Christmas Ideas(Poor and Rich)

“Wealthy Christmas”
“When Christmas is No Merry”
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3-When Christmas in no Merry”
-Jane Velez
4-Wealthy Christmas
-Rubie Grace Bermejo
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“When Christmas is no Merry”
-Jane B. Velez (contributor)
It was a beautiful Saturday morning. I woke up at 5
am, take a shower, ate my breakfast and off to enjoy
the weekend. This day I am planning to visit Norman(11
years old) and his friends. I knew them ever
since because I used to see them in the street selling
bottles and sleep in the street. This time, I will pay
them a surprise visit, I am going to treat them meal as
my Christmas presents.
know them, and I know
I their some of their stories…
Before long, dawn breaks
and their day begin.
Their clothes are soggy
and dirty, smothered with
mud, ash and dirt; the
stinks from each of them
is enough to make your
stomach churn, or else felt
pity. As I visited them, I saw how difficult their life can
be. Norman shared with me their life from dawn to
evening and how this life become their routine.
hunger sets in and gets the best of them;
Their bodies are frail, sickly and malnourished. Their
eyes blank and distant and after a few drags on
the glue-bottle their minds utterly intoxicated. Most
of them do not have parents, and most of them have
stories so dark they delivered them to the hands of
the streets. Stories that they never want to revisit but
which forever are unable to forget.
took them to a famous fast food chain, I let them
When they hurry to nearby junction where the traffic
jams consistently bring the cars to a slow stop. These
boys spread out and meander from a car to a car begging
for money. Hardly anyone gives them any; most
people despise them and call them names or hurriedly
close their windows and lock their doors at the
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mere sight of them. Norman said” Years ago, earning amous christmas Qoutes from famous writers:
money this way is much easier to do, unlike today”.
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Now, we are forced to steal or starve or find scraps of Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry,
food in the garbage dumps. Their small earning from clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the
selling bottles is not enough for their daily needs. unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do
Sometimes, they went to Aling Edna, the woman unto others as you would have done unto you.”
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who provides them with glue. She made a career teve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections
on selling home-made glue to the street children; a on Life and the Human Experience
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potent, thick toxic substance that helps numb their One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore.
“Another Christmas has come and gone and
heartaches and disguise their hunger. Their cruel unlikely
existence often forces these children to disguise I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving
their hunger by sniffling glue or petrol. Norman said me books.”
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this is much cheaper than food, plus it makes you forget
(the hardships in life).
.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
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eat fried chicken and spaghetti, French Fries, and
Ice Cream twirl. My heart
was melting seeing these
children. For them, Christmas
is just an ordinary day.
Some say Christmas is for
children—but not for these
street kids. The gap between
the rich and poor children is
heavily noticed during the
holiday season. While children
of well-off families enjoy
grief from Noche Buena
overindulgence, street children suffer from hunger
or food shortage. For Filipinos, Christmas is a season
for family reunions and gatherings. Parents have their
children in tow and are confronted with a heavy plate
of pasta, ham, morcon, fruit salad. Street children are
forced to beg for alms while singing Christmas carols
or scavenge for food just to bring home something
for the family to share on Christmas Eve. Some are
young criminals—with a gang boss, Ouch!

Wealthy Christmas ”
- Rubie Grace L. Bermejo(contributor)
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In reality, rich people are just as appreciative of the
hristmas can be an expensive time of the year – all fact that you have chosen a gift for them as anyone
those gifts, travelling, gathering
and foods.
4While most families are looking
at ways to grab a bargain
or save money over Christmas,
the super-rich want to splash
out with no expense spared.
Many rich families spend
Christmas in a lavish way.
Its either they’re chartering a
super yacht, commandeering a
whole castle, or enjoying their
own slice of splendid isolation
on a private island, travelling
luxuriously with the whole family or drinking the else.
most expensive wine in the world.
T
My Ideas of a Perfect Christmas”
ypical Filipino affluent family are spending Christmas
outside the country and enjoying all scenery My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or
“ and attractions, it’s either white Christmas in the US modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to
or Germany or a traditional Filipino celebration. think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to
Some of the families would spend Christmas by doing
shopping spree for themselves, going into an ob Hope
do that?”
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elite party, exchanging expensive gifts with friends Christmas can be celebrated in the school room
and taking all the ways to spend money in any way with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there
possible.
must be no mention of the man whose birthday is
We all harbour the secret hope of getting away being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would
from it all at some point during the festive season
— but, for the lucky few for whom money is no onald Reagan
answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.”
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object, it is a very real possibility. Sitting very prettily Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,
in the stream of islands just a hundred miles west of and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
Barbados, Mystique Island is the very definition of total
escape.
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Norman Vincent Peale
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ut with its glitz, glamour and luxury during the Blessed is the season which engages the whole
season, we must not forget that Christmas is not world in a conspiracy of love.”
only for rich people! Christmas is for everyone,
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
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t’s a mistake to think that just because someone is The reality of loving God is loving him like he’s
rich there is nothing they could possible want or appreciate.
You can think well, they’re rich, if they want rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some
a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff
something they’ll just go and buy it.
stuff.”
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Criss Jami, Killosophy
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Balite, Oliver Joy P.
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Bayotas, Jose Antonio Sean B.
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Bermejo, Rubie Grace L.
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Betonio, Roger C.
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Canton, Christy E.
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Romero, Jeanette C.
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