My Fondest Christmas in Jamaica
A wha’ happen den, Mas Charlie? Ah chile, is dream mi a dream, Bout Christmas in Jamaica – so long ago it seem. Yuh know wi las’ spen’ Christmas deh. In nineteen sixty-eight, An every time mi tink of it, it really seem so great. Remember how at Palisadoes when wi start fi lan’, Yuh […]
Chrismus time again
Lawks, chile, Chrismus a come again. You can believe it? Just yessiday me a welcome di new year an a ring bell like seh me is of a particular political persuasion. Massi, ma, me dis a get use to a write dis year, now me haffi memba new year. Anyway, we have to give tanks […]
Crismus dung a Yaad
Hoo-much a oonu miss Crismus dung a Yaad?Wi always had fun even dowe tings maybi hawdWi nyam up de chicken, rice an peas, an jink rumDen siddung undah di ackee tree an eat hog plum Den boxin’ nite de pawty stawtAn yuh out deh a jam, even if yuh cyaan dawnce to fawt!Yes, Crismus dung […]
The Christmas Song done Jamaican Style
The Christmas Song done Jamaican Style to the tune of Chestnuts roasting on an open fire etc. Breadfruits roastin on an open fire Mongrels nipping at your toes Dancehall songs being sung by a choir An we dress up in we bashment clothes Everybody knows When gungo cook an sorrel flow Yu dun know seh […]
Christmas in Jamaica
Christmas in Jamaica, even though not much different from around the world, has it own flavor based on the many cultures that make up the island. The Christmas carols we sing in Jamaica are similar to most Christian nations that celebrate Christmas. Songs like Silent Night, O’ Come All Ye Faithful, etc. Some of these […]
Christmas Breeze – Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 8
The schedule I was given at Mc Donald’s allowed me to avoid being in the awkward situation of having to quit my other job. Plus it was 3 weeks before Christmas and any extra money would be good. I would be working from 4:00pm to 8:00p. The bus ran until 9.00 pm so I would […]
Miss PeBeep Christmas in Jamaica
The coming of the Yuletide season in Jamaica is often times heralded by the variety of Christmas Corals that we begin to hear on the radios; which usually begins from the first week of December, you would hear songs like; Long Time Ago in Bethlehem, Hark the Herald Angels , I’m dreaming of a white […]
A Well-Spent Christmas
Let no one deter you from taking Christmas to the max. Shop till you drop, feed as many people as possible, give and then give again. A life well-lived is chock-full of good memories, and no memory is greater than a great Christmas. Remember Claude McKay’s ‘Flame Heart’: “We were so happy, I remember, Beneath […]
Rasta Chrismus
T’was the night before Rasta ChrismusWhen all through the campIyabingi was chantingBy the light of kerosene lamps Natty Congo gave praisesTo his God on mount Zion highAnd with a terrible shout he hailed himJah Rasta-fari Kette drums soundedThe beat of the African soulAs jubilation spread throughoutJah was in control The intoxicating IshensePermeating everythingWhere spliffs and […]
The Winter Sun
As I watched the Boston sunriseOn a cold and wintry mornI yearned the Jamaica sunshineOf the land that I was born The bright and warm caressesOf its rays upon my faceAs it filtered through window curtainsMade from Chiffon and Lace The early morning sounds I’d hearA distant rooster’s crowBarking dogs, inaudible voicesThe dew instead of […]