Personal Narrative Essay: Veterans Day

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NAME: ROLAND ARMOOH PROFESSOR: LETIA BROWN COURSE: ENGL101 DATE: 16 DECEMBER 2017 NEW YEAR’S DAY: MY FAVORITE Some people have interest in various holidays such as : Veterans Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, and memorial Day , just to name a few. During my time in high school, I felt Veterans Day as my favorite holiday since is the time for honoring people who served in the united State Armed Forces. Coming from a family with many past and present service members, I love to celebrate Veterans Day. Along the line as I got married to my beautiful wife Felicia, I had a change of mind in my choice of holiday. New Year’s Day then became my favorite holiday ever than all other occasions. Because, is a great occasion to make New Year resolutions, learning from family gatherings and having fun and passion. I go to church with my family to communicate …show more content…

During this day, it is full of fun because there are televised and parades in all over the country and many parts of the world. For example, in the streets of New York, there is parade and I make fun of it by taking pictures with my love ones. Also, during this day there are crowd shopping of people seeking for new clothes to begin the year with. Examples of shops that get crowded during this day to get new products for the year beginning are Ross, Target, JC Penney, Macys, and Old Navy. There is food and gift sharing to kids. For example, my friend’s wife gave birth on the first day of 2017 and received gift such as stroller, baby foods, blankets, toys, diapers and many more with the year logo in it from other people. Guess what! My wife and I took the opportunity to show our love to new born babies within our locality. We go to the nearby hospital and donate gift such as diapers and wipes to a New Year baby born. This is a way of showing our love to kids born on this