Amidst all the hustle and bustle of the year, the month of December always gives a special kind of Joy because its the season of Christmas, all over the world there’s this special Joy that comes with Christmas, families coming to together, different foods on different days and the holidays as well, its actually a time to reflect how far you have come from the month January, its a month of special thanks because believe it or not so many couldn’t make it this month, so personally I call it the “Joyful month”.
Christmas has always been special to me because so many things, this season evokes the feeling of love, unity and togetherness, its a time when I eat from a very large gathering consisting of my extended family and also sharing of gifts, for me that part is always joyful, its something that’s been done once in every year so its quite special.
For me eating of food is not the most special, but how the food is been cooked, most times we don’t cook in the kitchen inside the house but outside, with a big pot using either firewood or charcoal stove, lol…because the pot is so big and its containing a large quantity it won’t be able to get ready on time if we use our regular gas cooker, so just normally bring everything outside the house at the back yard, set the fire and beginning to cook with love, mind you this food that’s being prepared outside doesn’t make its back to the house because it finishes on too the fire outside.
Once people sense my mother cooking, different sizes of plates begins to locates its way to the fireside, and thats how the food goes down on that spot, when it comes to food my mother my mother doesn’t discriminate, even if you’re her child and you don’t bring your plate immediately and the food finishes its your luck.
Christmas has always being a game changer when it comes to my wardrobe too, as per one of the last girls in the house, my father used to give my mum lots of money to buy plenty of clothes for my younger sister and I, one of the best memories I have ever had from christmas was far back in 2013, it was the first time ever my younger and I visited our village, although my older siblings have been there so many times, mind you! You can only get to my dad’s village through water, like its a real sea, we left home towards evening because my mum wanted the river to be calm before we travelled.
We got to the village some minutes to 6pm, my dad was already at the waterside waiting for us to arrive, when we got there he was so happy but at same time mad at my mum for traveling with us in the evening, so my mum explained to him and he was calm, I bet you it was one of the best, my community people don’t sleep at all, they love to party till day break, my uncles dashed my sister and I lots of money, we ate from different houses, we went to the sea to snap beautiful pictures, we went for the carnival, it was so interesting and honestly I really do wish to spend Christmas there this year.
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