St. Nicholas Feast

This is a short story of what I did on the time I was on the Philippines. We did this for the past week to tell everybody what is the story about. I really enjoyed what I did and enjoyed writing this. I wish you have a nice day, bye!!!

At the 30th of December, we wanted to celebrate the festival of St. Nicholas , because we always celebrate it and so we can get together. My aunties, uncles, grandparents, cousin, parents and I were in  there, always. We celebrated it at Philipines in my house. On that time I desired or wanted to have lots of fun, everyone will attend and have a bit of good luck.

On the 29th of December at evening, we planned what will we cook, we thought of ingredients that we need, all of us thought of really yummy food which we need yummy ingredients too. While I listen to the conversation I felt like a chief with other chiefs that want to cook  for a president. I can hear the Ideas that filled my brain and I can smell the odor, it is  like a food of a god (or maybe not that I imagine that it is really just my dog’s well you know, outside, but I’m just changing the smell by Imagining it). Some of the food we thought were, Lutung kamatis that need tomato sauce and crabs, BBQ which needed pork and and seasoning, Sherbet which is like Ice cream, desserts like Ube and some more.

( there are some more ingredients in those food and there are more food but I don’t want to write them all and I forgot about them).

Next day my grandparents went off at 3:30 am to get the ingredients that we need.(The reason I didn’t come because I was still asleep and I’m a bit tired)

They came back prepared what they need I heard the noise and

I woke up I helped them I mixed what I need to mix and do what I need to do.

I detected the smell and I know that something was suspicious, there was scent of Ube, but we were not cooking Ube. Who was?.........

 

There was a noise. (Clack!). I went out, went to where the noise started. I saw somebody cooking, she had a short hair that have a color of brown, after that…..

I remembered that my great grandma was cooking at the other kitchen. She was cooking one of the favourite Ube.

My mum and my other grandma told me to clean and arrange the chairs where the visitors will sit on. I took all the chairs, tables and couches, then put them on the right place. Finally it was done, but I still needed  to clean them.

Coming next, most of the food were done. We serve them on the big table and position them one by one. From the lightest to the heaviest we serve them together, with the help of my mum and grandparents.

While putting the food on the table near the kitchen, my Dad's mother that is my grandparent came with my cousins who is their grandmother and all of them in pulung masle came into our house like my cousins husband, and their child, my other grandparents that was my dad’s mother’s and father's cousins.Next up my great grandparents cousin came to eat and to have a conversation with my great grandmother. My mother’s friends and my dad’s friends came too with their children (which is a lot!)

The temperature was hot so my parents told me to turn on the air-con so it would be more comfortable. We played, who can catch more bubbles the most, tag, “Try not to get scared challenge” and many more. ( At the “Try not to get scared challenge”, the brother of my cousin cried of horror, but nobody got in trouble)

After we played, all of our visitors went away and thanked us for the food.That is my St. Nicholas feast.

I really enjoyed all the things that we had done. I loved that most all of us were together because the only thing I care about is my family. It was a fun experience that I had, one of the most exciting things I had ever experienced.  I was also sad because that day was a step closer of going away from the Phillipines.