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Dec 19, 2016

The Holiday Season As Told By A Christmas Story

Christmas is approaching! Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Everyone gets together with their friends and family for this special time of the year. Everything is covered in snow and Christmas songs are on repeat. Nothing beats this time of the year. One of my favorite things about Christmas are the movies. My favorite Christmas movie, by far, is A Christmas Story. Every year it plays for 24 hours starting Christmas Eve night. My family and I gather together to watch for as long as we can until we fall asleep. This has become a tradition and now the movie part of the family. Here is Christmas as told by A Christmas Story!

1. Picking out the perfect Christmas tree isn't always that fun. This can lead to a lot of arguments.

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2. Meeting Santa (probably at a mall or something; ya know for those annoying pictures your Mom wants every year).

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3. Decorating the tree! Which could also lead to more arguments. But hey, it always looks good in the end!

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4. Baking cookies...and trying not to eat them. I mean how many does Santa really need?

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5. Picking out the best gifts out there to write on your Christmas list.

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6. Receiving last minute gifts through the mail, which is usually a surprise because we've ordered so much online in the past week.

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7. Finally enjoying some much needed time in the snow!

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8. Time to watch A Christmas Story for 24 hours (or attempt to).

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9. Constantly peeking at the tree to see if there are any presents yet...nope.

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10. IT'S CHRISTMAS MORNING! Race to your presents!

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11. Tearing through each present hoping you'll get everything you hoped and wished for.

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12. Now that you've opened everything, it's time to try out all of your awesome new gifts.

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13. Helping your parents cook for Christmas dinner, even though you have no idea what you are doing.

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14. While also trying to sneak some food before dinner...

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15. Quality time spent with your family.

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16. Christmas dinner pig out!

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17. Crash.

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6. Receiving last minute gifts through the mail, which is usually a surprise because we've ordered so much online in the past week.

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8. Time to watch A Christmas Story for 24 hours (or attempt to).

9. Constantly peeking at the tree to see if there are any presents yet...nope.

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11. Tearing through each present hoping you'll get everything you hoped and wished for.

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13. Helping your parents cook for Christmas dinner, even though you have no idea what you are doing.

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16. Christmas dinner pig out!

17. Crash.

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