The author shares their memorable Christmas and New Year gifts, including a handmade Christmas card and a book of modern short stories.
MY Christmas and New Year memories comprised many things. They include the Christmas carols already being played in the radio stations beginning September 1, the sight of Christmas trees of all sizes being sold in the malls — and those giant, multicolored lanterns blinking by the roadside remind you of many Christmas es past. Or, in my case, of the gifts I have received, the simplest being the most memorable.
When I was 10 years old, my seatmate in elementary school gave me a Christmas card that she herself had made.It was nothing fancy: just a coupon bond folded in the middle, and on the cover she drew a simple lantern, the long red tail of crepe paper flowing in the wind.When I was in college at Ateneo de Manila University, I received a book of modern short stories for our Kris Kringle. I was 18 years old. It was a confusing time. I was enrolled in Business Management, trying to balance the books in financial accounting class. For all my efforts, I could not balance the books, and all I wanted was to write essays, short stories and poem
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