anyway, what i wanted to do instead is to blog about Christmas. Para maiba naman.
Today marks 27 days before Christmas.
This is how we Filipinos celebrate our Christmas as i see it.
We decorate our homes with the smell of the dusty decors. People rush to malls or bazaars in the midst of economic turmoil. We see singers and artists promoting their Christmas albums on tv. We ask our kamag-anaks abroad to send us balikbayan boxes. We buy apples, oranges and grapes. We also buy hams in green boxes. We have kris kringles so that we can have gifts ourselves too. We complete the Simbang Gabi in the hopes of granting a wish. We buy polka-dot clothes for the New Year. We buy cans and cases of beers and drinks....
But the difference I see of our Christmas now from before is this...
When September comes, you can hear kids singing Christmas carols in your neighbor's doorstep. Relatives from anywhere in the world go home to spend Christmas with your clan. Gifts come in chocolates and treats. Your cousins pester you with their new stuffs...
I guess the time has changed. Is the world becoming bigger or it's just that prices of finite things continue to go up and up and up...
I used to get excited whenever December comes...I used to get excited with the thought of having new stuff and clothes and treats that come with all the parties that i go to.
But to let this thought go...i guess i need to watch Twilight again...
May this Christmas be a different one for all of us. Let us not forget the true essence of it--the birth of our savior Jesus Christ.
xoxo
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