@ZehraSky 5 January 2022

The Holidays I know it is a little too late to share this but I still want to post something as a documentation of how our family celebrated the holidays. We don't usually post on social media pictures about it, our parents are a very private/lazy persons in terms of using social media. So I chose this platform to at least have a memory of this important happenings in out lives. **CHRISTMAS** We don't usually put extravagant food on our tables, only if we are celebrating something. As far as Christmas is concern, we just prepared something to share with during the "Noche Buena" because a day after will be our mom's birthday. We really don't want to spend too much and make the food go to waste if not eaten. Zehra and I prepared our Christmas meal with the help of our mom.

This is what we prepared for Noche Buena. Zehra cooked the *Garlic Parmesan Chicken* *Wings*, as it was highly requested by our younger siblings. It took a trial and error since Zehra don't usually cook. But the outcome of her dish is just so good that it was emptied in just a short time after serving it. On the other hand, I am the one who prepared the *Buttered Shrimp* as it was my favorite. Regardless if they're gonna like it or not, I have a confidence that I can eat it all, it was just a bonus that they do like it. We ordered sweets such as brownies and Brazo de Mercedes, and my mom prepared the Graham Cake which was loved by everyone. We like it plain, but she made a separate Mango Graham Cake for her and my father. Of course, the star of every Filipino's celebration, *Shanghai.*

**Mom's Birthday** I know it is not a holiday celebration but it is a special event for us. Zehra invited her partner over since my mom wanted to. Though I was not able to meet him as I was sleeping that time, I guess he gives out good impression to my parents, so kudos to him. Our youngest sibling who followed Zehra also invited her friends over and they did indulged my chocolates! Haha.

**New Year**

We celebrared New Year's Eve at my place. Since the Garlic Parmesan Wings and Buttered Shrimp had been loved by our family, we decided to cook it again for New Year's Eve celebration. Noodles such as Pancit and Spaghetti had been a traditional dish for this event. We also prepared Chicken Barbeque to share with. This is the first time we had bbq in "Media Noche". I was not able to take a photo of our sweets prepared by our mother but she made Buco Pandan and Fruit Salad. We sang until our throats can no longer release a voice thru our laptop and bluetooth speaker given by our parents. We get the 30 days free trial of youtube premium. Yes, a wise decision for us who don't want to spend money to have fun. At 11:55PM we changed the music to a Kalimba playlist to calm Moshi for the upcoming sound of fireworks. Good thing is, she was not that scared, actually she was just sleeping. We shared a non-alcoholic wine at exactly 12 midnight and had a toast to welcome 2022. ***Overall, I did enjoy my time being with my family, I always do. Though I have bothered by my toothache from time to time, it never stopped me from eating. Haha!*** **Thank you for reading this article!** If you want to read some more articles of mine, I have monthly summaries here: **December 2021 Articles Summary** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/december-2021-articles-summary-900cb111 ****November 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/november-2021-articles-summary-2c68b6ca ****September 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/september-2021-articles-summary-7febda16 ****August 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/august-2021-articles-summary-cb068f97 ****July 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/july-2021-articles-summary-fc106569 ****June 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/june-2021-articles-summary-baeb334f ****May 2021 Articles Summary**** https://read.cash/@ZehraSky/may-2021-articles-summary-5ba6d0c7 To show my appreciation for the support that I have been receiving, please accept a small gift I prepared for the first reader. https://branch.wallet.bitcoin.com/shdCOTP5ymb