We waited for the clock to strike 12:00 AM last night and the kids were more excited than the rest of us. Barely days when we searched for their gifts, they just tore the wrapper off and I was personally delighted to see their happy faces. There was a time when we were not so used to celebrating Christmas this much because my siblings and I were all grown up already and my parents were both out of the country. But the previous years until now when we already have little kids at home, my mother make it a point to make them feel excited for Christmas.
Anyway, Mon went to our house for Christmas and he was with his little sister, Lot. The last time we saw each other was during Big Bang’s concert last October here in Manila. It was her first time visiting our house and she was excited and nervous at the same time. I think she had a great time as she had a good time playing with my niece, who normally does not click right away with new people.
Anyway, it took them a longer time travelling than staying at out house. The traffic in Metro Manila was crazy and it was quite difficult getting from one place to another. We had a 7:35 PM movie to catch in Gateway Mall (‘Sosy Problems”) and we arrived slightly late for the movie because it was already the opening credits. We then went to Taco Bell to have a quick snack and Krispy Kreme to buy some donuts for both of them to take home.
I got home pretty fast and Mon kept on asking me whether I already went up to my room. I had no inkling that something was waiting for me because I stayed quite longer downstairs where all of them (except Brie) was still awake. When I reached my room, I gave a loud laugh when I saw this:
For the first time ever, I gave him a card/wrote him a letter, which I gave to him last Sunday before he went home with a “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS” note on the flap closure. =P I was so used to him giving me such for more than four years already, and to think I just gave him my FIRST EVER was extremely shameful. Well, there’s always a first time for everything. I surely gave him more of a surprise than me receiving a card from him. Never too late.
It’s almost 12:00 AM again and I want to end this Christmas day by exclaiming how happy I am to be with the people I love. Christmas is always a good reminder of the meaning of family and close relations. And yeah, giving as well.
