The cold months of the year will always have a special place in my heart and my soul, but for the good parts. I love the traditions and the food, but mostly the holidays. Even so, as winter comes back, so do all of the negative parts of my life. Though I always say winter is the time of year, it’s when all of my problems return. Though as soon as the cold weather and brisk days start to fade, my happiness starts to re-emerge.
Thanksgiving and Christmas are the good parts of the season because of the food. I always make huge amounts of food and there is always so much leftover. My favorite thing to make is cranberry sauce. Cranberry sauce is the best part of the Thanksgiving meal. I am usually the only person in my family that eats it, though it is a staple. I also enjoy the stuffing but I do not enjoy the turkey. I haven’t eaten turkey since I saw a turkey get brutally shot in my grandma’s backyard. This was many years ago but I still cannot seem to get the image out of my head. So on Thanksgiving, my family likes to have ham. Since we have ham on Thanksgiving, on Christmas we have Prime Rib. I love food so it is an important part of the cold months of the year.
At the same time the holidays can be the worst. The holidays are times where families should be together and spend time with each other. For me the holidays are times where I have to worry if all of my family will be together. I hope every holiday that my brother will find time to come and spend time with me but sometimes he can’t make it. However, I understand he has his own life as an adult now. Even though each holiday I spend with my dad and other other brother, I still wish he could be there. Even with that included, the holidays are still some of the best times of the year.
Even though I don’t like the cold months, it wouldn’t be a year without them. The warm months would not be complete without the cold months. I also understand that I could just move to a different climate to get rid of this situation, but I like it here. So they are still important for the good and bad parts of life. I will always have a love-hate relationship with the cold.