Kaluko Resper is studying hard and looking forward to Christmas....

I am Kaluko Resper, a second year student at Busoga University. Pursuing a bachelors’ degree in social work and social administration. I  frequently use the services of UDS, as I did a computer training course with them. Now I’m using their library for my revision as I prepare for exams.

I’m praying hard that the exams will soon be over, so I can start preparing for Christmas Day, which will be observed by everyone in our community, as well as across the country.

Christmas being a holiday when we celebrate the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ, we prepare for it in many different ways. For example, we buy new clothes that are different from everyday ones, so when the big day comes we are dressed up. We also put some money aside to buy meat (not a regular foodstuff for most Ugandans), maybe as much as 10 kilograms, soft drinks, different types of alcohol, and juice for the big day. It’s really fantastic because it’s only on that day that we can enjoy these types of food and drink.

In our community, as Christmas approaches everyone starts brushing their teeth every day with the aim of making them sharp for the day itself. By the time we get to Christmas Eve we don’t even sleep, we keep busy preparing different dishes so that on Christmas morning we can go to church. Afterwards we all sit round with our family and have a meal.

So this comes with loving thoughts to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year – heartfelt greetings filled with affection. May the joy and happiness of Christmas fill your heart with lasting gaiety and tranquillity,  and each new day in your life shine with hope and joy.

Merry Christmas..

Batemye is so looking forward to his Christmas day in Kamuli............

MY CHRISTMAS DAY

I’m Batemye Derrick. I’m a P7 (first year of secondary school) pupil aged 13 and I live in Kamuli. I am doing computer training with UDS at the moment during the school holidays.  

I am eagerly awaiting Christmas Day on 25 December.

I am waiting for it because I always enjoy it.

On the day, first of all very early in the morning I say my prayers, I lie on my bed, then get up and bathe, put on my suit and go for breakfast.

For breakfast, our mother buys a big cake, and that’s the only day in the whole year that we eat cake for breakfast. After breakfast, we all go for prayers. During prayers, there is a choir who sing gospel songs.

Then after prayers we come back home, where our nanny has already prepared lunch. For lunch, we have chicken, matoke (a Ugandan dish made with plantain), rice, potatoes, soft drinks and so on. After lunch we rest a little bit, then we bathe again, and get dressed in different clothes.  Then our father comes for us and takes us to a restaurant. 

There we meet other clan members and family friends. We eat and dance until we get tired.

That’s all about my Christmas.