My Holidays

Holidays are days that I always look forward to because they allow for my family to at least spend some of their time together. The past two holidays I felt were the best ones of all because they helped me to realize why they really please me the most. Two things that pleased me during the holidays were that my family really bonded together and that I also received an unexpected present from my parents for Christmas.

I was very pleased to see my family spending time together because this only happens on special occasions and sometimes not all of my family is present. My family has a special tradition for Christmas Eve that is really fun and even allows us to connect our feeling of happiness with one another. The tradition we have of Santa Claus' existence when coming to our house and giving us presents really is a lot of fun. My uncle has been dressing up as Santa Claus for years because he knows the children are not afraid and believe that Santa really does exist and that they could ask him for things that they would like. This tradition begins at midnight when my uncle comes in and all the kids get really happy because they all want to be his helpers. He passes out the presents that we have bought for each other and once or twice he will stop to dance with the kids because it also always seems as if we had a party going on. We have so much fun and it really brings my family together.

Even though it sounds selfish to say that I was pleased in receiving and unexpected present from my parents is because I really did not ask for anything. The only thing that really makes me happy is seeing my brother and sister receive their presents that they think are from Santa Claus. I know that sometimes my parents don’t have the money to give me everything that I would like so that is why I really appreciated their gift to me. It was something that really made me happy because it was the IPOD Nano.

My end of the year holidays were the best and I really enjoyed them a lot. I wish that we had a holiday all the time because that is the only way that my family can come together and really spend as much time as we can catching up with everything that we have missed in each others’ lives. I hope that from now on we can come together more often and really become a united family.