How we celebrate chrismas
Christmas is a weird holiday, because of the widespread influence of Christianity, most ppl do celebrate Christmas one way or another, even for us non-believers. I suppose tw is a country heavily influenced by American culture, I think one of the former president used to study in U.S.A and actually made Christmas a public holiday, but instead of christmas, it was a celebration of his birthday. But anyway, we used to put up this huge christmas tree every year, and every christmas morning, we'll find lots of presents under the tree. I used to wonder how santa comes and give us present since there's no chimney, and mum used to say if santa can squeeze it's way through those little chimney's in America, i am sure he can climb through the window. Grandpa always take out this robotic dancing santa claus that would dance and sing it's way through the christmas. We never had a huge christmas dinner, well, having a kitchen without an oven makes any traditional christmas cooking impossible. But my auntie and family would come every christmas, and there will me all 13 of us in one house, simply enjoying the company of family. Adults would sit around the round dinner table drinking good oolong tea while us the kids would play hide in seek, super nitendo, or later on sega.
Spending christmas here is a bit different. I guess without the whole 'expanded' family here, christmas is just about spending time with the four of us. But christmas dinner became something we look forward to every year. Mum would spend a lot of time baking ham, roast chicken etc. We have a christmas tree of course, a plastic one from the warehouse. And due to recent year of laziness, it only get taken out like... on average once every 3 years. Presents still get placed under the tree during the years when the trees did get taken out, and christmas cards that we receive goes on the tree as decorations. We have christmas dinner on 24th or 25th depending on how we feel, and christmas nights usually consists of driving around to look at christmas lights decorations and movies. Yup that's pretty much sums up how we celebrate christmas, simple and cosy, just the way I like it. ^^
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
p.s. if you have time, do check out the christmas lights on chapel road and the parade. It's simply spectacular
Spending christmas here is a bit different. I guess without the whole 'expanded' family here, christmas is just about spending time with the four of us. But christmas dinner became something we look forward to every year. Mum would spend a lot of time baking ham, roast chicken etc. We have a christmas tree of course, a plastic one from the warehouse. And due to recent year of laziness, it only get taken out like... on average once every 3 years. Presents still get placed under the tree during the years when the trees did get taken out, and christmas cards that we receive goes on the tree as decorations. We have christmas dinner on 24th or 25th depending on how we feel, and christmas nights usually consists of driving around to look at christmas lights decorations and movies. Yup that's pretty much sums up how we celebrate christmas, simple and cosy, just the way I like it. ^^
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
p.s. if you have time, do check out the christmas lights on chapel road and the parade. It's simply spectacular
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