Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The holiday that was
Hi, guys!
How was your Christmas and New Year? I hope it went well. Mine came and gone without me feeling it that much. The festivities I mean.
In some ways having the family reunions before Christmas instead of on the day itself had its advantages. The day was spent quietly. Not much funfare. The Christmas Day mass was the highlight of the day...as it should be. I was also able to rest my mind (well a bit at least).
New Year was quite laid back too. Unfortunately since most of our relatives from both sides are abroad, we have somehow dropped the tradition. Maybe that was why it felt like any other season except for the Simbang Gabi.
I'm still not sure what this means. Does it mean that it's really the festivities that made the Season what it was before? To a certain extent maybe it did. In some ways though it was also good because now Christmas to me meant Simbang Gabi, not so much parties or gifts. It meant Jollibee's Ma-Agang Pasko donations. It meant a little break from the usual workload.
I guess my Hoilday Season could be considered uneventful. It was good though. If a part of me wished for a little more action, it was more for my daughter. I would have wanted her to see and play more with her cousins. Then again, she still had a blast with the laid back kind of celebration. She doesn't know any other kind yet anyway.
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How was your Christmas and New Year? I hope it went well. Mine came and gone without me feeling it that much. The festivities I mean.
In some ways having the family reunions before Christmas instead of on the day itself had its advantages. The day was spent quietly. Not much funfare. The Christmas Day mass was the highlight of the day...as it should be. I was also able to rest my mind (well a bit at least).
New Year was quite laid back too. Unfortunately since most of our relatives from both sides are abroad, we have somehow dropped the tradition. Maybe that was why it felt like any other season except for the Simbang Gabi.
I'm still not sure what this means. Does it mean that it's really the festivities that made the Season what it was before? To a certain extent maybe it did. In some ways though it was also good because now Christmas to me meant Simbang Gabi, not so much parties or gifts. It meant Jollibee's Ma-Agang Pasko donations. It meant a little break from the usual workload.
I guess my Hoilday Season could be considered uneventful. It was good though. If a part of me wished for a little more action, it was more for my daughter. I would have wanted her to see and play more with her cousins. Then again, she still had a blast with the laid back kind of celebration. She doesn't know any other kind yet anyway.
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Non-multiply members may email their comments to an.saldana@gmail.com.
