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How I Spend My Christmas

By Jackson Watson

One tradition I have is celebrating Christmas on

Christmas Eve with my family. Every Christmas Eve my

family comes over to my house, and we open presents,

eat, and play games.

We start off the night by eating. We all sit at the dining

room table which is a very long brown wood table

surrounded by people of all ages. There is ham, mashed

potatoes, cranberry sauce, and turkey. We have Dr.

Pepper, sweet tea, water, and Kool-Aid. When everyone is done eating dinner then we eat

dessert.

After we eat, we throw our plates away and split into social groups. The kids go to one

room to play board games while the adults stay in the living room and watch tv and play cards.

We usually always play Monopoly because it's the game we have been playing all our lives on

Christmas Eve. The adults usually play poker or a game called Texas Hold’em...

After an hour or two, we split up into two groups. The little kids go into the living room

and the older kids go into a different room. The adults get the kids’ presents from everyone and

pass them out to both groups. You can hear the laughter and joy between the two rooms as the

kids scream and run around, the older kids say thank you to one another and talk, and the adults

call out the names of the presents for the kids. After we all open presents, it's time to say

goodbye. Once they all walk out the door, the chatter fades away. It gets quiet and everyone in

the house goes to sleep to wake up on Christmas morning.