A Poem for the Lonely during Christmas
Written on 12/25/2014
There is always a place
for you on Christmas.
Whether it’s set for one,
on a fold-out table
before a TV screen
playing a movie
with dancing elves
Or with Parents, Grandparents,
Aunts and Aunts and Aunts
Uncles and Uncles and Uncles,
and Cousins, so many cousins,
who pile honey ham, cheese,
sweet spaghetti, and white rice
on your plate as they tell you
how much weight you’ve gained.
Or at a table with friends,
passing around cold beers,
salted chips, and near-endless chatter
until the night sky washes out
with morning light.
A place was made for you
since Joseph and Mary
were turned away from
house to house,
and only found solace and rest
in a bed of hay.
They were unwanted guests
who found their place
In time for Christmas Day.
We need a little Christmas: Mia’s Christmas Playlist
I live in the country with the longest Christmas season, and that gets damn tiring. I’m a humbug (I’d rather that term than ‘Scrooge’, indulge my frivolous wordplay) as soon as mid-October when the most bizarre Christmas mash-ups start blaring on public speakers.
I like the spirit of Christmas: ever since Mom died, and my sister and I have been distant, it’s deeply touching when almost everyone, no matter how short a time you’ve known them, opens their doors to you. I like the tradition of gathering. I want to do the same when time and space finally allows me to. For now, I humbly give offerings of feeling witty cards and sweets. It’s the very least I could do, though I wish that I could do more.
There are also the carols. Some carols, even at my crankiest anti-Christmas moods, gets me singing and smiling. It sometimes sees me through hellish traffic and terribly cramped MRT rides during the season.
1) We Need a Little Christmas – New Directions (Glee)
2) Last Christmas – New Directions (Glee)
3) Santa Can You Hear Me – Britney Spears
4) What Christmas Means To Me – Hanson
5) Snow Miser/Heat Miser from ‘The Year Without Santa Class’
6) Ateneo Chamber Singers Christmas performances
Youtube and tracks after the cut.
Continue reading “We need a little Christmas: Mia’s Christmas Playlist”
We need a little Christmas: Mia's Christmas Playlist
I live in the country with the longest Christmas season, and that gets damn tiring. I’m a humbug (I’d rather that term than ‘Scrooge’, indulge my frivolous wordplay) as soon as mid-October when the most bizarre Christmas mash-ups start blaring on public speakers.
I like the spirit of Christmas: ever since Mom died, and my sister and I have been distant, it’s deeply touching when almost everyone, no matter how short a time you’ve known them, opens their doors to you. I like the tradition of gathering. I want to do the same when time and space finally allows me to. For now, I humbly give offerings of feeling witty cards and sweets. It’s the very least I could do, though I wish that I could do more.
There are also the carols. Some carols, even at my crankiest anti-Christmas moods, gets me singing and smiling. It sometimes sees me through hellish traffic and terribly cramped MRT rides during the season.
1) We Need a Little Christmas – New Directions (Glee)
2) Last Christmas – New Directions (Glee)
3) Santa Can You Hear Me – Britney Spears
4) What Christmas Means To Me – Hanson
5) Snow Miser/Heat Miser from ‘The Year Without Santa Class’
6) Ateneo Chamber Singers Christmas performances
Youtube and tracks after the cut.
Continue reading “We need a little Christmas: Mia's Christmas Playlist”