Holiday Traditions

    Christmas is my favorite time of the year. What I love about Christmas is the colorful christmas tree, with little tiny ornaments hanging on as if they were icicles hanging off a roof. I love the warm smell of cookies. On Christmas Eve, I go to my grandmother's house to celabrate. We fast all day until we see the first star. We break the fast by sharing bread. Each person goes up to everyone who is there and breaks a piece of their bread off and they break a piece of your bread off. When you take their piece, you make a wish for that person. For example, I might wish for someone to be healthy. We eat borch, pierogies and fish; we don't eat any meat. We also do a grab bag gift where everyone brings one present to exchange. After we exchange gifts, we sing Polish and English Christmas Carols and eat cookies. On Chritmas morning, I open gifts at my mom's and then I go with my dad to my other grandparent's house to celabrate Christmas.We eat ham, corn, mashed potatoes and delicious pies. My grandmother is a fabulous baker. That is what I do as a tradition on the holidays.