Let's Talk About: The Perks of Christmas

     Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that is celebrated all around the world, therefore, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Eventhough, Christmas is a holiday in many countries, it is not to all.

    We are accustomed to include exchanging of gifts, decorating Christmas trees, caroling with friends or family, sharing meals with the family, attending church and, in other countries, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive through their chimneys.

     Christmas songs started to play immediately after 'All Saints' Day' (Nov. 1) and 'All Souls' Day' (Nov. 2), apparently, it shows to say how much we are excited for this particular holiday that every once in a year happens. I mean, why not?

     You get new clothes because of Christmas Parties, the foods (Ugh!) and let us not forget that you get presents - which are gonna be either a 'thing' you gonna like/love or money from your parents, friends, godmothers and godfathers, Oh, the joy of presents (and money, of course)!

     So by the end of Christmas, you are practically 'rich', hah! Though, you being 'rich' is gonna be short-live because you're parents will tell you to keep those money as your 'baon' (lunch money or so) at school. So much for buying what you have in mind... *sighs*

     Enough about that! Let's go onto the topic of foods, those delicacies you'll be eating for about a couple of days is absolute heaven!

     We might be on diet but when this time comes and your table is full of mouth-watering foods, you won't hesitate to dig in. I might as well share this little funny scene every time when it is time to eat. Well, we, my family, would grace food or pray first before eating so when their eyes are close, I would sneak a hand to quickly grab a food and shove it into my mouth. When they knew what I was doing, I began to openly eat. They don't mind since they long gave up on scolding me for it. Besides, I am absolutely not the only one doing this kind of sneaky thing *wink wink*. Of course, I do pray once finish to give my gratitude.

     There is also this thing that neighbors always do on Christmas Eve. Basically, we live in a compound which all residents are our landlady's daughters' and sons' family and there are only two of us residents who are aliens, haha! We share what we have and prepared.

     Here, in Philippines, we don't have winter, but around December, the temperature are cooler until February thus our (or just mine) sleep is good around dawn - its colder, that's why it's getting hard to wake up (for me, I guess). So, yeah, colder temperature is one of the perks of Christmas here as well.

     So, that's all I can think of.