The Christmas Holiday

Christmas day is celebrated worldwide and the United States joins in celebrating the day that Jesus Christ was born. The build up to the day itself is treated differently than say in Cameroon. In the United States it is a day celebrated quietly at home with a few friends and family members. People spend money on Christmas trees, including decorating the tree. It is also a cold period in most of the United States, so you would not see people dancing in the streets and children moving from one house to the other to visit with their neighbors as in the case in the African countries. People spend a lot of money buying gifts though for friends and family members. This is one period when you do not want to be broke. People will remember you for not providing them with a Christmas gift. Retailers make a lot of their profit during this period. For the retailers, the holiday season kicks off sometime around the third week of November just before Thanksgiving Day and continues until the end of December. You go to the shopping centers and they are all full of people shopping. People shop for items, gift wrap them and get them delivered to the intended recipients. The post office and package delivery services are all busy during this period. If you want to pick up a job for the holidays, this is the period to do it.Ups,Federal Express and just about all the retail outlets will have "for hire" signs posted all over the place. I spent quite a few Christmas days at Willie's place. He had little children at the time.

I would buy them electronic games and educational hand held materials. I remember spending a few Christmas with the Awasums, Cecilia Awasum is my first cousin, married to David Awasum.At the time, they were living in Baltimore. They also had little children at the time. I would buy electronic gadgets for them and they will be all happy. On Christmas day, all you have to do is walked into any house and look at where the Christmas tree is. Underneath it, you will see all the gifts that are ready for distribution. They are all neatly packed and placed underneath the trees. Once everybody is around, the gifts are distributed to the respective owners. The National Basketball Association (NBA) traditionally shows a professional basketball game sometime after 3.30pm.There might also be a college football bowl game or two. College bowl games are part of the post season match-ups that the NCAA provides during the holiday season.