A Transformed Christmas

How did you celebrate Christmas? In the last decade, the way I celebrated Christmas has evolved. From evangelising at 'Come Celebrate Christmas' and cell group parties, Christmas has transformed into a hectic schedule of gift wrappings and a time of fun for the kids and gatherings with family and friends.

From 22nd Dec, the merrying began. We met up with one of our favourite friend and his family, including 2 kids for dinner at Jacob's Cafe. There, KK and XX has fun dancing to the music of a guitarist playing Christmas songs. (See video below.) It ended with ice-cream and coffee at the Changi Village hotel.

The next evening, we gathered at my sister's place for more feasting of coca cola pork ribs, roast leg of lamb, chicken nuggets and salad including my contribution of spagetti cabonara. There, KK received his 3rd, 4th and 5th Transformers toy (Arcee, Swindle, watch) this Christmas. He had earlier received his 1st two Transformers (Bonecrusher and Landmine). This year is truly a 'Transformers Christmas' for KK.

Christmas Eve, KK woke up with a fever. We had no choice but to leave him at home as we proceeded to Hubby's sister's place. This turned out to be a hilarious evening. My brother-in-law's got a really bubbly and fun family, including a twin sister who's 7 months pregnant. Yet she's still sporting enough to dress up as santa claus (no need for fake tummy) to distribute her gifts. Even her 3 year old son couldn't recognise her! There were strange but meaning-filled gifts for everyone, like a carrot, peanut butter and even a pineapple!

On Christmas day itself, we headed to our long-time friend Melvin's house for another fun-filled evening of games for the children. We must really thank him and his wife for organising this party for the past 2 years. I know KK will have a great time as all his old friends (kids of our 'gang') will be there. This 'gang', we've been friends since uni days, when we were still single. Along the way, we've gotten married and had children. Nowadays, when our kids play, we adults will take this chance to catch up.

As the clock strikes twelve, the gift wrapper tearing will halt and the 'merry christmas' SMSs will stop. For the children and us, we are transformed back to our normal routine. But for KK at least, he'll keep busy transforming his Autobots and Decepticons.

Merry Christmas, Everyone!