Christmas Memories During My High School Years Blog #91 December 8, 2021 Yesterday I participated in the challenge hosted by @CoquiCoin, if you want to read my article just click it **here**. https://read.cash/@BCH_LOVER/theperfectgiftchallenge2021-sending-gifts-to-my-virtual-friends-b57b411b Now, I decided to make my entry on **Christmas Challenge** by @gertu13. If you wanted to know what it is all about, you can read her article **"Hey you! This is the promised "Christmas contest."** https://read.cash/@gertu13/hey-you-this-is-the-promised-christmas-contest-293d09ef What I am going to share today was about my experience during my high school days when I studied in a school operated by nuns. Before I will share those experiences, let me share with you all the place where I studied.
This was the school where I studied at. In the above picture, that is where building one is located. In the second picture, it is the aerial view of the whole campus, and on the third one, it's taken during the flag ceremony. This is the place that holds a lot of memories and those memories will always be treasured by me. Here are some facts about this school This is a private school yet the students don't have to pay anything. All are free from the food that we eat, the school supplies, and even the things that we used every day. We are not allowed to ask for money from our family outside or even bring a penny after our two weeks vacation every year. Christmas is the most awaited occasion for all of us who studied in this private institution. Though we were far from our family, we could still enjoy this occasion very much because of the nuns who served to be our mothers. They never forgot to give us some presents like chocolates, new undergarments, big junk foods like chippy/Mr. Chips and many more. Those may be small presents for others but we were all happy and excited to have those in our hands. On the second week of December, that's our scheduled Christmas party in every classroom. Our Christmas party is different from the usual Christmas party in another school where there are exchanging gifts and we also pay for the food.
In our school, instead of exchanging gifts, we are exchanging cards since we don't have money to wrap a gift. We made our own Christmas cards that will be given to our classmates. This is so nice because we can design our cards. Our creativity was challenged, we usually cut the letters that are present on the word merry Christmas or if one doesn't know how to letter cut, she can do lettering instead. Me? I prefer those two coz I can do both.
Who believes that Santa exists? Me, I do when I was in high school. I remember when it was nighttime on December 24, our mother-sister would tell us to put socks on the end of the bed coz Santa will put some Christmas treats on them. And because we do believe in Santa, we put one sock per bed. When midnight came, my other dorm mates were awake. They would see if Santa was putting treats on our socks but they witnessed that it isn't Santa, it's our mother-sister. So when morning came after the bell rings, my dormmates who witnessed the things that our mother-sister did, told everyone about it. And on my second until the fourth year, every December 24th, I make sure to stay awake until midnight. I saw it in my own eyes that there is no Santa, only the nuns.
Early morning on December 25, the first thing that we did after taking a bath was attend mass. We sang the Christmas songs and when the mass ended, we would approach our friends and greet each other a Merry Christmas but that's just a quick greeting coz we need to be back to our dorm to prepare for our breakfast.
December 25 is a day that was full of enjoyment. We had so many parlor games that we enjoyed playing. We played the longest line, message relay, and some outdoor games. When we won, we will receive a pack of chocolates/candies and we would share it with 45 people. (Each dorm was consist of 45 students) That's how we spent our Christmas season during my high school days. It was full of fun and we make many good memories with our friends and mother-sisters. All images are from ©Facebook and ©Google Flexing my **lovely and generous sponsors**. Thank you so much for the **support** and **trust**. To my 💞**upvoters**, 💓**commenters**, 💖**readers**, and 👍**likers** thank you so much, guys. You always make me **motivated** and **inspired** every day.
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You have a lot of memories about Christmas sis. All of it are unforgettable memories. I amaze since it's my first time hearing an exchanging cards sis. I never tried that one. I want to experience it sis. Yes me too sis. When I was a kid, I thought Santa is real that's why I tried to wrote a letter to him but time goes by I realized Santa wasn't real. He didn't exist in real life. It was so much fun sis having a contest with different parlor games. I experience that one also. The longest line is so much fun then the message relay.😁
*Haha, kaya nga sis no? Akala ko din totoo si Santa, pero di pala. Yung mga pa games talaga ang nakakatuwa sis, lalo na yung longest line, kahit ano nalang ang idagdag para lang mapahaba yung linya*😅
Oo sis. Naniwala pa naman ako kasi akala ko totoo.😁 Oo sis grabe nakakatuwa talaga pati medyas, sinturon kahit ano.😅
*Haha, oo nga sis pati pa nga yung tali ng sapatos tinanggal para lang mapahaba yung linya*😅
Haha oo sis totoo sobra.😅 Pati ako nagawa din.😅
*Haha, nakakatuwa talaga yan na laro sis*
Every christmas sis maka uli akong manghud nga naa sad sa SOM nya last pasko ra waka uli tungod sa covid ,mga next week siguro naa na siya kay gibakunahan na sila aron makabkasyon.
*Hala, kanindot d I sis? Makauli d I sila ug pasko? Kami kay first week or second week of January man mi magbakasyon*
Balik na sila ana sis,tgen sept 1st week visitation nila.
*Ah sayo d I ila vacation no? Pero ang visiting ra ang wala nausab, same lang gihapon first week of September. Dugay na ko wala ka attend ug alumni didto*
Wow, so you spent Christmas at your Dorm?...first time I heard like this because mostly, schools are closed during christmas break..
*Yes sis sa dorm lang talaga kami nag Christmas noon. Makakauwi kami every January lang tapos two weeks lang din*
Saklap sis .so for entire high school days mo dun ka nagspend ng Christmas?
It makes me feel so good to read that a private school is totally freeeee! woow And here in my country the cost of attaining education is soaring high and it has already become a business where people invests to extract more from the student's family rather than focussing on impaRTING EDUCATION
*Yes and we are blessed to be part of that school...Oh really? Where are you from?*
An incredible India
Kanindot sa skol nimo sis no nya libre pa jud pero wa lng lagi mo gawasay pud. Di jud ko motuo ko anang santa hehehe..
*Lagi sis nindot kay libre, ang kamingaw sa una ra man sad hinuon, kadugayan maanad ra. Daghan baya ko mga dormmate ug classmate gikan dire sa Mindanao*
Mao sd lgi maanad rka ky same rmn na sa seminaryo diba.. Malingaw rka sa mga kaubn nimo.
*Oo sis kay ang uban nakong batch mate kay nag madre man*
Maau ky natapos sila diha ba. Unsa rka year kutob tuod?
*Nahuman nako ang high school sis pero katong gusto magmadre mao nagpabilin didto sa school*
Di sd nimo gusto mgmadre ato?
*first ug second year nag plano ko pero pag abot ug third ug fourth year, nawala ang calling*
Same lng mo sko migo nga parionon na unta pero nigawas nya nagteacher sya sa la salle ron. Sa highschool.
*aw mao, daghan man sad mi nag back out ato sis kay lagi gipangmingaw na sa amo pamilya*
Mao jud na kasagaran mao nagtuo ko mgpari jud ako migo ky pila gud sya ka years didto.
Makamingaw ang pasko sauna oi. HAHAHHA ingana sd ko sis magbutang ug !edyas unja hahahah waman diay santa nga magbutang si nanay ug si ate raman diay hahahhah
*Haha, hastang siawa no? Daghan jud ta nagtuo na tinuod si santa, nya dili man d i*
The memories are very beautiful. And the memories of the previous day are more beautiful. School time Christmas was very different from now. Because I was a little younger then. Happiness would have been a little more, it would have been different.
Wow almost the same ta ug school ate. Free ra pud mi. Unta tinuod si Santa, pero sukad² wala paman ko kabalita naa naay naka kita niya hahah.
*Haha lagi no? Ako ra ba pud gi imagine ng mga reindeer nga kauban ni Santa*😅😅
Me too, naniniwala rin po ako nung mga na sa middle highschool ako haha nasabit papo ako ng medjas at nag kukunwaring tulog para hulihin si santa HAHA andaming po talagang ganap kapag pasko no? Unforgettable moments.
*Haha, kaya nga andaming mga unforgettable moments talaga*
Ow, i get emotional by your statement that you celebrate christmas far from your family, because christmas must be celebrated with our family , laugh together and take some photos together too. 💖
*Yeah, within four years, I spent Christmas without them but even so, I still got to enjoy it with the people around me and thankful to God for it.*
Wow god bless you always sis. 💖
*Thank sis, God bless!*
Though it's been a long time that things happened you still remember them like it just yesterday. I mean the important memories will always remain in our heart and mind.
*Yeah, I feel like it just happened yesterday. Having fun and creating memories with the people around me is really an amazing journey I had when I was in high school*
My dear friend, I really enjoyed reading your memories, what sweet days you spent at your school and with your friends, even though you were away from your family, they were your family. Remembering such memories melts the sugar in our hearts, I hope every day your life is so happy and attractive and full of fun... 💚🍃
*Aw, thank you so much my friend, I wish you a happy and peaceful life too. Have a nice day!*
Loved it. Reminded me my school days.
Sis SOM ka din pala,anong batch mo, SOM manila ako ikaw ba cebu?
*Hala totoo sis, SOM ka din? Sa cebu ako sis, 17th batch, ikaw?*
Sta. Mesa manila ako sis, 10th batch
*Ah, yung ka batch namin sa manila is 19th batch*
Oo nga katuwa naman hehe
Naging independent din kayo sis kasi malayo kayo sa family nyo.
Justt wow, your school is beautiful and I am very surprised that it's free! You guys have lots of fun during the Christmas celebration, but aren't you guys allowed to go home to celebrate with your family?
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