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This year holiday was fun. a least i spent it with my men friends. firstly  i went to ikeja shoprite with Paul a colleague and a friend and secondly with Franklin my bestie at Victoria Eko Roundabout Garden it was a night to remember. 

Eko Round about Garden 

Franklin my Bestie  

give it a name

Eko Garden

me and a friend

eating time

Faith and Paul

at a jewelry shop

How i spend #Christmas in #Aba #Abia State #Nigeria. #Tree

What Xmas was like growing up in Aba.
I took this picture today in the office.
Christmas is around the corner. Wish i was at home with my mum  and siblings, i can remember what Christmas was like growing up, Before the Christmas my  mum will take us (a boy and 2 girls. my dad died when i was 2 years plus, younger brother was one and the last girl was still foetus) to the tailor to take our measurement to sew our Christmas dress. then she will buy other ones from the market, according to her, she stop taking us along with her for the shopping because i embarrassed her one day she took me out for shopping, the dress she was able to afford for me i rejected it in front of people crying because i wanted more beautiful and expensive dress than the one she wanted to buy for me.while she is yet to forgive me for that cos she always said she will do same to me the day of my traditional marriage. i have already promised my self i will buy the most expensive wrapper in the market for her, so she would not have to complain.

On 25th of December, we will wake up early to start preparing the food for the day mostly rice, beans chicken sometimes salad or vegetable. after preparing the food she will give to people in the compound and her friends living around. by 12:pm we will take our bath, eat, and hit the road, then we used to stay at our family house(my mum family house, when my dad died according to our tradition, my dad's family collected everything that my dad had and left my mum with nothing only 3(three) of us, the most precious things in her life today. she had to go back to her family, that was how we came to live in her family house with her step mother and siblings things were moving smoothly until the second daughter of my mum step mother came back from her husband house. things become worst when the last boy of the house died by a stray bullet from a police when he was playing foot ball along the street. while that is a story for another day. after everything we have to move out of the family house to a rented apartment. the best decision my mum made).  we will visit the amusement park to ride horse, bus with N10 after that we will visit our friends, from there we will go back home.End of day one.

The second day which is 26th boxing day we will visit a field where masquerade from one different  villages in Abia State will come out. it use to be fun and terrible. i don't usually enjoy it because it used to be scaring seeing the masquerade chasing u up and down and i believe it supposed to be for adult and mostly people get wounded on that day, i don't think they are still doing it  again.

All these are when we are not travelling to our village(Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government in Ebonyi State, Nigeria) for the xmas.

The year we will  travel to village for the xmas, the celebration is always different, it takes a lot of preparation buying of food items and gifts that will be enough for us, for our grand mum when she was alive and for others in the village.  on 25th we prepare food as usual but after eating is either you go back to sleep or go to the field where they are playing inter village football or visit friends that came back from different towns,states and countries for xmas that is the most interesting part of spending the xmas holiday in the village.


This year xmas, i don't know how it will be because right now am in Lagos 10 hours driver far away from home. hopefully it will be fun, sure u will get the details later.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Hope you enjoyed mine. please let me know how you spend you Christmas