Maybe not too obscure, as Christmas is only 4 days away.
My birthday is on Christmas, and Christmas is my favorite holliday. It's not my favorite because it's my birthday. It's my favorite because everything changes at Christmas. People get nicer, there's snow on the ground (well... not this year, but I'll get to that), and there is a feeling in the air that no other time of year has. I love the decorations on and in houses, heck, my dad's dining room and living room look like Santa's own home, theres lights and garland and wreathes, and snowmen, and wisemen, pictures of family, stocking and of course the Christmas tree.
I don't know why Christmas has a special feel to it, but there really is just... something in the air. December roles around, Chamber Singers starts doing concerts for people every weekend, I have my anual birthday blowout and snow starts to fall, and all the peices of Christmas start to fall into place and it becomes such a magical time of year.
On the subject of snow: People who want a green Christmas, or want to spend it in California or Hawaii or Florida... Get out. I cannot imagine a green Christmas. I hate when in my home town of Snowsville, New York, there's no snow.It's only happend a few times, but let me tell you, my 18th birthday is not the time. I hope we get hit with a blizzard soon or I'm gonna be upset. The snow really adds to the magic of Christmas and without it there... It's just a day to be with the family and exchange gifts for one another.
I've become a bit of a birthday snob this year, cause it's my 18th and I'm excited and I've been looking forward to this since I was 8. I don't know if I rushed through my high school and middle school years. I spent them enjoying the good times and trying to get through the bad ones, but always waiting untill my Senior year so I could do the fun highschool stuff then get out and move on to better things. I've been over this whole small town thing for years. ANYWAY. I made a huge deal out of my last big birthday party (it really was big, i don't know how many people showed up it was so big), and I've been making a big deal out of Christmas for my actual birthday too. But hey, I figure, it's my 18th, its a big deal, it's my last one before I go to college. To me it's a big deal. But I digress... Birthday Snob.
Last but not least I'm happy to say I will be spending my Christmas doing a very... Christmasy thing. I wont say names but me and a few of my very special friends are going to visit another very special, very important person in all of our lives on Christmas who will be alone. We hope to make said persons Christmas. It warms my heart to know that on Christmas I will be doing more than celebrating my birthday and getting/giving gifts. I'll be... hopefully... truely making someones day.
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