MANY THANKS / MUCH脥SIMAS GRACIAS
When I was born my mother had adopted religious beliefs in which it was not common to celebrate Christmas, therefore I was not raised with those December customs; I will always say that I had a happy childhood, more or less when I was 9 years old at my grandmother's house it was that I began to appreciate those Christmas celebrations, but it was not something that changed my life, not anything, it was simply a way to create that bond of union within the family.
Cuando yo nac铆 mi mam谩 hab铆a adoptado unas creencias religiosas en las cuales no era algo com煤n celebrar la navidad, por lo tanto yo no fui criado con esas costumbres decembrinas; siempre dir茅 que tuve un infancia feliz, mas o menos cuando ten铆a 9 a帽os en la casa de mi abuela fue que comenc茅 a apreciar esos festejos navide帽os, pero tampoco fue algo que me cambi贸 la vida ni nada, simplemente fue una manera de crear ese lazo de uni贸n dentro de la familia.
Today I no longer care about that December business system, but it is now a custom to go on Christmas Eve and say goodbye to the year at my grandmother's house with the family.
Hoy en d铆a ya no me importa nada de ese sistema comercial decembrino, pero ya es una costumbre ir en la noche buena y despedir el a帽o en casa de mi abuela con la familia.
I remember that this house was full of energy every good night because of so much vitality that there was, because we were many children at that time, in almost the entire block there were contemporary children my age; This year there are only my two godchildren bored because they don't have other children around to play with.
Recuerdo que esta casa cada noche buena abundaba de energ铆a por tanta vitalidad que hab铆a, porque 茅ramos muchos ni帽os en ese entonces en casi toda la cuadra hab铆an ni帽os contempor谩neos a mi edad; este a帽o solo estan mis dos ahijados aburridos porque no tienen otros ni帽os cerca con qui茅nes poder jugar.
Already the children of those Christmases grew up, now we are all old men with ailments adapting to the constant changes in life, but always keeping the family together.
Ya los ni帽os de aquellas navidades crecieron, ahora somos todos unos viejos con achaques adapt谩ndonos a los cambios constantes de la vida, pero siempre manteniendo a la familia unida.
I arrived after they had already eaten, but they served me my dinner anyway, everything was delicious; We always meet to do the Hallacas together, but this year as I am doing a construction in the house I could not come to help as always, lately I have had my hands swollen from the construction work; for this year I rest from my work of tying the Hallacas.
Yo llegue despues de que ya hab铆an cenado, pero igual me sirvieron mi cena, todo estaba buen铆simo; siempre nos reunimos para hacer las hallacas juntos, pero este a帽o como estoy haciendo una construcci贸n en la casa no pude venir ayudar como siempre, 煤ltimamente he tenido las manos hinchadas por el trabajo de construcci贸n; por este a帽o descanso de mi labor de amarrar las hallacas.
As is traditional in the family, we exchanged gifts from secret friends with each other; This year the dynamic was very fun and everyone was satisfied with their gifts; In the past there was always a character who did not respect the rules and someone received a gift with a lower budget than we had established.
Como es de tradici贸n en la familia hicimos un intercambio de regalos de amigos secretos entre nosotros; este a帽o la din谩mica fue muy divertida y todos quedaron satisfechos con sus regalos; en el pasado siempre hab铆a un personaje que no respetaba las reglas y alguien recib铆a un regalo de menos presupuesto del que hab铆amos establecido.
Between jokes and laughter accompanied by alcoholic drink, we spent the whole morning sharing, drinking and eating, we even danced for a crazy hour 馃槄.
Entre chistes y risas acompa帽ados de bebidas alcoh贸licas pasamos toda la madrugada compartiendo, bebiendo y comiendo, hasta bailamos una hora loca 馃槄.
This is what I enjoy about these December holidays, being able to see my sisters and brothers, my cousins, my family together sharing full of happiness and love. I hope this post is to your liking, good vibes 馃枛馃徏.
Esto es lo que yo disfruto de estas festividades decembrinas, poder ver a mis hermanas y hermanos, mis primos, m铆 familia unida compartiendo llenos de felicidad y amor. Espero que este post sea de su agrado, buenas vibras 馃枛馃徏.
All images and texts cited in this publication are my own authorship.
Todas las im谩genes y textos citados en esta publicaci贸n son de mi propia autor铆a.