My Favorite Holiday
When I was thinking about what to write this essay on a lot went through my mind. There are so many holidays today that it is mindboggling. Did you know that today, February 7th is
“Send a card to a friend day” and “Wave all your fingers at your friends’ day?” Of course these aren’t really highly celebrated days. There are all of the more important holidays such as the
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, New Years, and so on. These holidays while they are important they are not my favorite and I don’t look forward to them all year. Christmas is my favorite
Holiday and it is really the only one that isn’t just another day to me. Sure I celebrate other ones like Thanksgiving and New Years but nothing compares to that warm feeling I get at
Christmas time. Christmas has many different meanings to people. It started out as the day Christ was born. It became a tradition to give gifts because all the gifts that were brought to Jesus when he was born. Today people forget this and just use it as an excuse to spend lots of money. For children Christmas is the time when Santa clause brings all the children over the world gifts depending on if they were naughty or nice throughout the year. For many people Christmas is the time of the year for giving, yes this is true and it is a good thing but this isn’t the most important reason for me. The last four years I was in the Marine Corps and being away form home during
Christmas really made me see what I missed the most about Christmas time. Sure people everywhere get in the Christmas spirit and gifts are given and cookies and lots of food are made but it’s just not the same as being home. There is something about being home for Christmas, around your family. There are the smells of my sister baking cookies or my mom making her famous breakfast casserole on Christmas morning. For me it doesn’t feel like Christmas without the sparkling white snow on the ground in Northern New York, you just
“Send a card to a friend day” and “Wave all your fingers at your friends’ day?” Of course these aren’t really highly celebrated days. There are all of the more important holidays such as the
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, New Years, and so on. These holidays while they are important they are not my favorite and I don’t look forward to them all year. Christmas is my favorite
Holiday and it is really the only one that isn’t just another day to me. Sure I celebrate other ones like Thanksgiving and New Years but nothing compares to that warm feeling I get at
Christmas time. Christmas has many different meanings to people. It started out as the day Christ was born. It became a tradition to give gifts because all the gifts that were brought to Jesus when he was born. Today people forget this and just use it as an excuse to spend lots of money. For children Christmas is the time when Santa clause brings all the children over the world gifts depending on if they were naughty or nice throughout the year. For many people Christmas is the time of the year for giving, yes this is true and it is a good thing but this isn’t the most important reason for me. The last four years I was in the Marine Corps and being away form home during
Christmas really made me see what I missed the most about Christmas time. Sure people everywhere get in the Christmas spirit and gifts are given and cookies and lots of food are made but it’s just not the same as being home. There is something about being home for Christmas, around your family. There are the smells of my sister baking cookies or my mom making her famous breakfast casserole on Christmas morning. For me it doesn’t feel like Christmas without the sparkling white snow on the ground in Northern New York, you just