So Christmas is very very near. I can't imagine such fast days. Yesterday felt like I was counting down from 100 days and now I didn't even realize it's only 13 days to go. I am not prepared for the holidays, why? I will be working and earning money for myself this holiday. :) It's an annual thing for me to have a job during Christmas vacation. If you're going to ask what will be my job, I help out my aunt in her fireworks stall somewhere in Tagaytay. I have been doing this for the past ten years or so. I kinda lost track of it already. Back to the holiday season, as I said earlier, I am not prepared. I don't know the real essence of the holiday. All I know that this season is the story of how Mary and Joseph struggled to find a birthplace for Jesus, then comes the three kings that was lead by a star to find the new born Jesus.
During this season also we commonly find wishlists, it may come in material things and non-material things. I've done some wishlist in the past so for this year, I'll probably do two items on my wishlist, a new pair of sneakers and a complete family for Christmas. Why just this two? I really cannot explain it well. With the sneakers, I just wanted a new one. For the second item, I am not used to an incomplete family during this season. My dad is in Qatar to work. I just miss him during this time. We were used to have everyone on the dinner table for Noche Buena before my dad left for Qatar few years back. The last time we were complete during Christmas was 4 years ago when my dad first came back to have a vacation from work. That time I was very very happy for we are complete. Not just the material things he bought for us all.
I seem not to wish for more material things because those material things may get worn out, get lost, go old and any other physical and chemical transformation may occur to them. I am contented during these times with my family, loved ones, relatives and some friends.
So am I contented? Is it worth? Have you realized the real essence of the holiday? These questions oftentimes come after me during this season. I am yet to discover and answer all these questions. I am trying to find out everything in my power. Every year I try to discover, and every year I learn more important things during this season.
