Tonight my cousins are coming,
I wish they were here to
stay,
But in two weeks time
The plane will take them away.
My cool Ate Mocca could stay with me,
The guest room
could hold two or three,
Alabang is where they could be,
Where they’re
really going, search me?
We’re having a Christmas party,
A Christmas party
indeed,
We’re having a Christmas party,
How many do we have to feed?
We’re shopping here,
We’re eating there,
Where we’re
going,
We don’t care!
Steaming Puto Bumbong for Grandpa,
A spicy taco for me,
A
nice round bibingka for Grandma
What the rest of them will have,
We’ll
see!!!
Will we sleep at 7?
Will we sleep at 8?
Are you
crazy?
We’re sleeping really late!
The presents are overflowing!
Help, I can’t see!
Help, I
said, the tree is falling!
Will someone help me!?!
I don’t want to ride a jeepney, (PU)
Definitely not some
high-tech gizmo, (weird)
We won’t fit in the van, (we’re too many)
Maybe
we should get a limo! (cool)
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly,"
Fa la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, la,
Look everyone, the holly’s falling!!!
It’s December 24,
Christmas Eve,
We’re looking at the
presents
That we will receive!
We need something,
To make time go fast,
So we can open
our presents,
Open them at last!!! (finally. . .)
We could play on the piano,
We could splash around in the
pool,
We could sing and dance around,
That would be really cool!
Time to open presents,
Goody, yee-hee!
This one’s for
you,
This one’s for me!
There’s going to be a big bang to celebrate
the,
Second,
Minute,
Hour,
Day,
Week,
Month,
Year,
Decade,
Century,
With
the BANG of the Millennium!
Tonight my cousins are leaving, (boo-hoo. . .)
It seems like
their stay just began,
I can’t believe they’re going,
When will we see
them again?
Nicole, 12, studies at International School Manila. She would like to
dedicate this poem to everyone in it.
Abi loves to read and collect children’s books. One of these days, she’d
like to go to a far-off place surrounded by water and take care of elephants.
She is a member of Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan.