A Christmas to Charish

   The airport was busy, as it always is around the holiday season. People pushing and shoving trying to get where their going, but were not. you carry my luggage, and hold my hand, but yet we still take our time. In the rental car we sing along to our favorite songs, and laugh all the way to my mothers house for Christmas. I'm 20, but I'll be 21 on the 8th of January. I love the holiday season, but mostly the shopping, and the time off I get from school to spend with you. When we arrive we park in the driveway, and lucky for us were the first ones here. My knee legnth knit sweater, leggings, and heeled boots keep me warm, but the snowflakes still bite at my nose, so we hurry inside. My old home smells of ham, mashed potatoes, and pine from the bightly lit tree. My mother embraces me, and my father shakes your hand. This is the first time they'll meeet you, and I'm nervous. My mother gives you a hug as well. As you sit down to watch the last games of football, as the season is almost over, I help my mother in the kitchen. The doorbell rings and I go to greet my aunt Mandy, and her husband Cole. Following them is my unlce Jordan, and his wife Chelsea, with unlce Ryan and his girlfriend Diana. Finally trailing behind them is my grandma Lisa. I give them all hugs and kisses, and you shake their hands, and they join you, and my dad in watching the game. The 49ers are playing which is why my dad is so into it. The women are in the kitchen giggling, and preparing the Christmas feast. They all seem to like you very much which helps my stomach calm down a bit. Finally It's time to eat, so I grab your hand and we walk to the kitchen to make our plates. THUMP, THUMP, THUMP! footsteps climb the basment stairs, and my not so little brothers, Chase and Lucas appear to eat. Unlike me they have made nothing out of their lifes, they spends their days with their eyes locked onto the TV screen which is probably showing Blacks opps 4 or some army game. They say hi to me, and fist pump, and high five you, and head back to the basement with their plates full of food. We all sit down at the dinning room table and dig in. The food is great, which is not a surprise because my mom has always been a good cook. After dinner is eaten and the table is cleaned off I call up my brothers because its present time. Chase is only 13, so he still gets presents, and Luke is 17, but I got him a present anyway. The boys open their presents. Chase got a PS6, an electric scooter, and a paintball gun from me. Luke got an X-Box780, 4 games to go with it, his first bottle of shaving cream, and razor from me. It was a joke gift though, so I really got  him an X-Box game, but the look of "what the heck!" he gave me was pricless. After the adults got done opening their presents, i had asked everyone to not get me anything, but you didn't get the message, and handed me a small square black box, with a pink ribbon on it. I open it, and theres a ring inside the box, you kneel down and the noisy room becomes quiet. You get ready to say somthing...........

The van roles to a stop in our driveway, and my little brothers grab their new Black Opps 2 game and head into our house.