Last Christmas was Diego's first Christmas with us and our second one in Dubai. He just turned one month old then. Derico volunteered to do the trimmings of our little Christmas tree which was a gift from Bubot's Makati office colleague when she came to Dubai to substitute for her during her maternity leave. To somehow recreate a typical Pinoy Christmas scenario, we had a modest noche buena on Christmas eve joined by our Mareng Malou, Pareng Brix, good friend Hussein and of course our other household members cousin Jacq and my sis in law Divina. Derico sang Christmas carols and was very happy when he got Santa's gift of stuffed Batman toy among others. Diego just slept the night away listening to our videoke singing. Sure,we had fun, but it still nothing compared to the Christmases we had in the Philippines...It's December again, and we are cooking something for the birthday celebration of Jesus Christ. But as long as the spirit of love/gift giving is there, it does not matter to Him however you wish to celebrate.
Merry Christmas to all from this side of the world!
