I hope everyone had a merry Christmas! Even though it did not seem like Christmas at all where I live, considering I got home from university and my parents did not even have a tree up! But over all it was a very blessed Christmas for my family and I and it is still not complete!
Every Christmas, I always have several parties and get-togethers to go to: both grandparents’, my great grandmother’s, and my great aunt’s party. Sometimes, there are more scattered throughout the month, but these parties are the ones I attend every Christmas. Christmas weekend, however I only had two to attend. On Christmas eve, I went to my great grandmother’s house for her party and on Christmas Day to my mother’s parents house.
Every Christmas Eve, we pack our big family into my Granny’s small house in Georgetown. It is always cramped, hot, and loud; but it is always a blast. While I feel saddened because this could be my Granny’s last holiday, I am filled with Joy, because I could tell she was so happy to see this big family all together, even if we were missing a few. I had helped her open her presents from everyone and she got some tank tops and a night gown with lace on it and she could not stop giggling like a little girl. She looked at me and said, “Well, I am almost ninety years old and they want me to wear these” and she just giggled. I was so grateful to be able to see her like this. It was so much fun.
Christmas morning, was usual, but sad as well. While, we always go to my grandparents’ home on Christmas Day, my cousins were going to be at their mother or father’s house, so it was a really quiet Christmas, but we are going to be celebrating with them this Friday. Even without the kids running around, we had a great time, we had brunch, opened presents and played card games.
I love the Christmas season, because I get to get together with all my family, exchange gifts, and just spend time together as we celebrate Jesus’ birth and what he did to lead us on the way towards everlasting life.
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