A Personal Quote on My Family: United We Stand, Divided We Fall Essay

"United we stand, divided we fall", is a quote I use when I think about my family especially to gathering for the holidays. Ever since I was a little girl I loved Christmas. Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, bringing so much laughter and unforgettable times. To my family, it is more than Santa parades and singing. It's about coming together as a family and bringing joy, laugh, and holiday cheer.It is time when carolers go door to door and sing songs about Christ. All you hear on the radio is jolly music that cheers every heart up. But through out my time growing up the meaning of Christmas changed. As a young child, Christmas was about Santa Clause and getting lots of toys. Today, I am older and I am starting to realize the true meaning of Christmas.As I was a little girl I remember waking up early, to cold days, with my warm flannel pajamas on. As you can recall vividly, my face lit up by seeing what Santa had brought me. As the years passed ive discovered the true meaning of Christmas. Now that im older ive realized that the birth of christ plays an important role in making christmas so special. This brings our family closer, and its what makes it so special.My family is the jolliest around this time of the year. From the best presents to the best cookings. Every Christmas we share this special day together, to celebrate the birth of christ. We start our night by sitting at the dinner table and singing jolly christmas carols. As the night goes by each of us gets to open up the gift that everyone one bought for each other, and enjoy each others laughs.As we all grow up the importance of christmas changes. When we were younger we used to only care about the gifs we were going to receive from santa clause. Now that we have...

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