For quite a number of years, we do not usually
plan what will be the “handa sa Pasko” for we always go to family gatherings on
December 25, so we do not really prepare a grand feast at home.
Every Christmas Eve, our Japanese dining table
would only have a bowl of our favorite pasta dish and maybe a bucket of KFC
chicken or Andok’s manok and a box of pizza. No Christmas corner with a fancy
Christmas tree, not even a small parol
nor a styro snowman. Our humble space might be breathing a little bit of a
Grinch-like atmosphere but we were just as happy as everyone else with our own
version of Noche Buena.
But Christmas 2014 created a whole lot of meaning for us, not only is it about Jesus but also about a little fellow who rocked our world big time. This small person made us put up the first ever Christmas tree in our home, which we decorated with his plushies of love. We didn’t have lots of presents underneath the tree; hence, we placed the little person's books and highlighted my favorite, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney- a very fitting yuletide theme for the little man.
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| Do you wanna build a snowman? There's Olaf on top of the tree! |
