What Makes Our Christmas Get-Together Special?

Is it in knowing that your parents are both healthy if you discard their hi-blood, diabetes, athritis and a slew of other OA symptoms?

Is it in sharing a low-fat, low-cholesterol meal with everybody from the moment the Noche Buena dishes are cooked until the wee hours in the morning?

Is it the exchange gifts that we have thought over and over a few weeks before hoping to make sure our monito-monita will like it?

Is it the growing-up and soon-to-be increasing count of the fun and hyper-energetic nephews and nieces?

Truth be told, we are a quite diverse family with all the occasional ups-and-downs, little misunderstandings here and then resulting to some tampuhan like any typical (imperfect) family. But deep in our hearts, we will surely choose our "crazy" family over other "ideal" family because these beautiful, wonderful persons are God's gifts to each one of us. We are God's family to each other.

So what makes our Christmas get-together special?

First and foremost - God.

A close second - Family.

Merry Christmas to All.