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Meet The Reporter: Breanna Steele

A series where readers get to meet ASU Odyssey reporters

Breanna N Steele
Dec 30, 2019
Arizona State University
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Meet The Reporter: Breanna Steele
Breanna Steele

Welcome to my first issue of 'Meet the Reporter,' a Christmas special edition!

This holiday ASU Odyssey wants you guys to get to know the writers to some of your favorite articles. This month I am going to let you in on some of my holiday traditions and my favorite present from this year. I hope you enjoy!

Christmas is my favorite time of year. Everyone is nice and finishes their conversations with a "Merry Christmas" or a "Happy Holidays." I get Christmas cookies from my neighbors and Christmas cards from my friends. The lights around town are fun and exciting to look at. Everything is perfect.

You may have noticed a photobomber in my picture, that would be one of my cats, Ivan. I love being home for the holidays and getting to spend it with my family including my two cats, Ivan and Yaya. Every Christmas morning we pick a Santa to choose and give out presents to the receiver of the gift. I love that job and to see the joy on everyone's face when I give them a present from me. While my two cats have their fun at messing around in all of the discarded wrapping paper and "A Christmas Story" plays in the background, my mother starts cooking our prime rib dinner that we have every year. After the Christmas festivities are over my mother and I wake up early the next day to go out to our favorite store. It has become our day after Christmas tradition to get up and get the best deals on some nice things for ourselves.

This year I got an early Christmas present from my parents. I got tickets to see Maroon 5. If anyone knows me they know I am a huge Maroon 5 fan and have been wanting to see them forever. I have loved them since I was a little girl and that little girl came out when I cried to my dad after he told me. Now I will get to enjoy this moment with my best friend. This is by far the best Christmas present I have received.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday with the ones they love this year!

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