Christmas traditions
(Sent by Emilio Gálvez, a student from Albacete, Spain)

Every years, for me, the Christmas season is a very emotional time. I don't know why, but I love Christmas.

When I'm walking by the streets and I see all the decoration lights I feel well. I like walking and seeing all that people shopping and walking with their children by the streets.

In At Christmas, I feel that people try to behave better. Every All the people try to be more friendly friendlier in that season. (The problem is that when Christmas finishes, people leave to stop being better).

I also love going to the shops and seeing its shop windows, they are so beautiful!!!

My family and I have the traditions of getting together for dinner at Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. We sometimes, also get together in on Christmas Day, and New Year Day for a meal.

In Spain, the tradition is that children ask their presents to the Three Wise Men. In my home, we always have the tradition of asking half of the presents to Santa Claus and the other half to The Three Wise Men. Why? Because this way children can play more time with their toys.

I mean, if half of the presents are brought by Santa Claus, they can play with their toys more time than if all toys were brought by The Three Wise Men. The reason is why that school starts about 8th of January, and If all the presents were brought by The Three Wise Men, who come in our homes on 6th of January, children would have only two days for playing with their toys.

At Christmas Eve, it's when Father Christmas comes in to our houses. He brings a lot of presents while the children are sleeping. The next morning, the children wake up and go running along to see what Santa Claus has brought their them. The Three Wise Men's day is similar to this day.

I also like Christmas because I always take holidays in from my job. I always try to reserve free days for this season.

By the way, and what to say about the parties? Don't forget that this time of year, there is are a lot of parties in the pubs. Ainsssss, I love Christmas.