My first ever "Gift-mas Tree"

"Do not forget to do good and to share; for with such sacrifices, God is well pleased." - Hebrews 12:16

Oh, how I love holiday seasons, although I didn't have the chance to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed last year's. And it is all because this is my first time to celebrate Christmas spending my own money. Yes, I am already a working person. And, yes also, today is Christmas day. But no, I am not in the office right now. But yes, I will be working tonight. No holidays, no parties, no reunions, no merry-making, no mercy, no nothing -- in short, work.

Anyways, my employer is kind, they scheduled my rest days 2 days before Christmas day. Also, I got transferred to night shift for this week. I don't know about next week, when fireworks are flying into the sky. Well, anyways, the company lets me enjoy the Christmas day, but later this night, I will still be going to work. At least, I didn't have Noche Buena in the company pantry. I also went to Church last night and earlier this day (the Lord cannot grant me my wish this year, because I didn't get to manage to go to the church for the Simbang Gabi...).

Yup, what you seen in the pictures above are the gifts that I made ready for today's celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. I am proud of that because it came from my own pocket and not from my parent's. And they are gifts for all of my first degree relatives, mostly for kids.

Anyways, I really enjoyed buying all those stuff from the mall. There's a lot of sacrifice attached to these gifts - not to mention the numerous people I played obstacle in the skimpy mall. They are the fruit of my labor, he result of overtime work.

Although I already spent all of my salary for this month and my 13th month pay, I also enjoyed giving them away. And the happy smiles on my recipients' face is a manifestation that I really spent my income wisely over those simple, yet adorable things. (Though I should have over-purchased all the items in the mall for myself, hehehe...)

But the heart-warming part of my Christmas this year is that I received this (shown below) from my very old and weary Lola (the sister of my biological grandfather, mother's side). It hesitated to accept it, but what can I do, I didn't have anything this Christmas from anyone. So, as a remembrance, I accepted it, though I am not really expecting someone to give me aguinaldo's anymore.


Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks for reading. I don't want to promise you I'll update this often. Just missed sharing thoughts and events about my everyday life. I will just try to drop by often here.