A December Snowflake

Prologue

Hello, My name's Jake and I've got the worst luck known to man. Well, I had the worst luck known to man. I was always getting in trouble, always getting told on for things I had nothing to do with, and always tripping over things but, that could have been me just being lazy. I tried my hardest to be careful of everything around me. Now, this isn't your everyday random Christmas story. No, no, no. This is my DECEMBER story and yes, it has a thing or two about Christmas in it but it's not a year without Santa Claus or Elf. Well, December is my favorite month and it's obviously the best season. It's the season of hot chocolate and family. The season of dinners and rushing around. It's one of the most busiest after Thanksgiving because there's nothing like getting a late Christmas gift. I try to buy all my gifts early and I'm not one to procrastinate but year after year, it always seems to be 'last minute.' Anyway, the next time you'll here from me, I'll be introducing you to my family. We're a small bunch of people. It's just me, my sister, my mom and dad, and my grandma. My grandma is truly something else and you'll find out that shortly. My sister is honestly amazing and one in a million. My mom and dad are people who look average but are so eccentric on the inside. I am me. I am Jake. It sucks because whenever my luck strikes it's usually my parents who take the backlash. All this 'luck' has done is made me superstitious. I don't know if it was a good or bad day. On October 23, a black cat walked passed me and I pet it. The next week, I had a thirty percent on a quiz I studied for, for three hours. Call me on edge but, I don't think that's a coincidence. People say I'm crazy but I know it's the world playing a cruel prank on me and laughing at my misery. It's okay though one of these days, my luck will go away and I'll be laughing at the world.