MY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY: FAMILY MOMENTS
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Anyways, it was a joyous moment for me as I realized I was finally going to spend the Christmas with my family, because last Christmas I wasn't opportune to celebrate it with my family due to,Something similar occuring last year, that hindered me from going home. So the same week the memo was released I took off with my younger brother, and my best friend, as we were residing in the same city and State, Ibadan, Oyo state.
We left very early on a Monday morning and, got to the park and something very funny happened at the park we all had prepared our minds that the transport fare was 6200 only for us to get to the park and it was called 7200, surprised and angry, we had no other options but to call our parents to send us some more money to balance it up.
We paid and as at 10am, we commenced the journey back to Ibadan, it was a long and tiring journey, I slept twice in the bus and at some point we came to a stop due to one of the tire deflating on the road, we continued the journey after it was fixed, we got to Ibadan around 4pm in the evening and we all alighted from the bus. I had to wish my Best friend goodbye as she was headed to another destination, quite sad for me it was but I comforted myself with the fact that I was going to see her again. Me and my younger brother headed off towards our house route, boarded a taxi, that took us to our destination.
We got home, around 6pm in the evening, on getting, I proceeded to take my bath after a little bit of rest, then settled down to a long Awaited Supper which I devoured Voraciously, as I was really famished since I hadn't eaten anything since daybreak. After this I laid down and slept off, till the next morning. My Older brother came back from his university the next day.
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And the house became full and lively once again, We bantered and joked with each other sharing experiences of our time in school.This was how things were till Christmas came,and to me this has been one the best Christmas I've celebrated so far in my life. As we didn't celebrate Christmas the casual way, we celebrated Christmas with my mom's immediate younger brother,and with our cousin's. Christmas Eve my mom delivered to us the news that we were spending it at my Uncle's house. Joy met our, heart's because by far this is the best Uncle we've ever had, he always buy us things and sends stuff's to us. The 25th came and I and my other two siblings with my mum proceeded to his place. My Dad went out to celebrate Christmas somewhere. We all boarded a cab down to his place at, ring-road. We got there around 10am,
We met him at home, and our Grandma my mum's mother she also had come to spend the holiday with Him, but his wife wasn't around and also our cousin's. Pleasantries was exchange between my mum and her brother and also her mother. We all greeted our Grandma and uncle and we all sat down, there was light and we met my grandma watching a TV program so we proceeded to watching it with her. Our uncle gave each of us a bottle of soft drinks each and after that we continued gisting with him.
My mum had earlier prepared pounded yam (iyan), for her mother as that what she requested for to eat in Christmas, so she served her. And my Granny began to eat. Whilst we were Gisting with my uncle and mom, later on my Uncle went ahead to prepare the food, we wanted to eat. He later called Us one after the other to come carry our foods which we did and he again gave us a bottle of soft drink each. And as we were eating, our Cousin's arrived with their Mom from where they went.
Now this the most part I enjoyed for the day. My uncle has a Daughter and a son, the girl was the older. We finished eating and then. My uncle started to gift us clothes and shoes. I got a pair of sneakers, my younger brother got an Hoodie and my older brother got about three pairs of clothes and pants, I also got some other cloth
.A picture of me, my older brother and my cousin's.
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Then we started to play with my cousins and I can say that this by far what made my day, having to play with my cousins. Enjoying the little moments with them made me realize the were the only cousins I could actually think off, and not that I didn't have cousin's but there was rift that caused my mum's family to go apart and that was it.
Playing with my cousins brought so much joy, into my heart and it has been a long time I ever even saw a cousin of mine. I was so happy.
We played bantered, with my uncle and mum chirping in at times.
Finally it was time to go home for us, my Grandma and my uncle saw us off and we headed back home. In the evening, we left around 8pm in the evening. A day well spent and celebrated to me.
. A picture we took with my mum and granny. Image taken by me
To some it might not be the best Holiday ever or best way to celebrate Christmas, but as the adage says celebrate the little and enjoy it while it lasts this was a really good Christmas for me, getting to spend it with my family and my mum's family.
So grateful for this.
