The story I am writing to you begins in the beautiful and peaceful town of Florence, Italy. In Florence, the meaning of family goes a long way in the city. Your family means more to you than anything in the world. But the word family is taken to a whole other level in the Rossi and Bianchi households. These two families believe that family comes before anything and everything. Both families are of large quantity and have more than eight children. The two families are very close and only live five minutes away from each other. When holidays come around both families get together and celebrate, switching from one house to another each holiday. But for some odd reason, there is only one holiday that they don’t spend together. Although, the two …show more content…
On Christmas morning, the kids open their gifts then head on a week trip to go skiing. This is the first time that the Bianchi’s are going on a trip the day of Christmas. Most of the time, they wait a week or two after but this Christmas turned out a little different. Fortunato Bianchi was upset because he wanted to see what his best friend Montresor was getting for his special Christmas Eve present. He is waiting patiently for a phone call to see what Montresor got! Montresor and Forunato have been friends since birth and both are the same age. These two do everything and go everywhere together because they are just inseparable. There is nothing that Fortunato would do without Montresor and there is nothing Montresor will do without Fortunato. So as I was saying, Montresor’s mother has just walked in with his exciting new gift! The family is sitting around the television waiting patiently for Montresor to open up whats inside the huge box. Montresor, for some odd reason seems a little sad about his present. But it is not the present he is sad about, it’s the fact that his best friend isn’t here to watch him open up the gift he’s been waiting for since he was twelve years