In a few weeks time, the BER season will reach its climax; Those times of the year where the Christmas spirit is just up above your head. That one fine dawn, you'll wake up serenaded by Jose Mari Chan's A Perfect Christmas or other Christmas songs on the radio and the cool December air embracing you with a familiar, teasing, chill.



That by the time you eat your breakfast, you're gonna have that yearly, long stare at the calendar and giggle while counting the days left till Christmas. And you will feel all hyped up by the old Christmas decorations your Mom would start looking for and hang them later around your house.

The tinkling and twinkling of Christmas lights you'll see just about everywhere. The Star lanterns that your younger siblings would ask to bring to hang up on their Grade School Classroom's ceiling. A singing group of shabbily clothed children caroling and wandering on the streets by night. And of course, those big and small Christmas Trees they stand on parks that give children, lovers, SMP's or even a scavenger a merry Christmasy' delight.

Me(in akimbo) and my siblings; Madam Ana(on my left) and Budoy(on my right). Haha! Real names are Quennie and Godwin though. hehe

While at school, there comes this Christmas phenomenon raising the eyebrows of your unabashedly strict and sharp-tongued teacher. "The closer Christmas is, the more students are present.". Why is that so? I asked myself countless times. Although it's insinuated towards those who are always absent or late in class (myself included), still, I REALLY WONDER WHY?

I guess everyone's either too excited or too worried about Christmas break that they try to spend more time with friends and classmates than going home early (un)like most regular school days.

Remember the time when you huddle in front of the room with your classmates and plan about your Christmas Party? My God, the plan gets crazier and crazier each year. But what's crazier than that is the twitterpatting times you've seen your crush(es) - you just get to see them more often or tend to (yikes!), before the Christmas break.

CRAZY! The competition with your brainy classmate might be but vengeance always comes in the holy kind of way. Complete the 9 mornings - and when that geek doesn't, it's called revenge!

Oh that reminds me! By the 16th of December, is the highly anticipated Misa De Gallo or Rooster's Mass, Simbang Gabi in Filipino. Those dawn spent at the Church were the most memorable holy dawns of my life. Not only that you'll get enlightened by the words of God but you get to experience the entertainment brought to you by people either yawning or secretly sleeping inside the church. Hey, I do that a lot sometimes, I know it's quite rude but it's the least funny thing you'll notice during mass.