I feel I can really relate to this story. When I was a little girl, the kids didn’t like to play with me.(just like Rudolph) Why, not because I had a red nose but because I was dumb and ugly. It’s like they put a spell on me. Actually, I believed what they told me until 13 years ago when I met my prince charming or should I say Santa. Unlike fairy tale, he didn’t kiss me to break the spell. In stead, every day, he would tell me I’m the most beautiful woman and the most intelligent woman in the world. The spell was so bad that it took me one year to buy into his story. Thanks to his encouragement, now I have become a very confident person. We all love Santa for his generosity. He would give presents to good girls and good boys. Actually the best present costs nothing. All you need to do is compliment and encourage people. We can make a positive difference in people’s lives by playing Santa. Next time, when your fellow TM members dress well, you can say to them: “Wow, you dress like a million bucks.” When they give a great speech, do give them generous applause. That’s what we call Christmas spirit.
