CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR

Advance Merry Christmas everyone. It's already December 01 in Philippines and other countries just now. I'm pretty sure that christmas lights and decors were already seen anywhere. This is one of the things that I really miss in Philippines. We can hear christmas songs from mid september to mid January or even Febuary. But here, most of the people started to decorate december first or even mid december. I'm already known here to be the first one to put christmas lights and decors in the neighborhood. I always start putting up my christmas decors after the first snow fall. But this year, the snow is very late. I finished decorating Nov 22 but the snow just started last night and it was not a big snow falls but it's enough to cover the ground but they were all melted at the end of the afternoon.

Anyway, our house is already ready for christmas and I am too. Oh! I still have to buy some gifts. I already have the lists of gifts to buy so I don't think it will take time for me to shop.

Just now, I'm still enjoying my work and more orders of lumpiang shanghai coming in. My work and my little business took most of my time as this moment.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Few more hours and its Christmas! I already called my family in Philippines but I was not able to talk to my mom. She’s still in the church for the Christmas mass. She don’t want to attend the midnight mass because she will be the one to stay home to look over her new born grand-daughter so that my brother and his wife can attend the midnight mass. But my sister told me to stay online after midnight of their time because we will have a video chat. In this way I can see all of them through webcam.
I was not able to sleep last night. I don’t know why. I stayed awake until 3:30 in the morning. And I woke up 8:30 am. I keep on thinking my family. I miss them so much. How I wish I can spend my Christmas with them. I’m always praying for their safety and have good health all the time.
I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

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ONE MORE DAY

One more day and it's Christmas!Yehhhh I'm so excited now. We will spend our Christmas eve at my sister-in-law's house. This is the first christmas eve that we're not home. She's always inviting us to spend the christmas eve in her place since I arrived here but we alwyas refused. I want to spend the Christmas eve home as this is my home now. But this year, we decided to accept her invitation. We want to please her:-). Anyway, all the boutet family is always spend their new year here in our house as they always do since their parents were still alive. I don't know what should I prepare for the new year souper. I always have pilipino dishes because they really love it but I want to change this year. I don't know yet..I still have to search a good recipe for new year.

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SANTA'S VISIT IN OUR HOUSE

Yah, it's true. Santa Clause was here last night. He visits here inspite of the big snow storm and brought lots of gifts for us. We really had lots of fun. He stayed almost 10 minutes in our house just to distribute the gifts. Santa is so nice to me. He gave me a new Nokia Celfone eventhough my Motorola celfon is still working. I'm so happy of what santa gave to me. I have 3 celfone now he he he.

We will spend our christmas eve at my sister-in-law's place. I'm so excited to recieved another gift from santa hehehehe .

I will show you the photo of santa's visit in our house.

Santa Clause in our driveway bringing lots of gifts

Santa is trying to clean his eyeglasses that full of snow :-)

Just relaxing :-)
This is my gift from santa:-)

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SHOPPING, SHOPPING, SHOPPING

As I said in my previous post, we already finished shopping all the gifts. This morning, we went for a shopping again for our cloths for christmas and new year. At this time, I shop alone. Hubby went to his friend for a coffee so he drop me at the mall and he just gave me the money for the cloth. The mall is pack with shoppers. We can hardly find a parking and we saw some car that park in a no parking zone. Today is the last weekend for shopping before christmas and tomorrow, the forecast is snow storm that's why people tried to finish their shopping today.

Our visitors arrived this afternoon. We will have a party here tomorrow and Santa Clause will be here in our house tomorrow he hehe he. I'm looking forward to welcome Santa Clause here tomorrow :-)

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TWO MORE WEEKS

Two more weeks and it's Christmas. But until now, we still didn't buy any gifts for our love ones. We already have some idea on what to give to them. Maybe we will buy some tomorrow. And I know what I will give to my hubby too. I'm just waiting that he's not with me if I will buy his gift. I'm so excited now to buy it. I know he's not expecting this gift but I'm sure he will love it. I don't know what he will give to me. He never ask me any suggetion yet. Usually, he always ask me suggestions so that he will have any idea on what to buy for me. But this year, he never ask me :-( We will just see what I will get he he he

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WHAT IS CHRISTMAS TO YOU?

I remember when I was still a kid; we used to hang socks in the door or next to the Christmas tree because mom said that Santa will put candies and toys during the night. And on the Christmas Eve, we leave milk and cookies for Santa. In the next morning, we were very excited to see if Santa leave a gift for us and yes, we have lots of gifts that we thought it’s from Santa.

Receiving gifts, having ham and cheese and lots of foods in the table, decorating the Christmas tree and putting Christmas lights outside is what I mean for Christmas. But now, I realized that Christmas is not just about gifts or Santa Clause or singing carols. It’s more about sharing, loving and forgiving. And to me, I want to have all my family in Christmas time though it’s not possible now because we are very far from each other but still they are all in my hearts on this special day. I’m still hoping that someday, we will be together in Christmas Day.

What about you guys? What is Christmas to you?

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