The “other†Christmas feeling
The Christmas season is just around the around the corner, and I am already excited. But comes with the excitement is also this very exhausting feeling. I already started my Christmas shopping but I doubt that I’ll get everything on my list. Not with the overtime work at the office and a household to run.
Another problem would be the Christmas dinner, when I was still single and living with my family, there was really no worry about Christmas dinners. We prepare the usual Hamon-Keso de Bola-Fruit Salad ensemble for Noche Buena. But now that I am married and have my own family, I’d very much like to re-invent our Noche Buena feast. So, as early as now, I am browsing through cookbooks and the internet for recipes that I can try for Christmas.
Another exhausting part of the Yuletide season are the family reunions. The ladies in the families cook their specialties to bring over and show off at the get-together. There is this silent competition on whose dish is the most delicious which, in the end turn out to be a silent struggle to please the ladies. Now when I get rich, I would fly everyone to the
Wishful thinking eh? Oooops, I think that would cause more worries than ever, inviting everyone; making sure no one is left out. Yikes! I think there really is no escaping this “other†Christmas feeling, this exhausting feeling. But let us enjoy it. This feeling gives us excuse to over-react, to over-worry but most of all, to over-show love and affection to our families. Merry Christmas!