Although Spring is now upon us, the story I want to tell you today took place during the winter. More specifically, it took place over Christmas. Normally, I celebrate Christmas with my family members who live in the United States. In addition to my family members travelling around the United States, we have several family members who live in Luton, and they have always made the choice to come to the United States and celebrate with us. However, at the beginning of 2008, myself and some of my family members started talking, and we said that we thought it would be a lot of fun to go to Luton for Christmas 2008 and celebrate Christmas. Once we all agreed that it sounded like a good idea, we brought it up to our relatives who actually live there, and they said they would be more than happy to host us in Luton.

It took quite a bit of work and planning, but we eventually got all of our arrangements made. When the week of Christmas arrived, we were all nervous that something was going to go wrong, but I’m happy to report that we all successfully made it to Luton. Most of us had never been to Luton before (myself included), so this was an extremely memorable Christmas for my entire family. I also want to add that my relatives who actually live in Luton were excellent hosts, and thanks to their hospitality, we all felt at home even though we were in a town that we had never visited before!