It's a Family Tradition

So it's time to start the holiday countdown. Now I really wish I had the new Christmas Countdown Ornament! Yes I look forward to not having homework or classes for four weeks, but I actually really enjoy just being at home with my family. Everyone has their own definition of Christmas. Everyone does it differently, and that's what feels like Christmas to them. Christmas to me starts with getting all the boxes of decorations down from the attic, then helping set them up while my dad and brother watch football. Christmas is watching Charlie Brown on ABC. Christmas is listening to holiday music all through December. Christmas is going to my Oma's house the night before and opening their gifts. Christmas putting out cookies and milk for Santa no matter how old we are. Christmas is enjoying our new things for an ENTIRE day! We all have our own little traditions that make Christmas feel like Christmas. Ever since I was little we have done basically the same thing for Christmas each year, except for one year. That year my parents decided to take my brother and I on a ski trip and spend Christmas in Colorado. Although I was with my family, something just didn't feel right. It wasn't our tradition, and all I wanted was to be at home. Everyone has their way, no one way is right, they are all traditions that bring families together.