December 25, 2011
I celebrated Christmas with my relatives from the south. I've been spending my Christmas eves with them for several years now and every year is really memorable and fun-filled. This year's Christmas may not feel very Christmas-y compared to the previous celebrations, but there are a lot of "firsts" that happened this year.
It's the first Christmas I gave out gifts with my cousins and to my grandparents. I gave out Christmas cash instead cause I didn't have time to buy them gifts. After eating Noche Buena, I invited my cousins to get out of our living room. We have a spacious garage and outdoor space so there is a lot of room to have 15-20 people running around. Then I got this idea to start a water gun fight with them. The thing is, I was the only one with a gun. The kids had fun and we played for about an hour. On Christmas night, we had karaoke and played Pinoy Henyo with our aunts and uncles. But I had to miss all the fun playing the game with them since I had to go to Bulacan to stay with my grade school friends, which is also a first. We drank a little, not too much to get us drunk. But in the middle of our drinking session, I fell asleep.
On the downside of this year's Christmas, it's my first Christmas away from my brother. Brother moved to Canada with this wife. It's our first Christmas not being able to spend it together. But we were able to video chat the whole Christmas afternoon (early morning in Canada) via facetime & fring! Another downside this Christmas is that, it's my first Christmas not being able to see any of my relative from my mother's side. I didn't get any invitations from them so I assumed they had separate celebrations. So I opted not to go visit them. I mean how am I suppose to know where to find them?
Anyway. I still enjoyed my Christmas. And I'm thankful I was still able to spend it with my relatives really close and dear to my heart. I just hope that on the next years, I'll be able to spend it with my whole family (with papa, mom and my brother).
♥
A really blurry picture of the feast
Camwhoring
Karaoke session
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