Winter Narrative

Dan Frank
Ms. Boresen
Expository Writing
6th Hour
1-14-09

Christmas Party
One of the things I did over Christmas break, was we had a fun party at my house with my family on Christmas day. The reason why it was so fun, was I got to do a lot of fun things with my family. The first thing we did when they came over, right away, we had to pick numbers out of a hat so we could have a surprise gift opening. The numbers were so you knew what order you got to pick a gift. Also, the big thing was, if you had a low number, you were kind of screwed, because if the person after you wanted the gift you picked, they could take it. So if you had a really cool gift, you could lose it easily.
The other reason why it was fun, is the food. My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes and gravy you could ever have. I ate a little too much, but it was all worth it, because it tasted so good.
My aunt brought over her WII game, and we had a bowling tournament against my whole family, and, yep, I won. Later in the day, I got to play my grandpa in pool. And let me tell you, he is a great pool player. I only won three games out of the seven we played.
My family usually picks the place where we are going to have the party, and it always seems like they pick my house. I think it is because we have a lot of fun at my house. The party is always supposed to start around 12:00, but it always seems like we start at 1:00, because my family always seems to be late.
I think the reason why I enjoyed it so much, was because I think it’s really cool to get to see all of my family together. I don’t get to see some of my cousins a lot, so it was great that we were all together on Christmas day.
The other reason why I liked it, was my girlfriend came over. I thought at first it was gonna be hard for her to communicate with my family, because she didn’t know everyone, but it all worked out. She jumped right in on all the games we played, and talked to my family, and I was really relieved to see that she felt comfortable and fit in so well. What can I say? Christmas was a blast with all my family and my girlfriend.
Later that night I went to her family Christmas party. It wasn’t too weird meeting her side of the family, because I knew most of them already, so I was pretty confident that I was gonna be fine. And I was right. Her family is really cool, because they’re really like mine. Her uncles were wrestlers, and so I had something in common to talk about when I was with them, and I didn’t feel uncomfortable around them at all. It was just a great time. It was fun being around them. So you could say that I really had a great time all day and even into the night.
So all in all, my Christmas, and hanging out with my family was a really great time, and being able to play games and eating good food. Also seeing my girlfriend and having her hang out with my family and being able to hang out with her family was a really great time.
My Christmas was great.