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My Grandfather, Gerald Marcoux is a very social person that knows most of the people in the town of dixfield ME. He grew up in Rumford ME, walking to school and back for lunch. He did not ride a bus even though he had a 2 mile walk back and fourth. When the rumford mill went on strike he got hired at the power plant to work. He is a very smart man he has made his own business on a old farm that he has that he bought when he was just 24 years old. He has taught me how to ski,ride motorcycles and work on cars and the basic mechanics. He is my moms dad and his parents grew up in Quebec Canada and moved down to rumford ME when he was very young. Now he works at his own business sawing lumber for local people near dixfield ME.

My Christmas Story

Justin Dowland 12/18/09

A few weeks before Christmas my whole family is asking what we all want and there all acting like guys doing the shopping the week of Christmas. My family on christmas eve we talk about what we think we will get and how we can’t get to sleep. My mom and dad wait till we go to bed and rush all the presets out under the tree. Trying to make it look like they didn’t just put them all out they try and organize them all up so that we all have to take turns. They get done some last minute wrapping and setting up then they go to bed. In the morning my brother and my sister and I wake up about four in the morning and all three of us will go down and look in our stockings and eat our candy to wake up. When we are all done we go into my mom and dads room and share what we got in our stockings and then when they are ready we head out to start opening presents. When we start opening presents the youngest goes first my sister then me then my brother. My sister usually has more present than my brother and I. My brother and I have presents that are more expensive than my sisters. Most of the time we will get some kind of technology then clothes and other stuff. After we are done opening presents my grandparents come over and see what we got and we have dinner with them. They usually bring all of us presents from them. My grandparents like to learn about the new technology that we get. We teach them what it is and what it does. My mom and dad usually get each other something that they have been talking about all year that they want. My grandparents open up there presents at my house too. For the rest of the day all of us are playing with our new stuff and showing it off to everyone. Then at night we just dream about all our new possessions.