Celebrate!

Hi!

This is week seven of the student blogging challenge and this weeks challenge is all about celebrations. The tasks included four prompts about holidays and what they mean to you. Currently here in Canada, the winter is approaching and for my family an important holiday is well on its way. Luckily for me, the first task in this weeks challenge was to write about your family holidays and which of the many you celebrate.

Due to The fact that Christmas is just around the corner, what better topic to right about. My family loves Christmas and everything about it. The togetherness, the hot coco by the fire, and most of all: the presents. Although my family dose not have a very unique way of celebrating this wonderful holiday, There has been a few times that our Christmas was not in the norm.

One year our family decided to celebrate Christmas abroad in beautiful Costa Rica. Instead of the normal morning gift opening under the Christmas tree, on Christmas Day, we decided to take a hike to a nearby waterfall and take a swim in one of the surrounding pools. Although this was not the average Christmas Day celebration, I thought that it was a great way to appreciate the holiday in our own unique way.

The next task we were asked to complete was the photo spark. This task included a photo that represents your favourite celebration. Since I am already on the theme of Christmas, I decided to use one of my most memorable photos I have taken from this holiday.

For the third task we were required to make a craft that goes with a specific holiday. Although crafts are usually physical, I decided that with my recent knowledge of digital sketching I would make a drawing that best represents the holidays and what they mean to me.

the final task was my favourite out of the four. As you saw from my Going Coastal Post I enjoy writing poems so I was quite exited when I was informed of the components of this task. Below I wrote a short free-form poem about some of my favourite things about Christmas.

The morning sun glistens off of freshly fallen snow,

The sparkling lights of Christmas let off a distant glow,

Me and my brother Share looks of glee,

As we un-wrap presents  under the Christmas Tree,

but as the morning concludes,

And the presents subdue,

A great day of fun is most likely a guarantee.