On Celebrating Christmas as a Family

This coming Christmas will be our second time to celebrate Jesus’s birthday together as a family. That is, if you start counting at 2010 as our first. Technically, that’s true. I’m happy it’s gonna be like this in the years ahead!

Would you believe that for nine years my family and I had lived apart? I was in Manila then getting college education while they were in a faraway province called Negros Oriental. One by one, I was able to get them back here in Manila, for us to live together again (yes, that’s the breadwinner in me speaking). It’s a long story, so I’ll just keep it as short as that.

I have always considered celebrating Christmas with my family as a blessing. For me, Christmas is all about love and hope and family. It’s always with family. I can’t imagine spending Christmas with people I barely know (though it could be fun, too, but in a different way).

I dunno about you, but my Christmas isn’t complete without my family whom I love so much, who inspire me to live each day to the fullest and who value me for who I am and what I’ve been doing to keep our lives as secure, happy and blessed as it is today.

With whom are you celebrating Christmas this year?