There are plenty of issues that make the vacation season nice.
Not solely is it a time to replicate on the yr that has handed and spend high quality time with household and buddies however it’s additionally a time to see how different folks get pleasure from Christmas. From opening presents below the tree to having fun with a delicious feast, everybody has their very own method of celebrating Christmas.
With only a few days to go till the huge day, The Platinum Club requested a few of Mzansi’s celebrities to share what they’ve deliberate for the festive season, and share their vacation traditions.
Kriya Gangiah – Radio and TV presenter
“My household doesn’t actually celebrate Christmas within the conventional spiritual sense of the phrase however, on the finish of the day, Christmas is a time the place households and buddies can come collectively so we nonetheless do some lunch or dinner with liked ones.
“This yr, we’re doing one thing small on the home and, in all equity, it’s a time the place we will replicate on the yr that was and look ahead to the yr forward. When it involves the traditions, Christmas is all the time paired with a pleasant glass of wine and we play a card sport known as Thunee, a card sport much like Bridge, however the Indian model. The extra dishonest the higher!”
Carol Ofori –Radio and TV presenter
“I’m going to be in Johannesburg this festive season, as a result of I’ve slightly nephew on the way in which. I’m excited to see my household and spend time with all the those who I like. We have a wonderful household lunch deliberate and I’m trying ahead to being with my household since I now stay in eThekwini.
“Every yr, we get up and open presents below the tree. My husband places the tree up with my children each December, and this yr, we have now a tree up in each Durban and Johannesburg. After that, we have now a wonderful household prayer and be grateful for the lifetime of Jesus Christ after which we head over to my sister’s home for a hearty lunch.”
Daniel Baron – Musician
“Every December, we take turns to separate the vacation between my aspect of the household and my spouse’s aspect of the household. This yr, it’s my dad’s fiftieth so we will be with them for the primary half of the vacation on the west coast, earlier than we fly to the east coast to be with my spouse’s household over Christmas.”
“The festive season is all about household for each of us and Cruz, my son, is such a fan of the seashore so we glance ahead to spending time on each side of the coast. When it involves Christmas traditions, we begin the morning opening presents earlier than we head out to church.
“After that, we love having a turkey on the braai and a giant Christmas lunch. There are all the time numerous children round, so somebody within the household all the time clothes up as Santa and arms out presents to the children who’ve the perfect time opening them.”
DJ Sabby – Metro FM DJ
“I like Christmas and what it stands for however one factor I really get pleasure from about the day is that love tendencies all the time. Family and people you like are the major those who matter on the day. We want such days to remind every different that we’re not alone and in case you don’t have household you’ve an alternative to spend time with these you worth.
“I’m trying ahead to doing simply that. Spend time with my household, eat every little thing and drink every little thing. It’s all about simply being comfortable the entire day. We shall speak about the load in January,” provides Sabby together with fun.
Melinda Bam – mannequin and TV presenter
“Christmas is all the time a particular time of yr for us as a household. We have had many traditions through the years, however when Adriaan and I acquired married seven years in the past, we tried to create our personal little traditions from establishing the Christmas tree, to hanging up our fairy lights or planning our Christmas dinner.
“But I feel with the onset of Covid-19, folks’s perspective round Christmas has modified barely and there is much less of an emphasis on the issues round Christmas and extra on the folks that you just spend Christmas with.
“This yr, we plan on spending Christmas with our households and simply having a blessed time collectively and reflecting on the previous two years and recognising the privilege that it’s to truly be capable of sit round a desk and have an beautiful meal collectively and nonetheless get pleasure from everybody’s firm round us.
“There is nonetheless sure to be all of the decorations and every little thing, however much less of an emphasis on that and the presents themselves as a result of I feel the pleasure of your household and liked one’s firm is the best reward you could be given this Christmas anyway.”
Donovan Goliath – Comedian and TV presenter
This will undoubtedly be among the best Christmases ever as a result of my spouse Davina and I will be taking our child woman Sofia on a highway journey to the Eastern Cape and Cape Town to satisfy her grandparents for the primary time.
That’s the best reward for us and the last word reward for them. Regarding our Christmas traditions, now that we’re a household of three, we look ahead to carving out some new ones this yr.
LISTEN: Our 2021 Christmas playlist
Compiled by Kaunda Selisho
