The Christmases I remembered,
in Trinidad
and Tobago
A feud between you, and your relatives
or friends might go on for most of the year, but on Christmas day the feud
ends. You visit each other bearing gifts. You apologize, for the nonsense that
caused you to stop talking.
You would serve fruit cake,
sponge cake, cookies, cheese wafers, cheese curles, nuts, channa—(chick peas),
sweetie—(candy) slices of ham, souse, apples, pears and grapes. Drinks would be
Rum, Whiskey, beer, wine, rum punch and punch de crème for the adults. Sweet
drink—(soda) sorrel and ginger beer for the children.
While you were chatting and
enjoying each other’s company, a Parang side might come to your home playing music
and singing… And life was the best because everyone was having a merry Christmas.
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