Here we come acarolling......

The Seremban Wesley MYFers went out carolling on 18th and 19th December. They had about 17plus houses for the two days combined. This was real meagre. Looks like the tradition of carolling is dying in this church!!! Why?

When I was an MYFer, we went for two or three nights and covered so many houses that we returned home at the wee hours of the morning. The exciting part of carolling then was going from house to house and singing ourselves hoarse and of course the fellowshipping. The excitement of the host was waiting and hearing the sound of carollers singing from afar.

We have two carollers from our home this year. This young man wanted to wear a tie on the second day; so asked the father to help him. The father had problem putting the tie on him so had to work out another method.





Ok...this is better. He fixed the tie on himself first before putting it on the son.



The end result....a very handsome young man who deserved all the pinching and hugging. But he removed the tie when he realised he was the only one wearing it. He was given a present as the best caroller at the end of the carolling. And he was the youngest caroller!



Aha...the second caroller is here. The carols were spinning round and round her brains for days because I heard her humming and singing to herself.

On 19th December, the carollers arrived about 6.20pm. Quite punctual. They started at 5pm. MIL and Uncle Hoe joined us; Vincent came to the house too.

Here they are, singing....

This camera is either not so good or I don't know how to handle it. The pics came out all shaky. Mine has gone to Chiengmai.

After singing; was food. This was what I served....junk food!!! None of the houses they visited had this. I thought it would be good to give them something different from the normal. It was popular with them and of course Dan had more than he should.

What we enjoy about carolling is the fellowshipping time where we just eat and chat and chat more. This group was not in a hurry to move (which is nice) unlike when I was an MYFer; we were always rushed and hurried by Mr Ling Keng Neo (because there were so many houses to cover).

I was surprised to see a student of mine; Nicole. She came right up to me and called ;'Teacher!!' Of course I had to get our picture taken.

So that was carolling in our home. We have not invited the carollers to our home for more than five years now. That is how the tradition dies when we get complacent about it. This year we invited the carollers because our kids were part of them. I believe many others in the church are like us...complacent; children have grown etc. So...how can we keep this tradition going?

Anyway, a blessed Christmas to all as the day to remember the birth of our Lord draws nearer. May we have time to reflect the true meaning of Christmas and not just run around partying.