As I was thinking of a story to tell about
Christmas, what came into my mind was Simbang Gabi. It is a nine-day novena to the Blessed Mary that
begins on December 16 as early as 4 AM and culminates with the Misa de Gallo on
Christmas Eve to welcome the birth of Jesus. I wanted to go through this
tradition so I could write a journal on account of my everyday Simbang Gabi experience.
But being a born-again Christian, I doubt my parents would allow me. So I
thought of another tradition to do for Christmas.
When I was a kid, I was fond of singing 12 Days of Christmas. I memorized it like my ABC’s. Eventhough I didn’t understand the other
words of the song, I sang it wholeheartedly wishing that when I grow up, I
could also receive those gifts from my true love. Sad to say that until now, I haven’t received
such gifts yet because as I was always telling you, I’ve never been courted
since birth. So, I decided to send gifts
to myself everyday starting from the 12th day before Christmas since
nobody loves me but ME, MYSELF, and I!
12 days before Christmas, my true love sent to
me – 12 pan de sals! :)
I love bread especially pan de sal! It’s very yummy that you can have it even
without palaman.
11 days before Christmas, my true love sent to
me – 11 post-it notes! :)
This was inspired from the movie, My Amnesia Girl. I haven’t experienced receiving love letters
so I wrote the love letter myself! But the
words came from my students when they gave me letters upon leaving them. Hence, I considered they were my sweethearts.
10 days before Christmas, my true love sent to
me – 10 twinkling stars! :)
Somebody told me that counting 10 stars for 10
consecutive nights would make me dream about heaven. I believed him/her (I forgot who he/she was)
just as I believed my mom that there’s a Santa Claus. I religiously did this when I was little but
never did I dream about heaven (maybe if I do so, I’m probably dead). Now that I’m matured, I automatically count
10 stars everytime I look up the sky at night.
I just don’t know why. It just
became part of my system.
9 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 9 mini cookies! :)
These were supposedly 9 Cloud 9’s because these were my favorite chocolates when
I was again, a child. But I haven’t gone
outside the house that day because of the heavy flood that happened in our
city. So I just picked whatever that was
available in our pantry as substitute.
Anyway, the cookies were also chocolate.
8 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 8 cake slices! :)
7 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 7 oh my siomais! :)
Siomais are just my favorite! I love its juiciness, meatiness, and oh that
chili garlic sauce! I always had these
tiny pleasures everytime I walked store from school when I was still working at
MUHS.
6 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 6 packs of candies! :)
When I was littler, I always asked for piso and ran immediately to the sari-sari
store to buy candies! I always
pampered my sweet tooth then.
5 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 5 banana cake slices! :)
Banana cake for me is the most native Filipino
cake and the cheapest ever! I love it
and this was always my merienda when
I had my OJT at Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation.
4 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 4 seasons juice! :)
Pineapple, mango, orange, and guava
combined! Who would say no to this
delight? I order this in restos when
there’s no iced tea available.
3 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 3 mini bouquets of flowers! :)
I never received flowers from suitors. So, I picked myself some!
2 days before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 2 large fries! :)
French fries are a hit for me! I could spend the whole time just munching
fries at McDo!
1 day before Christmas, my true love sent to me
– 1 fried ice cream!:)
When I was a kid, I always went to Gaizano with
my mom just to have a scoop of ice cream.
With this new invention, it shouldn't be missed out. I tried it and had my teeth burst because of
its extreme coldness. It was an awesome
experience that cracked my head!
Then my 12 days of
Christmas were through. I successfully
did a unique personal Christmas tradition hoping that next year, it would be a real
true love sending 12 gifts for Christmas to me!:)
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