Family Togetherness is the theme of Christmas

Family Togetherness is the theme of Christmas

Original title: The Family is the Focus of Christmas

"Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."  - Pope John XXIII

Dr Abe V Rotor

A gathering of four generations in the city whose roots are traced to the provinces.  Such an occasion is a hallmark of Christmas in reviving the old tradition in natural communities now threatened by urban migration. Members come from many and different places here and abroad to attend the occasion that comes but once a year. Christmas is also the time to remember our departed loved ones.

  

Children's feeding program is an extension of family consciousness that brings joy and strengthens bonding particularly in marginal  communities. Shalom Philippines is among the organizations conducting annual feeding programs for kids on Christmas  in coordination with other NGOs and DILG leaders. 

A gathering of members of a religious community (St Paul of Chartres, Antipolo Rizal) with their relatives and friends is indeed a respite during the holiday season particularly to those who don't have the opportunity to visit their respective families.

It's double treat for those born in Christmas Season, a family get together with parents and godparents (ninong and ninang). Christmas is perhaps the happiest season for kids.    

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. Emily Matthews

Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family. Ronald Reagan 

 

Christmas is welcoming new members of the clan.

 

Christmas is meeting new acquaintances and friends.  

Christmas is a gathering of relatives by consanguinity and affinity.

 

Christmas is outing with the family. ~

"Christmas is all about love, family and children. it doesn’t matter what we eat or what presents we get as long as the holidays are spent with loved ones. happy happy happy Christmas." - Anonymous

"Christmas time is cherished family time. family time is sacred time." - Anonymous

"Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united." -  Norman Vincent Peale ~