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Christmas is my favorite time of year! It's just so happy! Christmas traditions are so much fun! Ever since I can remember, I have been practicing these traditions. They include making and decorating gingerbread cookies with my grandma, opening one present on Christmas eve, and listening to the Carpenter's Christmas album while decorating our Christmas tree. Although these are all very special, I think my most favorite Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve when we turn off all the lights in my house and light candles. My mom reads the birth story of Jesus and my brother and I act it out with a nativity scene while she reads. I remember doing this all my life and it is a very special Christmas memory to me. As we are in the midst of the Christmas season, my prayer for all of you is that you will not forget the reason we celebrate this holiday. It seems Christmas gets more and more commercialized every year. It's very sad. So lets not forget that it all comes down to a babe in a manger. Merry Christmas everyone!!! 18 days left....

this is Hannah...

Hey there! So I decided to start a blog. No clue what I'll put on it, or if i will keep it up to date, but it sounded like fun! So, my name is Hannah and I come from the wonderful city of Salem, OR... also home to the giant gold man! Pretty exciting... my life at the time consists mainly of school and my amazing church and youth group. Crosswalk (my youth group) is a passion of mine and I love to hang out with the people there. Junior American Humanities is my full-time job. The words, "To what extent..." make me cringe. (if you are in that class, you know what I mean...haha). So yeah, basically what you need to know is that I love my amazing God and my desire is to honor and serve Him in all that I do. I also love my awesome friends and family and enjoy every second I spend with them. My favorite band is Audio Adrenaline and they taught me to be an UNDERDOG!!! So I guess I will talk later. Sometimes I will blog exciting things that happened or cool things the Lord has taught me. So I guess I will be talking to you later!!