Happy Holidays!!!

One thing I missed during this season is the "Karoling" (Christmas Carol). When I was a kid, we used to go karoling in our village. We are making our homemade instruments like the kalansing and the drums. Come six o'clock in the evening make way for the carolers to scram through the houses, singing different Christmas carols along the streets. After the karoling, we are dividing the money we got. Its quite relieving, reminiscing these treasures of youth. Below is a picture of the kalansing, a homemade drum (made out of a can of milk plus a stick) and later on, a guitar we're using.




Here's a sample of the Christmas Carol medley we used to sing:

Kay sigla ng gabi ang lahat ay kay saya
Nagluto ang ate ng manok na tinola
Sa bahay ng kuya ay merong litsunan pa
Ang bawat tahana'y may handang iba't-iba

Tayo na giliw, magsalo na tayo
Meron na tayong tinapay at keso
Di ba noche buena sa gabing ito?
At bukas ay araw ng pasko.

Sa paskong... darating...
Santa Klaws mo'y ako rin...
Pagkat kayong lahat ay naging masunurin.
Dadalhan... ko kayo...
Ng mansanas at ubas.
May kendi at tsokolate
Peras, kastananyas na marami
Sa araw ng pasko
Wag nang malulumbay
Ipagdiwang ang araw
Habang nabubuhay.

Thank you! Thank You!
Ang babait ninyo!
Thank you!

This is one of the Filipino traditions and a youthful experience that I will always reminisce during this season. Sad to say that, this tradition is deteriorating nowadays. =(