Holidays

Christmas is my favorite holiday.  This is primarily because it comes with an entire season of its own.  It influences all parts of our society, from decorations in stores to the music we listen to.  I think that it is important to have a month every year to set aside as a celebration--even if you don't believe the religious aspect of the holiday.

Since my relatives live far away, it is usually just my immediate family for Christmas.  Christmas Eve generally includes eating our family's traditional Christmas Eve dinner: the amazingly awful and disgusting oyster stew (I hardly ever actually eat it).  We then watch A Christmas Story (fantastic movie) until midnight mass rolls around.  After that, I go to bed and wait for Santa to come so I can run down the stairs in the morning and see all the cool presents he left.  It's a fun season.