After our annual gift-giving event for the nanays, some of their little kids stayed in our living room and didn’t want to leave! Ha ha… I let them sing a bit, and they were so innocent and cute as they sang a local Christmas song, actually from a TV network’s station ID song few years […]
My mom is one busy happy Mother Bee every Christmas season. Aside from the usual gifts for our friends and relatives, she also has her own gift-giving project for about fifty (50) nanays (mothers) from the informal settlers community living nearby. We have it annually during the Feast of the Epiphany or more popularly known […]
About two more weeks to go and it will be Christmas! I’m pretty sure the kids, and grownups as well, are already excited. I have not yet completed my gift list yet, and still have to buy for my family, friends and godchildren. The shopping rush is already here especially during weekends. Online purchases are […]
I know the Christmas season can be enjoyed even without the usual gift-giving tradition but how do you explain that to those who usually associate Christmas with lavish gifts, thirteenth-month-pays, sumptuous parties, grand reunions, fun vacations and bonuses? I wonder how those who are less fortunate than I am would welcome the coming holidays. I […]