First Try in 2016

Yesterday night, I was reading over what had been posted on italki's weibo like usual. "Language Challenge" suddenly caught my attention, and I felt more and more inspired. As I was reading it over and over again, something came to my mind, why not give it a shot this time? What is there to afraid of? 
I have friended italki on weibo for a certain period of time. (sentence is hard to understand) I was attracted by the websites name, "italki". Based on my understanding, the letter "i" looks like a person. So it is like two people talking with each other——"i" talks to "i". Also, the letter "i" has the same pronunciation as a Chinese character, 爱, which means love——I love to talk to other people. Since then, I have been continued to see, learn, using the new knowledge that has been posted here. I found it quite enjoyable. The things that have been shared are interesting, useful and practical. It is a lot more fun compared to the traditional way of learning a language. I have also noticed that there are some excellent teachers here, and everyone can take lessons to get the opportunity to improve their language skills through talking with a native speaker.
But that was it, I didn't go any further, I didn't register an account here. I certainly didn't make the most of this platform to learn languages. I kept myself from this site until yesterday when I saw the "Language Challenge". It also reminded me of my experience learning French. I finally started to enjoy learning it recently. I used to just think it was too hard and I didn't feel like engaging into it at all. So I asked myself; if I truly love learning English, why waste such a great chance at learning? Not to mention it will probably be the most amazing thing that I will experienced in 2016!
So I'm new here, with lots of excitement, expectations and hope to live a different 2016.

P.S. I enjoyed writing this first article. It feels so great to share things in another language! If there is any mistakes, please feel free to tell me. Much appreciated!

Really good writing, just some minor mistakes :) I hope you keep on learning with this great attitute of yours.

Please correct my sentences

Every year I buy a new Christmas tree, I also hang many decorations on it.

My friend asked me why I buy a new Christmas tree every year.

He has a plastic Christmas tree in his wardrobe.

For Christmas he takes it out and puts it on the balcony. 

I like real trees.

It's hard for me to imagine Christmas without a real Christmas tree.

About accents

Hello! I am here again..

While I write, it is raining outside. I live near the sea, so the breeze is very pleasant.
But now I am going to talk about accents.
I love accents, I think that every accent has a different beauty.
It is very important because it identifies nationality and regionality.

I appreciate your corrections... :)

Amanda B.

Leaning a new language

Honestly, learning a new language is hard... but it's also really fun. I am fluent in both English and Spanish, and now I'm also learning American Sign Language (ASL). Although some people don't consider ASL to be a language, it is, and it's harder to learn than a few other languages since you have to learn to coordinate your hand movements.