Of ORs and Christmas
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| Armida Siguion-Reyna |
Ten days to go before Christmas, and most everyone is going crazy with what to get for family and friends. It’s less stressful when one just gives out money, but cash gifts outside of rightfully earned bonuses and 13th month pay make the season so materialistic, I’d really rather plan and shop for gifts for people I love and hold dear to my heart.
Some people are easy to gift, because it takes little to make them happy. My brother, the Senate President, for instance, loves paksiw na bangus garlic and peppercorns and onions and ginger all in, with ampalaya, so year in and year out, that’s just about what I give him and wala naman siyang kasawa-sawa.
Others take to gift-giving naturally, or have fortunately have come up with a present only they make. Like my daughter-in-law Bibeth Orteza, who has been giving bottled Spicy Tuyo in Olive Oil for 19 years now, using a recipe she’s perfected through the years. My grandson Rafa relates how, growing up, he and his older sister Aya would realize Christmas was nigh soon as they’d smell tuyo permeating the household..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101214com4.html
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