'Tis the Season to be Jolly

Its December! ... which means by the end of this month, there will be X'mas! (and COLLEGE APPS ARE DUE, but right now let's focus on the positive part of the month) So, my family have never been big on any Christmas traditions. The only christmas tree we own in a knee hight tree, which served its purpose for my childhood years. However, in my last few Christmases, I wasn't at home. I was in Japan skiing. This meant that we went to celebrate Christmas at a place where there is snow (woohoo!) but we didn't actually celebrate christmas because we didn't have a Christmas tree and we don't get to open presents. Technically, our ski trip was the gift but its just feels different. Theres this lack of mysteriousness and excitement in tearing open presents. Don't get me wrong, I love the ski trips. Snowy japan does feel a lot more like Christmas than does windy Taiwan. Plus, i even succeeded in making a snow man once. To tell the truth, its not that easy! Our snow ball keeps breaking apart. But once you get the bell rolling, you'll get a huge snowball that you can make your snow man out of! Oh... I'm starting to miss Japan! This year, however, I'm going to somewhere new: Korea. I totally look forward to it!