The year is coming to an end and everyone is preparing for the season, ruminating on what to get for their loved ones, parents are thinking about how to make the season a fun-filled one, friends are thinking about how to visit each other, and even extended families are planning on a journey to another family.
Christmas is one of the holidays everyone cherishes so much, especially the Christians, I remember when I was a young child by now my parents would have gotten my Christmas clothes and I would be peeping at them every day in my mother's wardrobe.
Even without eating for the rest of the day, I will never feel it because the Joy of having Christmas clothes would have filled my heart, all this happened when the economy of the country was at its best.
I have a lot of plans for this Christmas and I am ready to accomplish them this season, I have meaning to celebrate one of the holidays with the people who need help the most, this is the season to show love to one another not only by eating alone and be merry with family members, some set of people needs our help and our love to make their Christmas one of the best too.
We already know that the economy of the country is not friendly now, the hardship is much and most people can not afford to celebrate Christmas like the way they used to do in previous years.
Though I had cut down some costs, I had to cut my coat according to my size, I have been meaning to buy a lot of gifts and share in the orphanage, celebrate Christmas with them, and also play some games with them, like spelling bee, play round the chair music and the give the winners some goodies and so on but when I got to the market to price some things yesterday I nearly collapse because that was not what I budgeted for.
I have to change my mind, I was planning to get takeaway plates, cook for them, and dish the food inside them, I planned to make jollof rice, fried rice with salad for the children, and also get some raw foodstuffs that can help after Christmas but I think I will just put all the food in my cooler and take it to the orphanage so that their mistress can share it with them using the plates.
What is Christmas without gifts
Over the weekend I went to my sister's house and I saw some shoes that the children were not using anymore, then I thought that they would also be perfect gifts for the orphans, I saw some that my sister bought and never wore for a day, I talked to her about my plans for the Christmas and she gave all the shoes to me as her little contribution to them, I was so happy because some of the shoes even most of it are still new.
What is Christmas without drinks, I got some packs of drinks that I will be sharing with them on that day to complement the food I will be sharing.
I also get some raw foodstuffs that will be given to the founder of the foundation for Christmas, I can get a bag of rice so I had to go for the affordable ones
I had to get everything now so that the price would not skyrocket before the end of the week, this is the Christmas season and everything will be adding prices now, that is how I plan this coming season, it is a season of love, let share love to those people that will appreciate it.
This is my response to this week's episode of #theminimalist community week 87.
