Collected Item: “A Covid Christmas”
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A Covid Christmas
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text story
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This Christmas was unlike any other. I woke up on Christmas Day knowing that I wasn't going to be able to see my family because of the current regulations in my city. It was sad because we have many traditions we partake in each year. On Christmas Eve, me and my family, including my grandma, aunts and uncles, and cousins, usually eat a delicious seafood feast, made up with crab, oysters, clams and linguini, shrimp, and other seafoods. It is a tradition that we have held up for many years, and it pained me that it didn't happen this Christmas. On Christmas Eve, my family also exchanges presents with each other with our extended family, and our living room felt so empty this year without the laughter and joy that my family brings to Christmas. On Christmas Day, we usually have delicious meet-filled ravioli that we make homemade weeks before Christmas. Because of the current circumstances, we were not able to make the ravioli, nor eat it. This is one of my favorite parts about Christmas, and I was devastated that it didn't happen. On Christmas Day night, me and my family usually go to the other side of my family's house to eat delicious food and exchange presents. My grandmother and grandfather on that side of the family have been very strict with COVID and didn't allow us to come over. It hurt me, but I understood because these are very hard times, and I did not want to put them at risk. Christmas is usually my favorite time of the year, joyous and merry and filled with family and cheer. But this year, Christmas was a solemn and lonely time; it was very hard to get through the holidays without my family by my side. This experience has taught me to be more grateful, and I am, I am grateful that my family is alive and healthy. To end this, I would like to say, we always have Christmas next year, and the next year, and the next year, etc. We need to keep our heads held high during these tough times.
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#OaksChristian
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Joella Denove
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2021-01-06T12:49