Two Faces of Christmas
Hmmm… it’s been a while since I last blogged…
I was busy… —was… :]
December is a month, full of parties, get together, and happy times… I for once, had several parties with different groups of people. We celebrate for the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We attend Misa de Gallo, Simbang Gabi or the 9 mornings. Children are singing their caroling from house to house. Students are grateful because of the long vacation— me included. People detoxify with all the stress and pressure we have had with our work or schooling. Everything’s alive and everyone’s happy.
They say December is also the time wherein family will bond as a whole and reunite with their other relatives. It is also the time that each one of us should have a “loved one” or “significant other” that we could share the holiday with. (A lot of people are like shopping for boyfriends and girlfriends this season…)
I know you are familiar with “SMP” or THE “Samahan ng Malalamig ang Pasko” wherein singles as well as those who are heart-broken belongs to that group. In addition, for those who had lost their loved ones, those whose families are not complete because of work, and because it’s just the way they are for some reasons— this Yuletide Season.
With all that instances, December has become both a source of happiness and a source of depression. (Plus the fact that it’s COLD… brrrr…)
For me, December has become a cliché with all those traditions and criteria people attach to it, — that “Christmas should be this and that” (I really hate that “thinking”). I believe it should not be the case. I mean, every Christmas is a new experience, a new beginning and a new life. We should not be stagnated with all the bitterness we once had in our lives when December approaches.
Why don’t we just be thankful with what we have and we are having, for we only live once, and so, we should seize every moment, be happy and at least try to change our attitude towards it whether we are complete or not.
Christmas is where people share, people love and people give.
I hope the spirit of Christmas is not just for December.
May it be in our hearts in each day the Lord gives us.
