I didn't get much sleep the night before. 2. I s a w my promised watch wasn't there, so I lo oked under the Chr istmas tree and saw a gift with no name on it. 3. My dad was shocked when he s a w me wearing it when it was supposed to be a surprise 4. This was the first white Christmas I'd ever seen. 5. All major roads were closed because of the heavy snow, so we had to stay home for Christmas. 6. Joe, Uncle Royce and I all ran around taking a bunch of pictures. 7. Words cannot express how much I love it! 8. Christmas cards almost always show scenes in the snow. 9. Most of the time, it is blue skies, bright sunshine and temperatures over 25 °C . 10. The school summer holidays start a week before Christmas, so most of us seem to be on a beach somewhere .