I'll face it. One thing I like about Christmas is food. There is an endless supply of food, infinite and justifiable reasons to eat, and the knowledge that almost all, in any way they can, have the right mood to enjoy food. Food tastes better during Christmas and it comes in endless stock. Our fridge works doubly hard to cool almost all tupperwares and boxes of goodies for future consumption. Thank you to neighbors and friends who have the brilliance to give food as Christmas presents. Wine is always a pleasant drinking choice even if I'm just eating Purefoods luncheon meat. Breakfast lunch and dinner do not exist at this time. They all mesh together and we eat whenever we can. Unlike any normal days, food is always made available.
Christmas is another perfect excuse to get yourself bloated. If you never allow yourself to entertain food tripping for the entire year because you have a certain image to project, now is a perfect time to let go and blame Christmas for your added weight. Almost everyone has the tendency to increase their weight anyways. What's the point of depriving yourself? It just goes to show the effects of a jolly, prosperous, year ender for you.
Christmas is also a perfect time to get drunk. Parties are everywhere whether you're with friends and relatives. Parents are also forgiving, this is the season that almost everyone is legal to drink. It's a season to celebrate and it's barely complete if there's not even a cold champagne lying around. It might contribute to your weight, again, so what? Reasons to celebrate are endless compared to the reason of deprivation and rigid control.
Christmas also gives us infinite reasons to eat with all the visitors that come and go and the parties we are "obliged" to go to. I've always found happiness in eating alone, but in this special holiday, eating with someone always gives you the motivation to forget control.
Probably this is one of the best Christmases for me ever. Our new house is always alive with different kinds of parties, showcasing different types of food. For today, I don't need a weighing scale to tell me I've gained at least 5 pounds in 2 days. Ever since the 23rd I've literally bloated myself to eternity. Breakfast is always followed by brunch and in less than 2 hours is followed by a decent lunch, 2 sets of Lunch usually. Snacks in the afternoon are optional, but been a regular for the past 2 days and dinner is always the best part on a cold night. Food is always carbo heavy with Paella, pasta, cupcakes, cakes, dimsum, pancit. As I type, my stomach is digesting a helping of Nanay's paella, Brooklyn White Cheese Pizza, Pancit Malabon palabok and a glass of iced cold minute maid. My desserts are leftover cupcakes, Conti's Mango Bravo and a slice of apple cheese bars (all consumed in gradual pacing of course). As you've read, almost every food I've eaten belongs to the GO Group of food that in a matter of minutes, you would find me propped for a quick 15 minute nap that even reaches an hour until I get hungry again. I think I've mastered to live in pig-style.
I'm not really proud of it, but I'm happy. I guess in some ways it counts.
Merry Christmas to all!
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