Christmas Break

Christmas break is probably the best holiday for students mainly because of the long amount of time we are able to spent sleeping in and wasting time. Christmas this year was no different then any other this year. Now that I think about it I realize that it wasn't as different to Thanksgiving Holiday either. This Christmas/ New Years I spent it with my boyfriend and his family. This supports my idea that no matter what culture Asian, Hispanic, or Caucasian, Christmas is primarily celebrated the same way. Christmas in the american way of life mainly includes family, gifts, and parties. Typically in the American way of life, people dominantly spent new years including things like gatherings of some sort, thoughtlessness, family, and alcohol. From what I personal know Christmas was celebrated by many Christians for it was the day for the birth of Jesus Christ(I'm not saying this is a fact, this is what i personal heard). Although I don't exactly think this is the case now in the American way of life as much as it was in the past. Now in modern day I think people mainly celebrate Christmas as a time to get together with family and just like Thanksgiving an excuse to SHOP.I didn't get any new outfits this Christmas although i managed to cough up some dough to get new shoes. This shows me that in the typical American way of life people tend to spent more of their time on personal items and necessities rather then survival. During Christmas, Chanukah or whatever it is people tend to look forward to gifts rather then quality time. Now the American way of life is a lot revolved around buying, as things are on sale people bombarded the stores for things that they see as on sale. Just like Thanksgiving Christmas is a wonderful excuse to have get-together and shop for things that are able to have an excuse to be on sale. As new years is a excuse to have big parties and get drunk and celebrate what I think is just "time". In conclusion Christmas Break is definitely a big part of the American way of life for every year it is the same, it is as well the same for every family or person as well.