THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SEASON: AN EARLY CHRISTMAS INTROSPECTION
Caution: A quite sentimental post ahead. So ready your hankies for wiping some tears. This is an answer to the tag by Teacher Julie on What Christmas Means to Me.
Whenever Christmas time arrives, there’s always this warm feeling inside of being giddy and excited. It’s a season experienced since childhood and the feeling of excitement that had stayed year after year. There must be something about Christmas time—the feeling of chills from the cold and breezy weather, hearing the children caroling in the streets, seeing Christmas lights and decors installed everywhere, witnessing how the roads suddenly becomes busier and commercial centers populated with more and more people doing their Christmas shopping.
I have to admit that sometime in my childhood, especially when financial difficulties in the family strikes and it timed during the Christmas season, I can’t help but feel a little pity either for me or my family, for not having the gift that I want, or new clothes or new toys or holding enough money to spend to make my Christmas happier. It was materialistic in a sense, and whether or not how I was raised by my parents or the commercial environment had something to do with it, it all boils down to a realization that resisting the distractions and temptations of the commercialized side of the season was really hard to practice. Not until I had a family of my own. Continue Reading »
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