This only made them cry harder.
The teachers spent a frantic ten minutes consoling them, finally getting the children's streaming tears and snot to subside into hitching sobs.
"Alright now, it's Christmas Day, so everyone will be getting a present! And the best-behaved child will even get a chance to have their wish come true...!"
Hearing that there were presents, the children all got up and started heading outside, still sniffling but wasting no time.
On the playground, all the Magic Energy Crystal Stones on the Christmas tree were lit, casting a dazzling, multicolored glow into the night.
"Look, it's the Christmas Dragon!"
A sharp-eyed child quickly spotted the figure flying through the night sky.
The story of the Christmas Dragon had already been written into children's books and told to the students.
