Tinatin Jgenti – New Year’s with August

In August’s family New Year’s isn’t easy. People always make fun of him because of his family traditions. They all spend New Year’s together and dress up as their favorite Christmas movie characters. Children say mean stuff to August, things like “You should be a Grinch for Christmas because then you wouldn’t have to buy a uniform”. August always goes to his room and cries when this happens. 

This New Year he decided not to cry and to be confident since he doesn’t care about the bullies anymore. He was happier than ever on the 31^st of January because of this decision but he still has this dream to have a normal face like others and to not be judged. August helped mom make cookies for New Year. After that, he went into his room and wrote a letter to Santa. He said that he didn’t want anything expensive. He just wanted to not have a half damaged face. August hung the letter on the Christmas tree and put on his costume. He helped his mom set the table. At eleven o’clock August’s cousins and grandparents arrived. Everyone sat at the table and prepared some food for the poor citizens on the street who had nothing.

 August’s family recalled old memories and soon the clock struck twelve. They made wishes. August’s wish was obvious. He wished for a normal face. Everyone went out to hand out the food to the poor. Rich families were gossiping about August’s face. He made a promise to himself to not cry but it still hurt him. Suddenly, Santa came to him and gave him special candy to eat. When he ate the candy everyone saw him as an ordinary person. Santa winked at him and said “Happy New Year”. 

For 2023 I want to make new friends who are loyal. It’s pretty hard but nothing’s impossible. Happy New Year!

Author: Tinatin Jgenti