christmas post

last night's noche buena was the weirdest yet. you know what we had back home for christmas eve dinner? beef steak! hahaha. who has beef steak for noche buena?

so i was rocking my nephew to sleep when it suddenly dawned on me that i don't know almost half the lyrics of all the christmas songs i know. i sang wacky jingle bells and i couldn't get pass "laughing all the way..." i sang him "here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus way/sleigh/hey???", yeah, you get the point. we never really sit down and talk about the correct christmas song wordings, do we? so i settled for "if you could only see" by TONIC, and well, wacky sort of loved it. when he grows up, he's gonna be a real cool kid.

i think i will talk about the things i got plenty of this holiday season. no, not presents but christmas text messages! gotta love it. when they said the Philippines is the text capital of the world, they weren't kidding at all. leave it to christmas to make people feel the need to splurge on messages they most likely received from other people. i don't like sending text greetings myself simply because my budget seldom allows it. text or no text, however, i would like to believe my friends know i'm thinking of them during the holidays. they better.

anyway, these are the five best text messages i received:

5. Have a blessed Christmas! -- simple, but sincere
4. In this joyous season of merrymaking & endless parties, remember this: "Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator." -- pretty easy advice if you have a cooler for a fridge
3. MEWY KWIzMAZ..Ei,mowez hr..dnt u dare 4get mah gift..hehe..tnx 4 d fwnzhp/c0mpany.. -- christmas greeting in a foreign language... cool...
2. mery xmas! nla pud louella, imo papa bianca brumel! -- this one's from chammy, so sweet to know he knows everyone in my family (my pop's name is leonidas, by the way)
1. A boy was asked "Did u get everything u wanted for christmas?" He said, "Nope. But then it's not my birthday but HIS, isn't it?" -- exactly!

and the most outragaeous message is:

Nag community singing na mig "Joy To the World"!!! GET ME OUTA HEEERE! PLEEEEEZ!

to all the people who sends me these messages, thank you for adding color to my holiday. and to you who is reading this, thank you, too. God bless you!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!