Way back, 5 days to Christmas, joy adrenalin ran through my spine in anticipation for fun , merry and much more. Our Christmas day and New year day dresses were ready or almost. Dresses were a core and integral part of Christmas preparation. My mum never for a year gave excuses for not buying them, looking back in retrospect I salute her for that. Though late now, she ensured her kids were the best dressed amongst other kids in church. As it was a competitive season for kids, I and my siblings were always on top of chat.

Food and lots of food , drinks , meat etc full ground gidigba. We hosted friends and church members. There was this joy we couldn't explain in us. We watched movies about Jesus of Nazareth, played Bola Aare's " odun nlo sopin o baba rere" Jimmy Cliff's music, Bob Marley and the wailers.
The turn table was the state of the art sound system back then.
I remember going to bar beach with my parents, rode a horse, back then no bandits, no kidnapping, Nigeria was better.

Hence, I submit that no season brought me joy as a child like Christmas did.
Share your experience.

Merry Christmas in advance.

We hoped for Christmas like it would be the last in our lives. We made sure we don't play rough so as not to injure our feet for the Christmas shoe. Of course we used to count down and the day would finally come and go with little or no memories left behind.

Christmad has always been fun