Its the "BER" season already people! Merry Christmas!^__^

happy holidays jhoen.. ^__^

oh same to you. god bless your family! ^__^ thanks so much.

same to you secretbear... i wish you and the rest of your family a better living this x'mas... have a nice night mate!

hi sheenmadness! i really am excited. i was actually singing christmas carols this morning. ^__^ oh so you start decorating at the onset of "simbang gabi"? ^__^

awww.. Christmas really does good things like that right? it doesnt only lift our spirits, it brings back our memories of childhood where we enjoy christmas as innocent kids. ^__^

hi secretbear, yeah that's our usual practice. We had it since childhood so now that i am married and have a family on my own i still adopt that practice. Well, sometimes im thinking to have it early as possible so that i can enjoy more on watching the decorations. But that still a plan... and not coming true. hehehee... Maybe i try it this time and maybe it will work. Christmas is really a happy season. By just hearing the christmas carols and looking at christmas decors and the christmas lights it somehow uplifts our sadness. It can make our lives more colorful and hope for something better would happen to our lives! Have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you!

its early alright! happy holidays djmarion! ^__^

to you tooo and all of in htis thread.

oh so your niece and nephew will be celebrating their birthday this september?? i havent started my christmas shopping too, im just starting on my list of my goddaughters and godsons. LOL they're so many i have to keep a list or i'll lose track! ^__^;;

oh i see. ^__^ i forget some of my god children's names too. LOL its kinda shameful but hey, what can we do? they're too many to remember all the names! right? ^__^;; that most shameful thing that happened to me was when i really forgot one of them that i didnt buy any gift for her! hahaha.. i ended up giving her money which i dont prefer. i prefer to give gifts that i looked so hard for. ^__^

Actually, my niece and nephew will be celebrating their birthdays on the first week of October =) I have many Godchildren too, sometimes I even forget the names of some (Is that bad?, hope I won't forget anyone on my list. Have a nice day secretbear!

i guess i do have a fine sense of humor. LOL yeah.. it was about how to say "happy birthday" in other language! geez.. that's kinda hard to pronounce in hindi... how do you pronounce it?

tax reporting?? what is that? what does it have to do with christmas? it sounds ugly. ^__^;;

oh.. i see... its on april here too. i mean, the paying of taxes. but same as with your country, they prepare the needed docs up to the last minute. but i think no one here, or maybe just a few, thinks about taxes just after christmas. christmas is extended until the first sunday of january and the holiday madness extends like until february. LOL

Here in the US our income taxes are due in April, and some people do wait unti the last minute to pay them, but I always start getting my paperwork ready right after Christmas. Since they take money out of our pay every month, sometimes we get money back instead of paying more, but it is still nobody's favorite way to spend time and the rules get more complicated every year.

we dont really celebrate halloween and we dont have thanksgiving day so its really not a hassle to put christmas decors as early as now. ^__^;; ayayay.. you have started on your shopping! i havent. ^__^;;

you guessed right. ^__^ i know. a lot of people are probably not thinking of christmas yet because there's so many issues on the news! but a lot of people also probably thought of christmas on the very first day of september! some were actually anticipating the coming of september! LOL i know some of them. ^__^ oh that's just too bad. why do you not like holidays?

and by the way, i thought the picture was a starfish hahahaha!

does it really look like a starfish?

Hehehe!=) Now you're looking to what I am looking at, I have to work my a$$ doubly-hard to make my gifts to atleast look more presentable. But we all know that Christmas is mostly for kids, also about sharing and giving!;)

right. even if im not comfortable with their parents, i still give effort on the gifts that i give to the kids. christmas is for them so let them be happy. ^__^

hahaha.. i dont have any problem with giving gifts to my godchildren even if sometime im short of budget, but the thing im not really comfortable with is having to entertain their parents when they come to our house. im not close to all of them and im not updated with what's happening with their children so we really dont have anything to talk about. ^__^;; that's the bad thing about getting godmothers/fathers for kids, parents pick just anyone. ^.^ oh i dont like those kids carolling at our house too at nights. i mean, its okay if its once a week. but they're doing it every night! its like they made it as a job and im pissed about it. ^__^;; talk about christmas spirit. LOL

i guess "BER" months are only popular here in our country. ^__^ people here look forward to christmas very eagerly and the months of september till december all ends in -ber so christmas is already associated with september. ^__^;; haha.. i saw the comment/greetings in yuwie... ^__^

hahaha... i guess i should apologize for not explaining it beforehand. i thought the "ber" season wasnt only popular here in our country. ^__^;;

Now I feel stupid LOL...I took me this long and you explaining it before I figured out what you were talking about with "ber months"! LOL that's funny!

uhmm.. not really. we dont get burnt out on christmas. we dont run out of christmas spirit even if we start as early as september. and we dont have thanksgiving day. ^__^ and summer has ended the month of May. we only have 2 seasons here, and its already the rainy season. ^__^

oh, sorry for the rafael nadal image. ^__^;;

I never pay attention to images...it's alright. This was my opinion. And "You" was a generic term not meaning you specifically or any one person in particular. It is MY feeling however and I know the feelings of other times. I also never said anything about seasons. With the exception of the summery comment...and here in the united states of america, where i live, it is summery. I just think it's ridiculous to celebrate christmas 3 months before the month the holiday is even in. That's like celebrating New Years in October. Or celebrating your birthday 3 months prior. Like my birthday is in May. I'm not going to start celebrating in February. I think it ruins it. It's like those movies you watch...I know Huey Duey and Louie were in one. They wished it was christmas every day so every day they'd wake up and it'd be christmas and at first it's awesome and they're all abusing the heck out of it. Then... they realize...what the crap. Its not as special when you celebrate it every single day. It ruins that spirit that it had. Being all "merry christmas" 3 months prior to december, makes me sad. Because frankly I like Halloween. I want to celebrate Halloween First. and I like the thanksgiving day parade that's a HUGE tradition to watch in America. If Christmas starts NOW.... Where's my halloween? where's my Thanksgiving? where's my time to gather up my anticipation for christmas and spend one month being super excited and enjoying the spirit.

haha.. im sorry if im making you miss home. ^__^;; i just couldnt help it. it was still actually august when people here are anticipating the coming of our "ber" season. ^__^ where are you anyway?? its sad that they dont celebrate christmas there. are you in a muslim country? ^__^;; we already have our christmas lights. LOL there's no plan yet on where to bring out the christmas tree. hehe..

oh i see.. i pray that you'll be able to go home this christmas and celebrate it with your family! take care there! ^__^

Hello! *hihihi* it's okay, It sucks actually that they don't celebrate Christmas here. I'm here in Bahrain, an arab country. They do put on some lights in December in the streets, not because of Christmas but because they're celebrating their National Day..*hihihi* Guess, the "BER" season is only in the Philippines.. *wehehehe* ciao! =)

Definitely Bear! And India is not very far from the Philippines. So if ever you manage to take a holiday, be here in these months. There are lot of schemes & packages from travel agencies and you will really enjoy the fun, the colour and the warmth of the people during this season.

wow. you give me a nice information about india sudipta. ^__^ i love going to festivals and i would go to every festivals if i just have the free time. awww..i want to see your autumn festival! what do you do there?

wow. that sounds so interesting. i have always been interested on the gods and goddesses of your country. i love learning mythologies and i just wish i had the free time to search for books. so far i have only managed to study a little about the Greek and Roman mythologies. i still wish to study about others, including India. ^__^ that really seems to be a fun festival. i just wish i could be a part of it. ^__^ hey, just think of me when you drink or when you eat or whatever it is you do there when celebrating! ^__^

as in?? wow. that's earlier than our "ber" season. ^__^

hi purpleteddybear! (do you have a purple teddy bear or its your daughter that has one? ^__^) thank you very much, all is doing well and im still in one piece, one piece body and one piece mind. LOL oh yeah, you have the snow there and we dont. but i wish it will be colder here. im tired of the hot weather. its hotter than the usual because of the global warming so the "ber" season is very much welcomed to me. LOL im sure you're very excited about your daughter because she's probably doing some "stunts" and a little talking and babies are just really cute when they do wonders like that. i experienced that with my nephew and i hope to experience it too when i have a baby of my own. ^__^ happy holidays to you too purple! and regards to your family. ^__^

i see! LOL its funny that you have more than what she has. ^__^ now who's more childish?? LOL just kidding. but i really think its cute and amusing that you both share same stuff. hmm.. maybe i can do that in the future. LOL i have a friend too who loves purple! she just had her birthday last September 15 and i gave her a little doll with a purple dress. i wanted to put it in a purple paper bag too but the store doesnt have one. ^__^;; oh well.. my plans would be to buy gifts for all of my godchildren and for my nephews, cousins and nieces, to my friends and to my officemates. there are too many of them but hey, what are those thrift stores doing right? ^__^;; spend christmas with my family, go to church and.. that's it. LOL i dont have someone special right now so there wouldnt be anyone "extra" but i wish i have. ^__^;;

Thanks so much for the early Christmas wishes to me and my family hun! My daughter and I both have purple teddy bears, but I have more then she does lol. I chose it as a username because purple is my favorite colour and I love stuffed bears weither it be care bears or teddy bears. Christmas is going to be great with my daughter, I'm SOOOOO excited, can't wait! What are your Christmas plans hun?

uhmm.. holloween is really not that popular here, at least in our town. i think they only do trick or treat in manila or somewhere where rich people lives. LOL but i wish its popular here too! i think its fun having kids trick-or-treating. ^__^ if we had the fall season i would love it too! isnt it just so romantic? ^__^ happy holidays!

awww.. that's so sad.. im sorry to hear that you're gonna be celebrating without your husband and your father. i know things wouldnt be the same without those who have passed away, but we'll get used to it eventually. i've been there when my beloved aunt and uncle (who i fondly called nanay and tatay) passed away. we'll just have to be merry for them. ^__^ happy holidays!

well i think its up to us to make each christmas merrier than the previous ones. ^__^ and tines, advance happy birthday! haha..