My Family Artifact

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The scrapbooks in my family have been going on for many, many years. They hold our memories in just a small book. It also shows photos of our family together so it’s not only in our memories it something we can hold onto. They are decorated with cute designs on the inside and outside with stickers, glitter, photos, writing and much more. Scrapbooks hold the purpose of saving all your great moments in one place. My family's artifact also entertains us, it often holds funny or precious times in our life that we can always look back to. Other people know our artifact because many people do the same thing. And that’s why we always make more scrapbooks. Some history of my family’s artifact is that we get one made for us every year by my mom. So

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