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Christmas Memories
By Peace | December 24, 2006
I have two brothers and a sister. I am the youngest in the family. My brothers and sister are all married and blessed with filial children. Most of the children are grown up and working now.
During my childhood days, my family would put up Christmas Tree at home. We, the children and mother will help to decorate the Christmas Tree. There is so much fun hanging up little cute decor onto the tree. We also help to wrap presents to put at the bottom of the Christmas Tree. When everything was done, we would need to find a place to place the Christmas Tree. Every now and then I would sit beside the tree, listen to the music and admiring the lights at night.
In the bedrooms, my brothers and sister will decorate streamers around and paste the deco of ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS’ and wreaths at doors. I would be the one watching all the work, as I am the youngest in the family. I have nothing much to contribute then.
As the children grow up, the Christmas Tree deco was slowly abolished. I also cannot remembered since when the Christmas Tree was no longer placed at home. Nobody border to buy Christmas Tree. Nobody border to decorate the home. Nobody border to even spend time at home, once the children were grown up. My brothers and sister have their own friends and programmes. My mother had her own programmes too. In addition, soon nobody attend Christmas Mass also.
When I started working, I had a Christmas dinner for my parents and family. I bought Turkey, Ham and log cake on that Christmas Day. The dining table was nicely decorated. However, none of the people like to eat Turkey. That is the first time and also the last time I bought Turkey. I do not like Turkey too.
I miss those days. Those days were carefree, no worries, no problems and one can rely on our parents while we were children. Gone were those carefree days. Life is full of anxieties, worries and problems now. There are just so much burdens and responsibilities as we get older. It is tiring. It is hard. To be happy, we need to look at the bright side of things. Through trials and hardships of life, it enables you to treasure more things around you. It inspire you to have deep thoughts and to appreciate life. Just as shoes need to be polished to shine, the knife need to be sharpened to be sharp, life will shine if it undergoes various hardships and tolerance too.
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