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At my old house, we had a particularly weird attic. Occasionally, I would straddle up the stairs to the attic and be frightened because of all the creaks and moans in the wooden floor. A menorah and Christmas ornaments are typical things you would find in our attic. Since my mother’s side of the family was Jewish and my father’s side of the family was Christian, these items were normal to see with each other. Most people would not really see a problem with it, and, honestly, neither did I until holiday season arrived during winter.

Although I had a bad feeling being in the attic, something told me that I would find something very interesting up there. That voice persuaded me up the stairs and scan anything that caught my eye. Strangely, nothing stood out too except and box in the back corner of that attic that seemed as if it was hidden. It was a small brown, cardboard box that was about the same size of an office trash bin. The label read, “Tape.” For a while, I debated if I should become Sherlock Holmes and observe the objects inside. Eventually my curiosity got the best of me and opened the box. Inside, there was an old, effete tape player with a tape inside it. On the side of the tape player read, “Wedding.” Since I was a nosey and curious ten year old, everything feeling inside my body told me that I needed to find out how to function it and start watching this tape. Fear was running through my mind after the thought of being caught by my parents but I had to find

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