Reminisce -Our Village X-Mas

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    Reminisce -Our Village X-Mas

    At the crow of a cock
    The village arose
    On the Christmas morning,
    In a flurry
    Mothers got into their duty
    Of ensuring the clan got well fed
    All of the festive day
    We the children,
    Wiped our  blurry sleepy eyes
    Due to  transnighting on the eve
    awaiting 'the birth' of Christ
    In churches and at home,
    Though in essence
    All awhile dreaming of that moment
    Of showcasing,
    Our new 'fashionable' outfits
    and footwear
    And the once in a year generosity
    Of the 'aunties' and 'auncles'
    Not forgetting
    The once in a blue moon family outing

    Is there anything
    from Mothers
    pots
    That went un tasted?
    Breakfast came late,
    Lunch much later,
    Ofcourse, i had to be special
    And with all rare delicacies
    Never mind
    The upset tummies
    They had to deal with the next day


    Where other days
    They had to run and scream at us
    To keep neat
    Not on this day
    Even we understood
    The new wardrobe addictions
    Had to be kept sp
    arkle clean
    Sometimes even had the priveledge
    To do alittle fashion show
    During the morning mass and services
    Among peers,
    Feel all pretty and good
    As we awed each other.....


    Such was our Christmas
    Simple Joys and laughter
    Still our most treasured
    day of the year



    By PrettyKan82


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    Teardrops commented on Reminisce -Our Village X-Mas

    12-20-2009

    family is Christmas and wil always be yours sounds so wonderful

    Prettykan82

    12/24/2009

    thanks teardrops............I just miss home, my first 'white Xmas in the USA and juz wish was in the tropics.

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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