"Tonight, Father Christmas will come...and give Christmas gifts to the children......." Aunty Nyuk Lan said to me on Christmas eve. It was 50 over years ago. I found a present by bed side the next morning.
Today, Father Christmas came again......and give a gift from Australia to my daughter.
Wong Nyuk Lan (23rd October 1915 - April 2011 Age 96)
Wong Mei Yin (25th April 2002)
The eldest and the youngest
in the Wong family in above photograph taken on 27th November 2005 in Kuching.
Wong Mei Yin remain as the youngest member in the Wong family till today.
| It was Christmas Eve in 1960 or 1961: "Tonight, Father Christmas will come...and give Christmas gifts to the children......." Aunty Nyuk Lan said to me while preparing meal for the family. "How does Father Christmas comes into the house ?......" I asked. "Climb through the chimney....." Aunty Nyuk Lan answered. There was no chimney on the roof, houses do not build chimney in Malaysia. I looked up and scan the zinc roof of the kitchen (there was also no ceiling for wooden house in those days in Kuching)... But I knew Father Christmas some how could find a hole in the roof top to climb in during the night. Sure enough, awoke the next morning I found a Christmas Gift by my bed side. Wan Tet Fong, the cousin whom I share the big wooden bed with, he also has a gift too. Each children in the house has one. This was in 1960 or 1961 when I was a kid boarding temporary in her house for a year because my father (her brother) was transferred to work in Simanggang Town. I later learned whom that Father Christmas was who placed gifts on the bed side while children were sound asleep. Aunty Wong Nyuk Lan RIP in April 2011, but she remains in our heart for ever like Christmas Father does. |
Here are links to more information on Kuching Town in the 1960's:
Link : Old Kuching in Black and White pictures
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