2 Dec, 2007
Christmas is Just Around the Corner
Posted by teacherjulie @ 2:20 pm
Shelved under Bits and Pieces, Interesting tidbits, Lessons in Life

Yep, there is no stopping Christmas coming and it is just around the corner. People are getting frantic with their Christmas shopping, party-going and attending special events. People are busy decorating their homes with Christmas trimmings as early as November. Funny how people give importance to these things when they tend to forget the real reason why we celebrate this special day: the birth of Jesus Christ.

When we spent our first Christmas here in our home, we were surprised to hear children knocking on the gates during Christmas Day, asking for some “aguinaldo” or small tokens. Hubby was surprised too, having lived in this house some few years ago where he and his siblings grew up. There are several a lot of shanties near the river a block from where we live and this, of course, is the place where these children come from. Every Christmas, we have bags of candies and biscuits and put these in small bags to be given to children who come knocking on our gates during Christmas Day. My eldest daughter Trixie, is usually the one assigned to distribute these small bags of goodies to the children. She keeps a tight rein on the goods and tries to remember who got the loot already so she wont have to give some twice.
How do you share your blessings every Christmas?

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2 Dec, 2007 @ 11:53 pm
Belle said:

that is nice of you to remember those poor kids on Christmas day.

am also preparing a party for our poor but bright scholars in the province this Christmas.

  • That’s wonderful of you to do that, Belle. If only people would, in their own little way help each other, we would be doing a lot of good to the people around us. Thank you, :)

3 Dec, 2007 @ 5:52 am
geri said:

We’ve always done charities, but I think it is more satisfying to hand out the goodies yourself like what Trixie is doing. Hopefully when Evan is bigger I (we) can do Christmas volunteer work.

  • Trixie’s school have this every year, where each grade level bring specific goodies to share to an adapted community and to the school’s auxiliary staff like the cleaners and the guards. That is a great idea, Geri, to include your son later on when doing volunteer work. :)

3 Dec, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
Rowena said:

The kids’ school require each student to bring bag full of goodies to be distributed to the orphanage, they have this 12 days of Christmas activity. Each day, they can bring canned goods, slippers, soaps or shampoos or toys, etc until the 12th day…On my part naman, my sisters and I have this group called Summon To Serve, every year before Christmas, we give coupons to street kids around Manila and Pasay and gather them in one place, prepare Jollibee party for them and give them goodies for their family for their noche buena.

  • Bless your heart Wenchie. Sana dumami ang katulad ninyo. Now I know why you are blessed :)

4 Dec, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
annamanila said:

There is this group of 20-30 children who come every Christmas (for the past 20 years … so the faces have changed through the years) from the more depressed areas around the neighborhood (our own neighbordhood is semi depressed too). Each year, we prepare mid-morning snacks (including my world famous fruit salad) for them and small gifts and/or cash.

I tell my children (who ask why we have to do this year after year) that’s the only way we REALLY REALLY keep to the spirit of Christmas.

“The spirit of Christmas is kept indeed not in whatso we give but in whatso we share for the gift without the giver is bare.” (sorry, forgot the author).

  • Kami nga mga kendi-kendi at biscuit lang, bilang pa, lol! But you know, it feels good to do this, not that we feel superior to them but because we want to share our blessings, however little we can afford. Bless your heart, AM :)

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