The Christmas Story...

The writer looks back at the Christmas that has just passed and gives his two pence worth of musings. He wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Phew. Another Christmas has come and go. After being stuffed with turkeys, ham, baked potatoes, fruit cakes, pies and ocassionally, wine from C'mas, we ushered in the New Year with even more partying and celebrating.

Gone are the carols on Silent Night, and we won't hear God Rest Ye' Merry Gentlemen, and Away in the Manger no more(at least not for another 11 months), I'm feeling kinda bumped because Christmas passed as fast as it came.

I remembered, two years ago, we had carolling - around Taman Connaught and in Berjaya Times Square. All the fun, jumping and dancing merrily. The joy of celebrating Christmas with everyone: CSS members, lecturers and other students of the same faith. Last Christmas, I missed my own BEC's carolling, didn't join the church choir(never did) and the reunion dinner was more of a silent affair.

When I was young, after midnight mass, I remember I would come back home and open the presents at 3am. The case is that I always pester my parents to buy the toys I want, so not much of a surprise...still a new toy! After coming off age(and getting old), last Christmas, I decided to do a charitable thing for my nieces and bought them this 'babi-doll-hair-styling-thing'. You know, the ones where you can put beads into the strands of hair.

The first hour, both of them were engrossed with it. Or rather, I was engrossed in it,(haha) trying to figure out how to work the "battery-less" thing. The beads just kept falling off, and I'd swear hairstyling isn't as simple as the indian uncle in the local barber shop! Soon after that, when everyone got bored because the only thing that could be beaded is, well, nothing... the toy was left aside and both my nieces resorted to hopping around the house. Days later, the 'thing' was lying on the table, untouched. Kids these days have too many toys, I'd swear.

Of course, with Christmas, you'd get more than just presents and turkeys. As you mature, you realised this is the time of love. You'd appreciate the gospels more. The symbolism of the 4 candles. The history of Christmas. Yet, minus the celebrations part, you'd feel your Christmas is incomplete too, no?

If you have other Christmas stories which you would like to share, do email them to cssucsi@gmail.com and it will be published.(for the whole world to read...)