Rediscover Christmas Traditions

After everything we went through as a family in the recent months, I asked Ayen if we could put up the Christmas tree earlier this year and set up the Christmas decors to add joy in our home. She said ofcourse!

Christmas in the 70’s with Sandra and Mama at our old home in United Parañaque

Christmas was my Mom’s favorite time of the year. She always made everything extra special for all of us. I remember when we were kids we would put up the tree and decorate it ourselves and it was always a special activity my siblings and I looked forward to when were growing up. Those were one of the fondest memories we had with Mom.

Setting up the Christmas tree with Angia

This year Angia and I decided to decorate the tree ourselves and believe it our not it was our first time ever. Yup you read it right. For years we would always hire decorators to do that but this year is different, due to the pandemic we had no choice but to do it ourselves.

The whole process of decorating our home with Christmas ornaments made me rediscover what matters most in our family, which was doing things together. Building memories that will last a lifetime.

Rediscovering Christmas Traditions with Angia

It was the first activity that sparked joy for our family since my Mom passed away last September. We were listening to Christmas carols the whole time and singing along with it while going up and down the ladder and stairs thanks to our strong wifi powered by PLDT Home.

It was special cause I was making new memories with Angia, the same memories I had with my Mom growing up. Instead of sadness we focused on the joy of doing it together and how Mama aka Nanay would have loved what we were doing.

I have to admit it is no easy feat. It took us three days to finish everything. But I have no regrets. I am going to make this a new tradition in our family now,