what is christmas to you?

I was tagged by Ems and Abie. Thank you, girls!

Make a paragraph or two regarding your personal meaning of Christmas, below the paragraph of the one who tagged you and you may put your name at the end of the paragraph linking back to your blog or right to the post of this particular tag. Then you tag as many as you can.

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Christmas for me is the ultimate reminder on how much God loves us, that He gave His only Son Jesus Christ to be our Savior. For me, its a celebration of love and a time to share our blessings to others.. a time for giving and reaching out to the less fortunate and it’s also a wonderful time to be with your family. Christmas is not just all about santa claus or the gifts that you will receive or for shopping, we should always remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and let us reflect on how much God loves us. - Just Let Go /Pieces of Me

Christmas is about giving love, forgiving. This remind us how lucky and how God love us when he gave us his only son Jesus Christ. A time for sharing our blessing to our family, friends and to others. - Celebrate Life /My Journey .

Christmas for me is not the new things that we have and enjoying the bounties in life but remembering that someone is born to redeem us from our sins and making sure of our salvation Teebob .

The true meaning of christmas for me is sharing, giving, expressing love to one another, and remebering that there is one person up there, who is born on the 25th of december to save us from everything . A lot of people told me that christmas is for kids. yes, it’s true but I prefer to say that christmas is for everybody and sharing love to one another is the keyword remeber, “you can give without loving but you can’t love without giving “. Alaverde33

Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. The date of the celebration is traditional and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus birth with various secular customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals.In most places around the world Christmas day happens on December 25. It’s a special time of the year - a season of love and a season of giving. A time to share, to give and of course to receive a wonderful gift from beloved..Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow .

As the word Christmas itself convey, this day is the celebration of Christ. It’s his day since this is the day we celebrate his birthday. Everything we do on this day should be in his honor…just like we get the honor when we celebrate our birthdays. So do what you normally do on this day but remember to give the honor to the celebrant himself, Christ. Juliana of Pinay Wahm and Teacher’s Corner

Christmas for me is a time for selflessness. Its a time to reach out to family and friends in the spirit of peace and humility. Christmas is also for every child and the child in every grown up. More than receiving, its a wonderful thing to give this season. Giving doesn’t have to be in the form of material things, but most importantly its the gift of time and unconditional love that counts. Indeed, Christ is the reason for this season…. - Abby of Mom And The City

Christmas for me is counting our blessings for the year that was and sharing every blessing we have to our loved ones. And most of all Christmas is for thanking Christ for giving us his only life. Christmas is beyond gift giving and more of love, forgiveness and prayers. - Something Purple

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. Christmas is the perfect time to thank God for all the blessings that we received and Christmas is the perfect time to share this blessings that we receive to others. Christmas is the time for sharing, for forgiving and most especially for love. – Journey to Life

No matter how everybody (like our family) seem to be all busy with gift buying and gift giving during Christmas, I always believe that the true meaning of Christmas is beyond presents. Christmas gifts and the holiday cheer though are our way of celebrating the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ who came to bring salvation to all who will put their faith in Him. This is the true celebration - HIS birth. - My Joys

It’s now your turn Juliana, Kitty, Mari, Kathy and Vina.

noche buena

What’s for noche buena this year?

Same same :D

Bought Angus Beef Rib-Eye Steak from Tenderbites in Makati Supermarket yesterday already so we’re having that one with homemade mashed potatoes and buttered veggies. Jon’s requesting for garlic prawns with lemon butter sauce too. Same stuff we had last year. Based on experience though, I need to stick with just two to three viands only as we really don’t get to eat everything.

Oh, can’t wait for Chritmas Eve as I’m excited to see Sophia open her gifts :)

i am mad!

Sophia has been into the “I am mad!” craze lately with matching rolling of eyes and stomping of feet with hands crossed over her chest. She does this every time she needs to do something she doesn’t like say when we make her brush her teeth or any of some sort. She’s so funny when she’s at it that I end up laughing. Tuloy, she thinks she can get away with every little thing by doing the act.

Hay, kids.