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> can yOu feeL the chrisTmas coMing?
Author: aLmich
Pasko na nga ba? Not really. I just felt it when H and I went to shop last weekend and earlier today. We bought gifts for his relatives and friends already. That is the only time I felt its already Christmas because there are so many people around doing their Christmas shopping. But other than that, wala.
I just feel sad because you cannot feel the old Christmas spirit anymore. Those times we were kids when shopping was not really important. Caroling was the main focus of kids, eagerly awaiting December 16th. I miss the old times when Christmas decorations did not consist of huge, expensive “parols” bought from Pampanga or Gilmore Street but of a simple parol made of papel de Hapon. The parol-making competition sa Baste, simbang gabi, Christmas parties and everything that is very “pasko sa Mindoro”. Christmas is so commercialized nowadays. If you don’t have enough money, your Christmas is doomed. That’s the idea injected in our minds.
I noticed that in our neighborhood, only 3 houses, including ours, put up Christmas lights and parol. How sad no? When before, after November 2, decorations are in full swing already. Now, it’s already November 14 and yet people are not yet in the Christmas mood.
Ask them why and only one answer will they give you…
Wala kasing pera.
Didn’t they know that with or without money we can all celebrate Christmas? It need not be an expensive celebration. We just have to go back to basic and celebrate it because of the Lord. A simple parol will do. It need not be an expensive one. Banderitas will do. And some Christmas songs blasting from the neighbor’s radio will do the trick.
Wait, come to think of it, do you hear Christmas songs being played on the radio?
Come on, let’s start spreading the Christmas spirit.
Here’s my nephew very much anticipating Christmas.
