You don't have to be a journalist, just write what you have to say from the heart. All we ask is that you keep it clean. To post your thoughts or pictures, just fill out our simple registration form. Best of all it's FREE!Let us hear from you...
| « Weekly Rap-up December 11-17, 2005 | The Christmas Barrel » |
Ten Days left for Christmas
12/15/05
Ten Days left for Christmas
There are only ten days left for Christmas and the season is in full swing here in Jamaica. At the end of last week most schools had their Christmas concerts and class parties. This week most schools have closed for the Christmas holidays, so the children are at home all excited and anxious for the actual day. Going to work morning traffic is a breeze. This is great as most of us are still blurry eyed from the many socials, customer service appreciations and office parties each night. Going home however is a nightmare with every one heading for the plazas after work .
Yes it’s definitely Christmas. The lights are out in all there glory, the Christmas carols are non-stop on the radio stations, the sorrel drink is flowing, gungo soup and gungo rice and peas is on every menu with rich Christmas cakes and puddings for desert. Most Jamaicans have over stocked on groceries for the next two weeks in anticipation of the many visitors expected during the season.
Follow up:
Unfortunately in this season of abundance there are many persons young and old who have nothing to look forward to. Some of them might even have brought their situations on themselves while some had no choice. Christmas however is the season for giving. How about sharing with someone less fortunate than yourself this Christmas. You don’t have to be rich to give. There is a saying, ‘One mans garbage is another mans treasure’, not that you would give garbage. Your time is also very priceless. You could visit an old people’s home, an hospital or an orphanage. You could even find persons within your very communities who would be blessed by your gifts of love.
Some will argue that it is hypocritical to do these things only at Christmas time, what about the rest of the year. I will not dispute that, but I do believe that we are bless for any act of kindness and if it takes Christmas to get us going then why not. Some might even be inspired to make a habit of sharing.
What ever you do, remember you have only ten days left to make a difference.
Nuff Love
Our Friends
Jamaica Obituaries
Create a lasting celebration of your loved ones with a personalized Obituary Web Site on JamaicanObituaries.com
Reasons why I love my Jamaican Mom
1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait till we get home."
2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You going get a ass'n when we get home!"
3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE.
"What di backside yu thinkin'? Answer me when me talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"
4. My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES.
"If yu run cross de road an' cyar lick yu dung, a goin' kill yu wid lick."
5. My Mother taught me THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.
"If yu no go a school, yu a go tun tief or walk an' pick up bottle."
6. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If yu tun over yu eye lid an fly pitch pan it, it a go stay so fi evva."
7. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD.
"Is not one time monkey goin' wan' wife"
8. My Mother taught me ESP.
"Yu tink a don't know what yu up to nuh?"
9. My Mother taught me HUMOR.
"If yu don' eat food, breeze goin' blow yu 'way."
10. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT.
"Come an' tek yu beatin' like man."
11. My Mother taught me about SEX.
"Yu tink say yu drop from sky?"
12. My Mother taught me about GENETICS.
"Yu jus' like yu faada."
13. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Yu tink mi come from "Back A Wall?"
14. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE.
"When yu get to be as ol' as me, yu wi understan'."
15. And my all time favorite... JUSTICE.
"One day wen yu have pickney, a hope dem treat yu same way."
Photo Highlights
Recent comments