I remember watching Barney when I was just a little too old to for it, but still young enough to watch it with my younger sister. It was a special Christmas episode with Santa and Baby Bop. If I'm not mistaken, It was Baby Bop who said something like, "Santa gives all of us gifts for Christmas, but who gives Santa gifts?" I remember this episode struck me so much, my eyes started producing liquid. My sister and I even started planning things like putting cookies on the dinner table on Christmas Eve for Santa, plans that were never put into action. Still, we did consider this new idea, Christmas about giving back to Santa.
Ms. Ng, our CLE teacher, discussed Christmas with us. She said that we should never forget that 'Jesus is the reason for the season.' We should never forget, though we receive a truckload of gifts and attend a host of parties, why there is Christmas in the first place.
A priest preaching in the homily said that Christmas is about serving those who served us. Forgot his name, but I remember his proposition. He challenged us to be the ones who served our maids and helpers at home. Even just for Christmas because Christmas is about Jesus, who has served us too.
Thinking back, I realized Barney was teaching us the same lesson, albeit in a different way. Christmas is about serving those who has served us, which includes Jesus but also envelops our personal 'servants'. People who have been unfailingly kind towards us, people who have always stood by our side, people who have handed us the pitcher of water though it was only less than ten feet away, these are the people who served us.
That's why I'm so stressed. There's simply too much people who have served me, too much people on my list. :D
LOL.
Merry Christmas, cyberspace.
Love,
Kristina.
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