Christmas Everyday

I was walking in the dorm area yesterday when I spotted a group of people singing, they jump from one dorm to the other. They wore jackets to combat the cold night and they bear in their faces the smile of warm greetings.  Christmas is near yet, without the glittering lights and Christmas decorations, I never felt it coming.

There is something different in this year’s Christmas, it is faced with a lot of social problems and first in the list is poverty. However, it’s amazing how people around me celebrate Christmas despite all the bad news that surrounds them. Peopel can still bear smiles in their faces despite all the horrible  things that happened to them.  Filipinos can still gather around the christmas table only with a plate of  pansit and a pack of cold pandesal. Filpinos can have Christmas trees with only twigs and a few plastic to decorate it. Filipino families would always give gifts to their loved ones despite the economic problem that the country undergoes. Only in the Philippines that Christmas is an ocassion that not only gathers the entire clan but also paves the way for highschool home commings and another year of credit list due to excesive expenses due to the holiday.

Christmas is not just a break for all of us, it also is an occasion that gives us the time to realize that the celebration is not just all about having cheso de bola on out table for noche buena nor completing the simbang gabi in order to make a wish . Christmas is about everything we must be thankful of.

Christmas speaks of so many things like giving love, uniting the family and even helping out to those unfortunate ones. However, why only now that we do these stuffs? Why not we consider everyday as Christmas season in order for us to extend our helping hand? If it is Christmas everyday, I guess, the world around us would be the perfect place to live- peaceful and full of love.

Let everyday be our Christmas and let everyone be our manitos and manitas.

Advance Merry Christmas everyone!