We went to Hobby Lobby last week.My husband is a coin collector and usually goes there to buy stuff for his coin collection hobby .After he got all the stuff he needed we walked around to look for some Christmas decors.He told me to choose the Christmas tree that I want to.Being the kuripot (stingy0 me ,I told him that I will think about it first.I like Christmas tree but I don't like the price from that store.Anyway,I was thinking of getting me one in some other place.
December is the most awaited year of the month because of Christmas. It is surprising how people celebrate their Christmas according to their countries tradition. Here in the US Christmas preparation starts right after Thanksgiving.Unlike in the Philippines, we have the longest Christmas preparation which started at the "ber" months.I missed a lot of this when I started working overseas in 1999. I was always away from home every Christmas and New year .I only get connected with them through phone ,mailed photos,Friendster and now at Facebook.I used to spend my vacation during summer to Philippines and US but never on a Christmas Season .Gone are the days when I was still in the Philippines celebrating Christmas with my parents and siblings.We had so much fun together with children opening their christmas gifts,spending christmas days with other relatives,sharing the food that my mom prepared for us and attending the christmas eve mass.Looking at their photos.I relly feel sad and miss them so much.Some times,I wish to go back to those days again just to be with them.
It seems that the cold weather makes me feel nostalgic today.Memories do come and go just to give way to a new and better one.Merry Christmas to all!
My 2 sisters and little nephews having fun at the stairways except for other one who looks lost.
My niece who is a certified photo addict.I stole all these photos from her FB album
December is the most awaited year of the month because of Christmas. It is surprising how people celebrate their Christmas according to their countries tradition. Here in the US Christmas preparation starts right after Thanksgiving.Unlike in the Philippines, we have the longest Christmas preparation which started at the "ber" months.I missed a lot of this when I started working overseas in 1999. I was always away from home every Christmas and New year .I only get connected with them through phone ,mailed photos,Friendster and now at Facebook.I used to spend my vacation during summer to Philippines and US but never on a Christmas Season .Gone are the days when I was still in the Philippines celebrating Christmas with my parents and siblings.We had so much fun together with children opening their christmas gifts,spending christmas days with other relatives,sharing the food that my mom prepared for us and attending the christmas eve mass.Looking at their photos.I relly feel sad and miss them so much.Some times,I wish to go back to those days again just to be with them.
It seems that the cold weather makes me feel nostalgic today.Memories do come and go just to give way to a new and better one.Merry Christmas to all!
Christmas 2010 back home
Christamas tree at my parents house as early as October ,2011
same here, i can celebrate christmas without christmas tree. christmas trees and decors are so expensive but my husband loves to have our own christmas tree. =)
ReplyDeletei did not put up a tree this year, I am so tamad to look for it in our bodega ahaha. anyway, i just play christmas carols daily, hehe
ReplyDeletesuper bongga ang christmas decors....miss ko talaga ang celebration nang pasko sa pinas...:) thanks for visiting!
ReplyDeleteWe did not put Christmas tree ever, hehehe but it's also nice if we have one this year. ;)
ReplyDeletedi kumpleto ang pasko kapag walang christmas tree sa bahay.. =)
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I love your stairs and the kids that were enjoying the photo op
ReplyDeleteI love your Christmas tree
ReplyDeleteI suddenly got nostalgic, my dad collects coins too! Now I know who to ask if I decide to take his coins lol....mahirap yata ibyahe :D
ReplyDeleteUsually during christmas my mom used to set up a customize christmas tree but when I got married and been away from home, i miss the times when we used to eat together during Noche Buena :D Lovely christmas tree Mommy Tess
ReplyDeleteWe just finished decorating our Christmas tree last day. Though my sister wants a fresh Christmas tree, I and my mom still put up the "recycled" one. We just changed the Christmas ornaments plus colored lights on it. If I only have a longer time, I prefer also to make recycled hanging decors. Tsk. :)
ReplyDeleteI always like Christmas decors, lights, trees, and most of all having your family with you. Since i left Pinas i always miss how we celebrate Christmas. Not put up a tree yet since we just bought it this morning but i have already lights and garlands hanging outside the house...Visiting from MLM!
ReplyDeleteYes, iba ang pasko sa Pinas... By the way the Christmas decor are lovely. I also love the pics of your nieces and nephews in the staircase. Thay are so cute
ReplyDeleteSame with the other moms out here, I didn't set-up the christmas tree this year, possibly because my kid and I has been suffering from chronic allergic rhinitis, I'm so fed up with dust particles, I felt like the christmas tree will accumulate tons of pollutants esp. when a busy online mom like me can't afford to clean it everyday. :) Babawi na lng sa christmas gifts! :)
ReplyDeleteSo true about the "ber" months. We Filipinos always do it with sentimental flare, don't we? :)
ReplyDeleteI think with the hotter climate and higher cost of electricity, people are now thinking of changing their xmas tradition.
ReplyDeleteWala talagang tatalo sa Pasko ng mga Pinoy! :))
ReplyDeleteIt's been 5 years, I think that we don't put up a Christmas tree. Our old Christmas tree which was even older than me, already gave up and so we let it go. Now we still don't have the budget to buy a decent Christmas tree. Thankfully my mama is so creative that she just decorated our plant that it looked like a Christmas tree hehe.
As long as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with our loved ones, I guess that is more important than decors and foods. :))
I really miss Christmas in the Philippines. It's been 5 years since the last time I celebrated it with my family. Here they dont celebrate christmas but still I am happy to know that as Filipinos, we still have this happy feeling about christmas though we are too far from home. Nice post. :)
ReplyDeleteWe don't have a Christmas tree every year too. Minsan lang pag sinipag mag set-up.
ReplyDeleteI love having Christmas tree in our house, but this year, I made a customized Christmas tree out of "walis tinting" :D (ayan ang nagtitipid) Haha.
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of Christmas, especially growing up. That's why I'm big on events like this because I want my kids to have a happy childhood just like I did. We already put up our little tree, but I have yet to put up the big one.
ReplyDeleteGreat Christmas pics! Bongga nga ang decor! :D
like what we always say. IBA ANG PASKONG PINAS !! we don't have such big space of home to put up big christmas trees . I just bought a little one and put it on one corner. Cute siya kahit maliit kase i put our pictures as decors :))
ReplyDeletea lot of people nowadays don't have the same Christmas spirit as before... mahirap na kasi sigurong kitain ang pera ngayon and mataas na ang bilihin... just sad to here people telling kids... mangaroling kayo sa pasko na... Yahweh bless
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, beautiful Christmas tree..
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Ohhh!!! Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMiss Tess, you should have had learn how to make a Christmas Tree out of recycled materials from the post of Sining Factory so that you haven't spent much for you Christmas decor. ^_^
putting up a tree had been an every year traditin for us, and it's only now that I realize how much i miss doing that, haay :(
ReplyDeletebeautiful Christmas trees Sis :-) Thank you for sharing. I love the picture of all your nieces/nephews on the stairs, so cute :-) Dropping some love for Memory Monday Lane, hope that you can return the favor too.
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wow beautiful christmas trees.. and the season is always great when it's celebrated with family. thanks for the visit, tess!
ReplyDeletewhoa! ang huli ko na sa linya...dami mong fans tatess! hehehe nice post, i love your christmas tree! Merry Christmas to you too.
ReplyDeleteI feel you mommy Tess, we wish we can just fly back and forth from where we are right now to our home country without worrying about money right. Well, I wish you and your family and joyful Christmas
ReplyDeleteHello mommy tess, inviting you back to join 3rd week of MLM and it's linky is up today. :)
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