The holidays have always been my favorite times of the year. Once Halloween is over, I consider it to be a perfectly acceptable time to start decorating for Thanksgiving and Christmas and break out the Christmas music.  My two favorite holidays by far are Thanksgiving and Christmas because of the way my family and I celebrate them.  The day after Halloween is when my mom likes to redecorate the house with her Thanksgiving and fall supplies.  She switches out pillows, candles, and dishware to remind everyone that enter our house that it’s November. Â
When Thanksgiving comes around, food is obviously a very important part of the holiday.  My mom has many dishes she makes for Thanksgiving that easily puts everyone in the holiday spirit.  She always makes stuffing, green bean casserole, pumpkin and apple pie,  and cranberry sauce and brings it to our Thanksgiving dinner with the rest of my family.   We always go to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving in Walnut Creek, and every year a lot of my family participates in the Turkey Trot.  Each year my mother and sister and I wake up at 6 AM in order to get to Walnut Creek by 7 AM  so we can be at the race by 8 AM.  We’ve done this for the past three years and this year will be my fourth year participating in the race.  Each year I’ve ran the 5K, but since I haven’t been training as much, this year I’m just hoping to make it through without dying.
The day after Thanksgiving, my whole family always goes to a Christmas tree farm in Petaluma to get our trees.  I’ve worked at the farm for the last three years as well, and I plan to work there again this year over Thanksgiving break.  A few days before Christmas, my mom, dad, sister, and I like to go to San Francisco and go shopping in Union Square.  We’ve been doing this for a long time, and it’s a really fun part of Christmas time for me.  My family usually has a big get-together on Christmas Eve as well.  All my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins come to my grandma’s house and we have dinner, exchange gifts, and just spend time together. Â
The holiday season for me is a very traditional time where everything is the same, and nothing ever changes, which for the most part I really love because no matter what’s changing in my life, I know that traditions with my family will always stay the same.
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