Balloon lucks and childhood memories of Christmas Celebrations.

[SholaIB]

Oh How I love the season as a little kid. The celebration in the air, the love,the sweetness of everything,I still remember it all…

There are many things I’ll like to share on conenct,to let others know how it goes in this part of the world West Africa Nigeria and to also know, from you all, how it goes on your own ends. In other words to compare the same topic and see how it’s done in every part. The last post I wrote about childhood memories is about Marble-Games-and-Childhood-Memories-of-African-children . This time I am thinking of this festive period of Christmas. There are so many memories I have of it as a little child. The food(rice Chicken, turkey etc) the soft drinks coke fantastic etc, the cold and dusty harmattan weather the chill of it and how the skin gets dry and the lips flakes,the music around (Felix Navidad) I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas.

We do have children masquerade and dance. We go from house to house to perform little dances and get tips whcih we save up for Christmas. Whatelse? There was so much we enjoyed those years. Now back to the main topic of this post,The balloon. This is also one of the memories of this season of the year. As a little boy we love to play with balloons,therefore at this time of the year we have so much of it around. It will not be much fun to just to buy a balloon and play with,one extra activity was added to make it even more fun. Playing a game of number, just choosing a number at random and see what size of balloon it gives you. It was called Try your luck !!! You pay a token that may not buy you a balloon and you could chance to win a balloon and even sometimes a good size of a balloon. If fortune smiles on you and you eventually win a good size balloon, we will then say My luck shinned !!! Word will then go round in the area among your peers, Shola’s luck has shinned wow. You’ll be the talk of the area then.

This is part of the Christmas season celebrations and part of my childhood memories which I cherish always. Like Micheal Jackson sang

• If I could turn back the hands of time, I’ll turn back the hands of time…

My second post on Christmas celebration in my part of the world especially as a kid. Wonder would any of the LGs like to share with us how it’s celebrated in their own part of the world as well. I’ll love to know how it goes for the kids or your own childhood memory in Asia, America, Middle East etc. Compliment of the season to all.

Cheers

[TusharSuradkar]

Hi @SholaIB

What a merry and joyful post as usual.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

For a moment I thought it was a balloon popping game using a gun or similar.

But this turns out to be quite interesting.

Are these available even today in the market?

I will definitely check if available locally.

Not many people celebrate Christmas out here in India.

Some schools may celebrate a Santa and gift give-away contest but not all schools.

Christianity is foreign in India and not many people follow it out here.

In Pune, there is just one street called the East Street where the British had their camps in the pre-Independence era, and a few shops or a mall set up a Christmas Tree with decorations. That’s about it.

[MariaNgo]

@SholaIB That’s a special memory of Christmas! Balloons. I would never have associated balloons with Christmas, but you’ve opened my eyes. Thank you for sharing.

In Melbourne, many people celebrate Christmas - most of the time it isn’t religious in a sense - but people still like the decorations and the presents and the tree and the food. Many homes get involved in the festivity by decorating their front yards with Christmassy lights and themes. This year we’ve been seeing more blow-up Santa themed decorations. The shops also sell all kinds of decorations for this season. More and more people are tying red bows on their front gates and trees also. Here is a collage of some photos I took recently.