Teacher: Sarah

It was about 10:30 at night on Christmas day in 2009. There was about 12 inches of snow and I wore my favorite pair of snow boots and my red head band with a large bow in front. The sidewalks were slippery and some were covered in snow. The walk was about 10 minutes to where my friends wanted to meet.

When I arrived at the café where my friends said they would be, they greeted me with hugs and laughter. We walked around the center of town and talked about all the couples we saw holding hands. We all agreed that couples are quite annoying to single women in the holiday season.

As we walked around the crowded streets, we spotted some couples kissing in public, others with arms around one another or holding hands or playfully chasing each other in the snow. My friends and I think these couples are strange because they should try to keep their feelings to themselves

My friends and I were walking and joking around until fate decided to play a joke on my friend. She slipped on some ice and tripped over a man’s foot on the slippery street. The man dove down to catch my friend out of reaction to my friend’s fall, but ended up falling down with her. Their faces were on top of each other from the fall, so to observers, it looked like a romantic gesture.// My other friend and I were laughing at the sight because they looked so romantic together. We both started teasing her and she was quite embarrassed especially since we all expressed our feelings for public displays of affection. Her face was so red from both the cold and the situation.

The man helped my friend up and said he was sorry. It turned out that we knew him from school and he was a few years older than us. My friend thought that she had found romance and never joked about couples since that night. She has had a crush on this guy ever since that snowy Christmas night and she tried to talk to him at school after the holiday break.

Unfortunately, the situation might as well have been a dream because the man never remembered the night as my friend did. The romantic situation never bloomed to anything, but a friendship.

I will never forget this Christmas day because I spent it with my best friends. The night was filled with humor and laughter and the parade was also a highlight of the night.

Discussion questions: 

Tell me about what you understood from the story!

1. What do Sally and her friends think is annoying?

2. How did fate play a trick on Sally's friend?

3. What do you think about couples during Christmastime? Do you agree with Sally or not?

4. Why was it a memorable Christmas?