I know it’s only September but I can’t wait for Christmas.
It’s my favourite time of year. Although I’m a Hindu we still celebrate Christmas.
I remember the exciting feeling while I was growing up, on the night of
Christmas Eve when my parents would send us all up to bed and me and by brother
could hardly contain our excitement for Christmas Day. Then we’d wake up on
Christmas morning and rush downstairs to see what Santa had left for us. We
were always so excited to see all the neatly wrapped assortment of boxes in all
shapes and sizes under the tree. We’d rush to wake our parents and later open
one at a time, exclaiming in delight at the sheer surprise and happiness at
what we got. My parents would always go to great lengths to make each Christmas
memorable for us. Thinking back, it’s interesting how we would modify
traditions ever so slightly as me and my brother got older but Christmas is
still special for me. I love spending that special day with my family, eating
lots of mince pies and Christmas pudding with warm custard, huddled up by our
open log fire watching Christmas films. My all-time favourite Christmas film has
to be Home Alone. I love this! Every year me and my brother would look out for
when it was on TV and watch it. They put it on every year and every year we’d
watch it. It’s just such a happy family film and the soundtrack is amazing! ‘Rocking
around the Christmas tree’ has to be my favourite Christmas song of all time. I
love putting this on and dancing round my room as Christmas approached. In the
afternoon, we’d all make Christmas dinner together. I’d put on a Christmas playlist
of my favourite songs and dance round the house getting everyone in the festive
spirit. It really is the best time of year! I hope that someday when I have my own family
I will get to share this experience with my kids and me and my husband can watch
their happy excited faces when they open their presents on Christmas morning.
Some of the shops in town have already started selling
trees. I can’t wait for when they put up the big tree in town and then the
shops will start selling Christmas gift sets and wrapping paper and decorations.
Then in the run up to Christmas, town will be packed with excited shoppers wrapped
up warm in thick coats and hats rushing to get last minute gifts for loved
ones. I love this time of year. The buzz is like none other! Last year for Christmas me and my flatmates put up a little tree in our kitchen at halls and made Christmas dinner together. We put on Santa hats which had flashing lights and opened a bottle of rosé and cooked a proper meal together. It was so nice. We had a really great evening. It was so special. I had a great evening with two of my closest most special friends. It’s one of those nights that you’ll always remember. I can’t wait to do the same with my new housemates who I am living with this year.
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