Christmas Time

Christmas time is always a big and crazy time for my family. We are always busy either with decorating the house or making food for our family parties. My favorite time of the year is Christmas because it is such a giving holiday, my whole entire family comes together and it gives us time to just talk and enjoy eachothers company. Also I really enjoy Christmas because it reminds me of when I was a child and how much I believed in Santa Claus and how happy it made me feel. Decorating the house is something big that my family and I really like to do together. Decorating the tree is most deffiently my favorite because I like to put the ornaments, candy canes, lights, and tonsile all over the Christmas Tree which ever way I want too. Making cookies for the family is also fun too. My mom's sugar cookies are always the best! After my mom makes the cookies, my sister and I decorate them. We decorate them with candy, sprinkles, frosting, and sometimes m&ms. I like to make mine look like Santa Claus or a snowman. When we go to our family party on Christmas Eve we all have to make homemade food and we also bring presents for one another. We all go to my Grandma Tini's, my mom's mom house. We have a pretty big family so things can get a little hectic at my grandma's house. The adults stay up stairs and talk in the living room. The children all go in the basement. We play games, watch Christmas movies, and just have a good time together. It is never boring with my family. When we have dinner it's my favorite part because my family are all really good cooks. My grandma makes the turkey, which is absolutely delicious. Everyone else just makes their own dishes. My mom and my Aunt Wendy are in charge of making the deserts. My mom makes her Jello Speciality and my Aunt Wendy makes her Christmas Cake. Right when you walk into the dining room everything smells so fantastic. Once we're all done eating, we wash dishes and then go back to our games. After an hour or so, we all go into my grandma's big living room and exchange presents. That's always super fun. Then after we play with our toys and talk. The kids stay up stairs and play cards with the adults. This year I learned how to play euchere, and it's pretty interesting. I'm doing fairly well at the game. After we'd have our fun we all say our goodbyes and go back home. Once I got home, I went straight to bed. My sister is still young and believes in Santa. She was so excitied she woke up my family at five in the morning this year. She's crazy, but she always knows how to make me laugh. Right when I walked downstairs I was amazed at all of the presents we got this year. I loved all of my gifts. My absolute favorite was my XBOX. I got Modern Warfare 2, and right when I opened it I got playing. This Christmas was very intersting and I always enjoy my Christmas and I know my family did too. I can't wait until next year! I'm counting down the days.