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Descriptive Essay On Christmas

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Christmas Eve Lasagna In our house lasagna is a dish made for special occasions, my mom is the only one that makes it. Every year, before my grandfather passed away, my mom would make lasagna for my brother, father, grandfather, and I. When I was in elementary school my grandfather and grandmother got divorced, they couldn’t even be in the same room together. Therefore, in order to be able to spend time with both of them during the holidays we would need to have two of each holiday. Christmas Eve is when we would have Christmas with my grandfather. Lasagna isn’t just my favorite meal because it tastes good, it is the memories of my grandfather’s strength and fight that are associated with it that makes the meal special. People often said that wherever my grandfather went he always made new friends or enemies. This explains his personality perfectly, he always made an everlasting impression, not afraid to voice his opinions. When I was around him he was always telling stories about his days of playing minor league baseball under the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins organizations or his days of being a K9 trooper for the New Hampshire State Police. He was someone that I admired and loved being around. Some of the best memories are the ones where we are sitting around the table on Christmas Eve eating our lasagna and munching on some garlic bread. Everything changed when he became sick, but he was a fighter. My grandfather wasn’t going to let the lung cancer take

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