Christmas Day Research Paper

It was a day, I was probably around the age of fifteen, which had changed my life forever although I didn’t know it at the time. This, however wasn’t just a normal day. It was the day that children looked forward to the most; it was Christmas day. On this day I had awoken fairly early, around six or seven, because I was excited to see what was under the Christmas tree. After a while of begging my parents to finally get up, we were finally able to open our presents. Although it seemed like it took a long time to open the presents, it really only took about fifteen minutes. However much to our dismay instead of being able to enjoy our presents in entirety, we had to head up to our grandparents to visit. We always did this even though my father …show more content…
If I remember correctly there was a little bit of snow on the ground, although there wasn’t enough to deter my father. It took him a while, but he was finally able to maneuver the old van out of our driveway. (One of the very defining characteristics of my father was that he was very stubborn, something that my mother brought up frequently). We had finally begun our journey towards my grandparents that leave nearly an hour away from our house. The old van was slipping and sliding over the road, but we continued to push onward. Then about an hour later we had finally reached our …show more content…
I was actually very disappointed by this turn of events. I guess that it shouldn’t have been a big surprise considering my grandmother mostly reads in her spare time. However, I did appreciate how beautiful the book was. The binding was a purple that looked like it would have been worn by royalty and the cover was a deep crimson red. On the cover there was gold swords embossed into the cover. The book itself wasn’t very old, however the story contained within was. The title of the book was The Three Musketeers. The book really was beautiful, however it was still a book. It was because of this that as soon as I got home I put the book up into my closet to gather dust. It stayed there for a few