Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and even Valentine’s Day is just a few of the many holidays we celebrate. I had to give it a lot of thought, but I have come to the conclusion that my favorite would be Christmas. That’s so main stream I know to say because most everyone does, but it’s just a happy time of the year. Watching Christmas movies with the smell of hot chocolate feeling the room as the fire crackles is paradise to me. Traditions are what make great holidays and boy does my family have an abundance of them. Christmas movies, making a birthday cake Christmas day, and the night before Christmas present opening is just a few of them. Christmas movies are a big part of the holiday season to my family. Watching frosty the snowman to Christmas love movies put me in the season of joy. A Christmas Story is one of the family favorites. Every year on December first we snuggle up on the couch with a hot cup of hot chocolate and a blazing fire. I look forward to this tradition every year because it’s filled with great laughs a meaningful message. Our family will be the first to tell you that Christmas more than presents. As a family we like to remind ourselves of that by making a birthday cake. Christmas day we wake and begin to make our homemade vanilla cake for baby Jesus. We ice it up with buttermilk icing with lots of colorful sprinkles. When we sit down to have of Christmas dinner we first sing happy birthday to baby Jesus. This really makes me understand the true
