The best time of the year

So far as I am concerned, the Christmas season is my favorite time of the year. It is the season which keeps me busy and pleasurably engaged. At first there is the getting ready for the season. The house gets a cleaning and is given a spruce appearance. The drawing room is made attractive with buntings, Chinese paper lanterns and fig trees. We go about selecting greeting cards. There will be a lively discussion as to which picture can be selected. Then we draw up the list of invitations. The major part of the season is taken up for getting our new dresses ready. that means parading to cloth shops and selecting the right material. It means real headache for mother, for sometimes we choose the material which we cannot afford. then we will have to be convinced. Since the season is buys there is the trouble with the tailor who never keeps his promise which means knocking at his door often. Then we plan how to celebrate. We start with carol singing. On the eve we set up the X'mas tree and illuminate it. Christmas gifts are hung on the wall of living room. Though we get good stuff like cakes from the best bakery in town, some delicacies are prepared at home. We never fail to go to the church and take part in singing. At home also it is all singing and dancing for some hours. Mother once in a way plays on the old piano though she is out of tune because she has been out of touch. We pretend to enjoy it for fear of displeasing her. The best part of the day is the dinner. Cakes and pastries, jams and marmalades and other nice things are freely thrown around. we have visits throughout the day and we return the visit. Older people talk of the good old days. Children count the gifts they have received. they hear good stories. Of course the Christmas ends up with the New Year. The New Year service in the church is a solemn affair and we all pray for the prosperity of the world in the coming year. Then there is stock taking. parents find time to go leisurely through the greeting cards sent and we reply to them where we haven't already done. I feel that such celebrations have becomes a part of the family and they cement the love and affection among our family members. Click here to lauch more sample english essays : http://www.englishdaily626.com/ (source)