As a Filipino, i always have my own belief about Christmas. Everyday is Christmas and should be felt by everyone. Christmas is about love and sharing, forgiving and forgetting as they say. Yes! I agree with this generic meaning of Christmas.
I'm most happy if i can celebrate or have seen Christmas once a year co'z it means I have been blessed. My life was blessed my God and he is giving me another year to spend my life in this world. That's what I always pray on the eve of Christmas. I would always thank Him for giving me another year.
Well, here in the Philippines I would rather say Christmas is celebrated the whole year round. Houses are still gaily decorated by Christmas lights even on a hot summer night or. Some does still have Christmas trees with those tiny sparkling lights at night reflecting in the shiny-christmas balls hanging by the tree. And that's why i call it Christmas the whole year round.
As of this writing, there are 119 days left before the 25th of December. One hundred nineteen reasons to why people are starting to save, to think about the big holiday and plan for vacation on Christmas. Well, atleast all people can prepare starting today.
As the month of September comes. it's customary to some radio stations that they can play Christmas songs. To some department stores, pre-christmas sales are offered. For TV stations, start planning for Christmas themed programs and to the people in the Philippines, some are starting to clean up the entire house, repaint the walls, change the curtains and sofa covers etc etc etc. Here in the Philippines its always early to celebrate Christmas. There is nothing bad about it though. Unless you are dressing up your house with some snow themed decorations. Snow ain't a climate for the Filipinos.
I have always considered Christmas starts here in September and I would like to say i like this idea co'z i am starting to feel the essence of the yuletide season. Reunions, food, parties, gifts. All sinks in whenever September is around (for me). Luckily, i will be able to celebrate it this year with my family after 3 long years of spending it alone. It has been a blue christmas for me. Imagine yourself thinking about your family spending it with laughter and you are working on the eve trying to pacicy screaming customers and irate people. its a pretty tera-jerker scene i know. I haven't cope with it yet that is why I am so happy that for this year i will be able to celebrate it with my Mom and my siblings along with visiting my father on his grave.
Pretty early to think about christmas. I know that i am to advance but i can't kept the happiness of those days that would come. I am looking forward for December and step to the plane and go home for Christmas.
I already wrote down my Christmas list and prepared some CDs to play during the holiday.
Ahhhh... whatever comes along the way i am all prepared for Christmas to come.
I will be posting more about on my 100 days to Christmas countdown blogs.
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