yehey, Santa made it…just barely, but he sure rewarded the kiddies for their hardwork and nice-ness all year long. only mama got all the charcoal :melodramatic:
“christmas is past. it’s gone. it sure was fun,” #2son told me at the day’s end. he looked forlorn. i asked him what he liked the most–he said he enjoyed being the elf at the family party and handing out the presents. i told him, isn’t it such a wonderful day to look forward to, all year long? then there’s still new year’s eve you know… “yeah, but no presents.”
wiseguy.
so we have our little cozy appetizer filled evening counting down to the New Year. and this little dessert to accompany the noise-making and well-wishing.
this is something that i will always associate with holidays in the Philippines. invariably we’d always get one as a present from one of my parents’ work colleagues or a visiting relative. i just changed the presentation a little bit.. Read the rest of this entry »