I can't help but feel sad when I hear Christmas carols. Especially now while in Manila where the airwaves and even the malls are being ruled by "I'll be Home for Christmas" by the Carpenters.
And when I'm not in Manila and elsewhere in the Globe, Christmas carols always create a lump in my throat.
Yesterday while driving late from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija to Manila, we passed by stalls along the Highway selling Christmas lanterns and decors. What a beautiful sight!
In Toronto, people start to light their Christmas lights and trees much later, usually first week of December and for some Anglos, putting up the Tree may even be as late as Christmas Eve.
But thank God, there is one FM station in TO which plays dedicated Christmas carols starting December 1st.
The lack of Toronto radio stations playing carols prompted me to stack up on Christmas CD's. So I have Carols by Glen Miller, Frank Sinatra, the NY Symphony, a Brass Christmas CD, a vocal Christmas CD, one from the Cloistered Nuns of the Poor Clares of Alabama, and two Tagalog Christmas instrumentals.
I'm leaving very soon and will be back in Canada. I'll spend the Holidays there.
The planets didn't align. But last night while driving along the dark highways, the sky was ruled by a Half Moon.
" I'll be looking at the moon and I'll be seeing you."
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