I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Yes... It
is indeed the same song I used last Christmas time in this same blog.. and who
cares? It will always be one of my favorite Christmas songs ever!
Listening
to this song is what really makes me feel all the Christmas joy! I'll never
forget those nights at home when I was a little kid... All the Christmas
traditions... where to start?
Karaoke!
yes Karaoke! Many of you know how much I love karaoke, so who is to blame? My
parents! More specifically my dad, it was he who bought a Karaoke machine in
one of his trips to Japan, and since then we became addicted... And guess which
song I loved singing? No matter which month we were at: White Christmas... and
my sister used to sing Over the rainbow...and as a duet??? My favourite things... you see a pattern here??? Some of my favorite
songs right??? YES!!! I blame on the karaoke for my taste in music... and as
you can guess it is mainly oldies and
show tunes...
But that is
not what I wanted to talk about .. I'm loosing track... I t is about the Christmas
traditions at home... I really do not recall all of my Christmases... but what I
do recall is my father trying to be my musical director, telling me when to
rise up my voice or change the tone I was singing at... Oh yes he did... and
what did I do back? put my tiny hand up in the manner of saying: STOP that! I
know what I am doing! Yes yes, always a Diva!
hahaha
and the
presents? owww the presents! what a fun story...
So you see,
my family has in its possession a magic bell... yes it is magic!!! why?...
Because it is one of a kind! A bell that Santa Claus can hear wherever he is
at! So how does that work? Well at midnight or so we used to go out to the
garden, my mommy, my daddy, my sister and brother... So my sis and I used to
take turns to ring the bell... and next?...
Out of
nowhere we could see Rudolf's nose up in the sky! and then? a big "Stomp"
sound could be heard... that meant Santa had threw out gifts all the way from
the sky! It was so exiting!... Although I don´t really what was more exiting,
that... or when we spent Christmas outside home and when we came home the
presents where under the tree... I guess the "Santa calling" was way
more magical!
I do hope
to pass that tradition to my kids!
Nowadays as
we became adults our traditions changed a bit... for instance now my brother
and sister spend Christmas with the family of their spouses as in my family we celebrate
New years way more...
But before
that we used to put all of us presents under the tree without name tags... so my
sister and I used to take turns to go fetch a present, and to bring it back to
the living room... and then?... well the one that had bought that present
should say to whom it was...
The last
years there where presents even to my Chihuahua! and not only from me but from
the whole family... yes.. because the fun of it is to have lots of presents...
Sometimes my sister and I used to fill the bags with trash or things like that
just to annoy my grandma when she was visiting... (OMG I just cracked a loud
laugh while remembering that.... such good times)
So in my family (both mother and father side)
New years eve has always been the biggest celebration, and how much I loved it!
Not because of presents no... that was Christmas, always have and always
will!.. but because it was when I got to see my cousins, my grandma, uncle,
aunts! but suddenly that stopped... but
guess what?... My cousins are going home for Christmas! and I couldn't be more
exited... well I could, if my Sister and brother where there as well but ill
see them on New year's!...
So... any
fun Christmas traditions you could share???