♪♫have yourself a merry little Christmas. let your heart be light♪♫♪
Do I hear the music playing? Gosh, the days are definitely chasing each other. Josef and I have finally put up our minimal Christmas decor and I love the look of our home now. Mind you, these are recycled decorations that we have accumulated over the years and lovingly restored just for this occasion. I know some of you don’t celebrate Christmas the way we do here in our country, three long months of celebration. Shopping malls are truly alive during this season because they usually put up their larger than life Christmas trees, trimmings and twinkling LED lights as early as September. Where can you find Christmas songs being played all day long? An advertising gimmick to lure more shoppers of course. We are vulnerable that way because we love Christmas. I’ve done shopping for some gifts for the family but I haven’t completed my list yet. This is the first time that we did the decorating this early. I took advantage of Josef’s vacation leave to sort what to put up. I bought something new of course and it was the first time I did it – a set of pillow cases in Christmas prints.
I bought those empty rattan carts a year ago and embellished them with Christmas balls and flowers. That white porcelain nativity set was a gift from a friend many years ago and I just love it.
Our town is participating in a Christmas tree contest in the whole province of Rizal. The large Christmas tree displayed at the grounds of our municipal hall is made from recycled soft drink bottles. I hope we win 🙂
Don’t look now but I’ve finally been able to find some pictures of the Ayala Triangle gardens. The tradition continues with the Festival of Lights happening every 30 minutes from 6pm to 10 pm every night starting today and will continue till January 04, 2015. I got these two pictures from the timeline of JAZA (Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala), one of the big bosses of Ayala Group of Companies, Bank of PI included. I am sure he wouldn’t mind if I post them here 🙂 He has a page on FB which most former unibankers like me follow.
Courtesy of JAZA. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ayala Corp.
Photo courtesy of Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala.
I hope I would be able to visit this and watch musicians/composers sing Christmas carols of old. This is right in front of Nissa’s office building.
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