{"id":5795,"date":"2020-11-22T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T08:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickentrust.com\/dev\/?p=5795"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T09:56:24","slug":"the-saddest-christmas-i-ever-had-doreen-namugumya-resort-centre-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickentrust.com\/dev\/?p=5795","title":{"rendered":"THE SADDEST CHRISTMAS I EVER HAD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2013 by Doreen Namugumya<\/em>, Resort Centre Manager<\/div>\n
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\u2018I was 9 years old when I had a most unusual Christmas. This was the only day in a year when we had chicken and soda. A month before Christmas, I was so looking forward to that day. When I went to play with my friends, I talked about it. They would tell me their parents were buying them new dresses. I kept saying at least I will have 4 sodas to drink.<\/div>\n
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My parents were separated so my brother and I went to our uncle’s home to celebrate Christmas with our cousins. I didn\u2019t expect a gift as my dad had remarried and my mum had no money to buy me a new dress. Then, three days before Christmas I went sick with malaria. I was very ill, and I spent Christmas in bed. I had no appetite for soda or chicken. I was encouraged to take a little chicken soup, but it was the saddest Christmas I ever had.<\/div>\n
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That day I learnt a lesson to not focus my mind on Christmas, but to take each day as it comes. We have a Baganda proverb \u2018Never be anxious for anything before it happens\u2019.\u2019<\/div>\n
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To provide a Christmas dinner to a poor family, please CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2013 by Doreen Namugumya, Resort Centre Manager \u2018I was 9 years old when I had a most unusual Christmas. This was the only day in a year when we had chicken and soda. A month before Christmas, I was so looking forward to that day. 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