You know Christmas is coming near when the local radio stations blare all-too familiar holiday songs as early as September. Only a week before the day and be sure to have LSS's with merry, bells, yuletide, seasons, snow, manger in the lyrics.
Christmas songs are my all time favorite treat this season aside from well, holiday ham and noche buena. It gives me an instant high when I hear songs about the holidays done in charming ways. Yes, there are charming ways.
I am also amused by the not-so charming carol situations when kids would ring our doorbell as if we did not hear it the first time and scream the lyrics of traditional Pinoy carols. Always without fail, their lyrics would all be screwed and end with a flourishing we wis you a merry krismas and a hapi new year namamasko po, done in one breath.
I tell my parents never to give them money until Christmas eve and Christmas day so they won't keep coming back. They always come back, though. And even if they don't, I can hear their carols a mile away with their high pitched rendition of dyingle bells.
As a kid, I never went around the neighborhood to wow them with my singing prowess and correct lyrics. If I had, I think I'd be a superstar by now. Harhar.
When I was in Baguio, I looked forward to the ber months because then I get the license to sing ang pasko ay sumapit at random moments. I did not join any singing groups when I was in school and I guess I felt bad about not being able to sing Christmas Carols- the thing I hearts so much- with a group to a larger group. Good thing my Breha floor mates never shut me up when I sing down the halls. Even during siesta and silence hours.
My favorite Christmas songs include Let it Snow [for the memory-value attached to it], Christmas Song [because I never get to sing it], Even Santa Fell in Love [I'm cheesy like that], Ang Pasko ay Sumapit [hindi ko pa rin memorize to], and Joy to the World [one of the hymns I enjoy singing]. I can name a few more but I'm too lazy to recall.
There are no carolers tonight where I am. Maybe I'll shake my coin purse and sing to myself. That definitely beats counting all the light bulbs in sight. Happy Caroling peephole! :D
9 comments:
lucky for you, i loved your singing and your voice. had it been otherwise...
you will have no choice anyway. hehe. don't you just miss getting shushed during silence hours? wah! i miss you mama dee! :D
really now?
hehe.. you're right, i won't not because i don't want to but because i can't. love kaya kita.
but for one second, my mind drifted to that time when you and jeanxi were.. more than that, sinarhan nyo ung room natin habang ako ay nasa kubeta at naliligo pa! grrrr!
hahaha. i was hoping you forgot about that. eew. so childish of us. i still have the letter you wrote me re that. nyakers.
unluckily for you, i have been sharpening my memory in preparation for the bar exams. so, i remember things, especially those events which made me cringe in anger. hehe.
*blushes* meh yeah that was pretty dumb of us. harhar.
even santa fell in love is a nice one! i also like it!
yeah, you always request it nga on klite diba? :)
yeah, you always request it nga on klite diba? :)
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