We all know Christmas is a season of love, a season to share and extend greetings to everyone in the neighborhood.
I have so many sweet memories of Christmas and I can never forget some of them because the memories were unforgettable, now that Christmas is approaching I am about to make another beautiful memories with my loved ones again.
During the festive season I and my siblings always went back home to celebrate with our mother but that particular year, I chose to spend it with my fiance and his family, because I wanted to get to know them better.
At first, I was scared when I got there because here in Africa we all know how hard it can be for some girls to get accepted by their fiance's mother. That year, I and my fiance had an agreement that I was going to spend the holidays at his family's house. I got there 3 days before Christmas and I was introduced to everyone and I was welcome beautifully.
Two days to Christmas day, my fiance's mother told me to follow her to the market, I on the other hand didn't really like going to the market because I get tired easily but I had no choice because she is my mother inlaw to be, so I had to do everything in my power to stay on the lane.
We bought everything as planned and on Christmas day she cooked all the food single-handedly without anyone's help, when I got out of the room the aroma of the food made me remember it was a Christmas celebration because the aroma was different from what I was used to.
Don't get me wrong my mom knows how to cook too but this my fiance's mother cooks better than what I was expecting, I didn't even remember to brush before I took my share out of the food. One thing I love about Christmas is that there is always love everywhere during that time, it used to feel like the world is free and every household will be rejoicing during that time.
What made this particular Christmas special was that I spent it with my in-laws-to-be, and I also got accepted into the family as a female child and not as a wife-to-be. Most inlaws are not so kind to allow a girl to come spend the holidays with their son, but I got lucky and the celebration was the best one I have ever had. The food was more delicious than the one I used to have in our house.
The day I was leaving my fiance's mother gave me plenty of new attires so sew, isn't that amazing? Yes, it is and she also gave me some of the ingredients she used to cook on Christmas day so that I can cook better too.
