So Low.

       I've never felt so low in my life, as I did today. Till this day I was always at the top. I was always the superior one.
      Every Christmas, I got a great view of the Christmas lights outside, the people gathering in the living room, and dogs running around the house with tinsel in their mouths. But this year was different. This year, I was at the bottom of the tree.
      It has always been a tradition that the older we got, the farther we were down the tree. I never realised I would feel so lonely, and scared down here. My other friends getting eaten by tiny toddlers, leaving me behind. Each toddler would grab with their stubby hands, one of my family members and start chewing them with the only teeth they had. I heard the crunching of my family members inside their mouths, I could barely look at the little monsters after that. The smooth, glossy coat of my members slowly peeling off, with every minty taste the toddler got. It scared me.
       As the doorbell rung, people started to pile in. The people would pass the tree, and look at the newest members at the top. They would never look at me, since I was so low. Music started to get quieter and quieter as the jolly spirit filled the room. Laughter echoed down the halls of this wonderful house.
         As I hung off the bristly tree, I started to get warmer and warmer by the second. I soon realised my shiny coating, with my red, green, and white stripes were melting off my body. Thats when I saw the flame beside me, flickering when someone passed by forcing wind to pass the flame. Whenever someone passed that flame, it would always turn towards me, no longer was there warm air but hot air. I felt my upside down J, turn into a shorter J, As I felt a slow, painful death. I always imagined I would get eaten. Not burned alive. I don't know what happened later that night, as I shrunk so much I fell off the tree. A slobbery mouth picked me up, and thats when I realised my slow death was over. I then went to candy-cane heaven, where I was reunited with my family memebers once again.

Christmas Letter

2469 Humbug Road
Toyville, North Pole World

HOH OHO

Dear Mommy and Daddy,

                I promise I will get good grades on my report card, if you just get me this one thing for Christmas. A laptop. It’s all I really want. I don’t even need anything else. At this moment I can only imagine what I could do with my amazing laptop, but I wouldn’t have to imagine if I had one. I’d be able to actually watch the new episodes of my TV shows while I’m doing my homework! Since most of my homework always seems to be on the computer. Without having to leave my comfy bed, I could surf the internet and work on a major project I might need to do research on. I wouldn’t have to go on the computer on and off while trying to watch TV, because I know for a fact that really bugs you. But most importantly, I’d be able to spend time with my family upstairs, while doing stuff on the computer.

                All you really need to do is get the money and I could pick which one out from maybe Future Shop, The Source, Best Buy, etc. Without any hassle I would even pick the colour. I’m thinking maybe a beautiful, sparkly, navy blue, that goes with the white walls in my room. I swear it would look wonderful on my wooden desk.

                Trust me mom and dad, you would have to hassle me about doing my homework, while my favourite show is on, because I would already be working on it. Life would be problem free if only I had my laptop.

  You know you love me,

  XOXO

 Alana

P.S. I know what really happened to mom’s favourite sweater. You’re not off the hook yet, dad.  Also, I know you want to get me a rat…in a fancy hat, but a laptop is so much easier to take care of.