BY BEN DANFORTH
Our family has, over the years, developed many colorful and interesting traditions on Christmas day. On Christmas, we all awaken at approximately nine o’ clock and start off the festivities by eating a scrumptious breakfast of cinnamon rolls. Then, we all gather around and read the Christmas story from the Bible in the book of Luke. Once we finish, we proceed to the exchanging of presents. My dad dispenses the gifts one by one to the family--all nine of us. This goes on for an hour or two, as we are in no particular hurry.
When we finish, we set off to enjoy our various presents. At 11:30, we pile up in at least two cars and head over to my grandma’s house. There we eat a delicious lunch of ham, turkey, hash browns, banana pudding, stuffing, cookies, brownies, and all sorts of other delicacies. After the meal, we have yet another batch of gifts. We sit around visiting and enjoying each other for a while then, after snapping a few family photos, we drive over to my mom’s parents’ house.
Throughout the evening we both play and watch football and other games outside. We eat another amazing meal and have one last round of gift giving.
Christmas is a wonderful time of year-- my favorite-- and I look forward to it all eleven months.
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