Quote Originally Posted by Helenej View Post
My favourite holiday? It’s a tough question.
My favourite holiday? It’s a tough question.

Well, it is certainly not any of the political holidays such as Independence day or Constitution day. The more (omit The more) I can hardly understand the difference between them. What’s the use of independence without (a) constitution? The opposite makes even lesser(less) sense to me. I have never celebrated them in any way and I even don’t know for sure when they are marked. For me, they are simply extra days off somewhere in summer. Perhaps I would honour them more if anybody (someone) could tell me by whom we were occupied before becoming independent. Who were those enemies? Were they the rulers of the USSR? But now we have our own rulers very similar to them. They only care about getting richer and, as it was mentioned at the Election thread today, to get re-elected. My attitude may sounds synical (sound cynical). Actually I myself would like to stop feeling like that. I would like to be proud not only with the beauty of Ukraine’s nature, but also with her economy and high living standards(.) while(omit) now(Now) we can only boast with taking the 90th place in the world by GDP per capita. I would also like to be proud by her(of our) constitution existing not only on the(omit) paper. I would like not to be ashamed for the bribery blossoming through all the institutions, beginning with maternity hospitals and ending with cemeteries.

I am also skeptical (skeptical) about Victory day. Perhaps I could be proud about our victory if the USSR were a (omit) merely (a) victim of the war. Yet I know how meanly(cruelly) the Soviet Union and Germany, pretending to be friends, devided (divided) Poland. And besides, can a sober-minded person, having beaten up his neighbor(neighbor) even for a bad dead (deal), keep celebrating his victory every year? Would you do that? I wouldn’t.

Well, let’s see if there is any other eye-candy in the calendar. Do I feel happy on Valentine’s day or on Women’s day? No. It would be demeaning to me if the man(omit ,) who loves me (omit ,) remembered about his love (only) out of necessity (omit ,) just because he is supposed to. Besides, I’ve always felt pity for the men puzzling over their Women’s day presents that they have to give to many women at (on) one day.

Religious holidays? I’m not religious. Besides(,) seeing other people’s intercourse with their heavenly father only on previously determined days reminds me (of) their visiting a doctor or a beautician.(, or their) Their(omit) eating special food at some particular time of the day only out of fear to be punished (only out of fear of being punished.) (It) doesn’t make me respect them.

New Year’s Day? Well, maybe it’s really the most joyful holiday. A new page of life, summing up the last year’s results, making plans and cherishing hopes for the next one. Yes, I think I like it most of all. I only wish that the fireworks didn’t last non-stop from the 30th of December through the 2nd of January, day and night.

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I guess there are lots of mistakes in my essay. Let alone it being overloaded with too-long sentences.
Don’t call my parents to school, please. (I won’t call your parents, but you could shorten your sentences a bit…ha ha)