Argumentative Essay: Is There A Giraffe For Christmas?

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Introduction: Have you ever wondered what kind of thing you would like for Christmas, but you know your parents will never get you it? Well I have and I wanted a giraffe for Christmas. For Christmas a great present would be a Giraffe. My parents would say that they have no money and I would say that they would get their taxes in about two months. My evidence would be that they get their taxes every year in January. They usually always get about more than a thousand dollars. There is a website where you can buy an animal but don’t actually get to have it in your territory and don’t have to take care of it. They will send you pictures of it everyday so you can see how it is doing and that website has a lot of different animals for

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