Personal Narrative: My Christmas Traditions In My Family

I have to admit, I am pretty darn spoiled because I’m the baby of the family. My two first cousins on my mom’s side are over 10 years older than me and they’re out of the house which means my aunt and uncle have ended up treating me as one of their own They live next door and have always known how to make my Christmas’ super special. It’s a tradition in my family to set up decorations together. On December 1st, my mom Tina, my grandma Isabell, my two cousins Jessica and Tyler, aunt Angie, uncle Leo, and I all gather together at my Aunt’s house to eat festive foods and set up for the holidays. We start with our special hot chocolate that not only has the yummy smell of chocolate itself, but it has the added hint of cinnamon that just makes your nose go crazy. The very best smell of all is coming from the oven though. My aunt makes the best caramel corn that is mandatory for every holiday celebration. It 's our treat at the end of the decorating night.

Christmas time is consistently exciting in my family. The holidays bring a great feeling of togetherness and

On a chilly winter morning over break, I woke up and noticed that one of the blow ups was deflated. It was the one of Santa checking off his list. There was a giant slash through Santas forehead, but my aunt and I figured it was just old and fragile and must’ve been hit by something blowing in the wind the night before. That was very naive of us. Anyway, she packed it away and I went over to help her rearrange the decorations once more. We sipped hot cocoa again and made her yard look perfectly organized in some crazy way. It didn’t take long and the Christmas spirit was still all around us even without that specific decoration. I honestly thought nothing could kill our holiday mood. Christmas had always been perfectly complete with all of my aunt’s festive decor, but unfortunately, I was