A lonely Christmas

Having my family always together every Christmas season, I really had the hardest Christmas ever in my entire life.
I always believe that foods and gifts are not as important as how family should be together during the season. Though we undergo financial instabilities in the family, we still have something to share in our table during Christ’s birthday. I even pity those children who could not spend Christmas with their family or have empty stomach during the celebration.
Last Christmas, I ended up realizing that I was like those children who I usually feel pity with for being alone.
The whole family had to attend to a reunion somewhere with the siblings of my step father. Not that I was deprived to be with them or because they were treating me differently.
I ate alone and all I had was the ‘lechon manok’ that I cooked that morning before I started cleaning up the house. I even thought of taking picture of what I ate that day in celebration of my saviors day.