The Woman and Christmas.

Ok, just like every other person who has one business or two with the kitchen, I have spent virtually my Christmas in and out of the kitchen. I have not even gone out of the house just because I am meant to keep pushing out food for the family. This is my story and I believe it's still the same for most women and girls out there. Before I continue, I will love to use this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful Merry Christmas 🎄. I am sure we all are having a wonderful time with our families and loved ones. Just as we celebrate, let me remind us of those who are not privileged to enjoy the kind of fun we have been enjoying this season. Please try as much as you can to reach out to them in any way you can because you might just be saving someone from committing suicide.

Back to my major reason for writing this post. I guess you will be wondering what the post is all about because of the title I gave it. Well, don't stress your mind so much on the title because I want us to truly discuss something I have noticed especially during the Christmas season. I am sure a lot of persons must have noticed this but they may not have given it a second thought so I decided to bring it up for us to look at as a family. Why do most women and girls end up spending their Christmas in the kitchen?

The question is something that I would want to hear the responses from other women and girls in the house because they are the ones who suffer it the most. First, this post is not in any way meant to remove the fact that the woman must take care of the family when it comes to feeding and eating good food. For me, I will say that the amount of time a woman spends in the kitchen during festive periods are always in excess. Just yesterday I spent almost all my day in the kitchen while I was preparing food for Christmas and after the whole stress, I had little or no appetite for the food I made and it made me sad somehow. One of my siblings was just so happy eating and enjoying the food while I was just angrily watching him. Well, I understand that sometimes when you spend so much time in the kitchen preparing food, you might end up losing your appetite for the food.

These are some of the pictures I took while preparing food. At some point, I forgot that I will be needing more pictures for this post. Please pardon me and please I would like to hear your response on why most women and girls spend time cooking during festive periods.

It was truly a busy time for every woman who takes care of her families food. Just like I said, I did not take pictures of the other delicacies I prepared because I was already battling with time and my energy level. I wonder what it will be like when I get married. I remembered when my mom walked into the kitchen just to come and give me those of her pep talk. She said that I just have to understand that I am the only girl in the house therefore, I must be ready to do the cooking and every kitchen job. When she said this, I wanted to ask her about my brothers and why they are not helping me out but something in me told me to just forget the question because it won't fetch anything good for me.

Just for you to understand this whole thing, I have been writing this post since yesterday and it seems like I may not be able to finish it because I am always needed in the kitchen every single time. I only rest when there are no visitors in the house and when my parents and siblings are fully fed. The truth is, I am seriously wondering what it will ve like when I get married and start my own family. Is this what being a woman entails? I just can't help but wonder if every woman and girl out there goes through the very same process of long hours in the kitchen every festive period. Most times no one cares to ask them if they have eaten because everybody presumes that they must have been eating in the kitchen while preparing the food. This is very sad and heartbreaking but what can we do? As an African girl child, I have no other option than to prepare my mind for the task ahead. Why do women and girls spend so much time in the kitchen every festive period? I just can't wait to hear your story and how you managed to pull through.

Let us discuss this in the comment section. Once again Merry Christmas to you and your family and may we enjoy all the blessings of infant Jesus. Thank you for your time.