Christmas Time

Christmas is by far, the best holiday there is! It is a time where families gather together to have a great time and enjoy each other’s company. Christmas is where bonds are strengthened and where many more are created. Also where loved ones are cherished and a time to be thankful for what we have. More commonly, it is a time to reflect on the past year and to think of New Year resolutions.

As a kid I would wait all year long for this one day to come. As December rolled by, my siblings and I would watch 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family, just to get into the holiday spirit. We would talk and think of what we wanted “Santa” to get us, idea after idea rolled into our minds and after an hour we would have 5 pages worth of gifts. But we “knew” the only way we would be able to get any gifts is if we were good and we didn’t fight. So throughout those 25 days until Christmas, we were on our best behavior. So to prevent any fighting we spent most of our time in our room by ourselves. This was the hardest part for me because I would always be so bored not arguing with my siblings, but eventually it paid off. When you’re a kid you want everything, and you would do anything to have it. But as we grew older we realized “Santa” didn’t exist, and that our parents would be the ones to give the gifts. However, even though we grew older we didn’t leave behind the tradition of watching 25 Days of Christmas. My siblings and I also began new traditions and started going out to buy gifts for our parents and friends. We also saw a new side to Christmas; it wasn’t about all receiving gifts but about the time we got to spend together as family. And as family members moved away for college, we can’t help but cherish the little time that we have with them. As Christmas rolls around my family would sit together by the tree on Christmas Eve and countdown until it was Christmas and we would open the gifts that we got each other. This would last until 4 in the morning because the time we spent using the gifts that we received takes so long. Then we would sleep for a couple hours and wake up at 8 to start the Christmas day.

Every year Christmas is always that time of year to look forward to, but when it comes we don’t noticed how fast it passes by. We are stuck wondering how the holidays slipped past us. But the good thing that is left over is the memories that we get to keep for the rest of our lives.