Christmas!

Besides my birthday, Christmas is my all time favorite holiday. With Christmas just a little over a month away, decorations are already beginning to flood the stores. All the Christmas movies are even starting to come on TV. I love Christmas time because everybody seems so happy this time of year. I also enjoy seeing all the decorations, eating all the good foods, and of course seeing my awesome family. Even though most people seem happy for the holidays, there are some who are very emotional during this time of year. About 3 years ago, I went to WalMart with my mom to get groceries I'm sure. As we went to leave I noticed a man standing by the road. He was an older scraggly looking man holding bags of homemade cotton candy, like something you would get at the fair. I asked mom to stop to see what he was doing. He said he was trying to do everything he could to make a little money to buy Christmas gifts. My heart immediately broke into a million pieces. I really felt bad for this man who obviously was doing anything he could to make a few extra bucks to buy for Christmas, even if it meant freezing in the cold. I decided to take all the money in my pocket, which wasn't much but I took that and gave it to him for the 2 or 3 bags of cotton candy he had left in his hands. As we said goodbye he thanked me and we drove away. Seeing people like that during the Christmas time makes me so sad. I hope the little I gave him helped him out. This year, I think I'm going to do more to help the people who really don't have a lot of money to buy for the children and family.