A Very Busy Christmas Day

Last Christmas day, after stopovers at to Tesco Hypermarket to buy groceries, Seri Kenangan Home to bring Uncle Seelan out for breakfast at his favorite Pinang Besar, 7-Eleven to reload my handphone, my house to get ready for the following programme outside, the church to watch the rehearsal in which some of the Calvary Care Home (CCH) gang was involved, CCH to have a simple lunch, Melaka Mall to accompany the gang for some last-minute shopping, Albert P's house to drop the boys for a shower there, the church again to pick Paul who had stayed back, CCH again to let Paul pack his clothes, Albert's house again to fetch him and his father who had decided to attend the Christmas party at Calvary Life Assembly (CLA) with us, I entered the church compound for the third time and could finally settle down for a few hours.

Last year, the three CCH boys who had just graduated from the primary school were still behaving like children. And David was only about my height. One year later, I had to raise my head much higher when talking to them and they were already showing all kinds of signs of adolescence. As a result, I often left these teenagers alone to have fellowship with their peers and kept an eye more on Joel who was only going to be ten years old and whose size made him look like a Standard One boy.

Joel came into the main sanctuary with the face painted like a clown, one of the activities of the CLA Christmas party. Albert's father added a few more strokes on the cheerful boy's cheeks.

Last year, the Christmas celebration put a lot of emphasis on the musical. This year, there was drama composed by different scenes with puppets' talks,

solo singing,

solo dancing,

boys' group break dancing where Paul had a chance to demonstrate his performing arts talent in front of the congregation,

and girls' group dancing.

Their weeks of practice were not in vain. Their message of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was conveyed through this meaningful drama.

Another highlight in the main sanctuary was caroling. The set-up of the stage was beautiful with red and yellow colours. Albert was the main singer while John was the drummer. Many church members gave compliments to this former anointed worship leader who used to sing in the church services. I had only listened to his casual songs during the Gala & Charity Dinner, Karaoke outings and some other occasions. After witnessing his powerful voice in full volume with my ears, I also officially joined his fans' club and volunteered myself as the manager!

When the celebration at CLA was over, I followed the CCH gang to an open house by a church member's family before I went back to my house at night. It was indeed a very busy Christmas day with a lot of travelling.