Background on Christmas Presentations

Fast-forward to the Past: Background on Christmas Presentations
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2002
Grouping: Cell groups
Cell groups (or 'care groups' as they were once called, small groups in other churches) were the basis for the teams in the presentations. My mom made a angelic, love-filled drama presentation for her group, which was later used by the Kids segment for their winning entry in 2005. Our presentation was a puppet talk show. I thought no one, or maybe just a few, watched our show since we performed while dinner was served.

2003
I can't recall any prize for the best entry in this year's Christmas party. Our first production as a youth segment was a flop since we were amateur videographers and we accidentally taped over some of the best scenes (e.g. taken on a boat on a nearby river). But the experience was great since we ventured onto scouting locations while we were taping the scenes. We even woke up to catch the sunrise and stayed until the wee hours of the morning. We even took some shots hours before the party started.

2004
Grouping: Families
We teamed up with Bernardo-Dar Juan family with a singing Christmas tree presentation. We wore green shirts and sang while forming a christmas tree on our finale. Gladly we won First Place. The Prados and Olalias are in second place with a family-themed drama. Third place was awarded to the group, led by Bro. Jerome T., composed of members who don't have families attending with them in church.

2005
Grouping: Segments
In this year, the youth segment also ventured into spoofing Pinoy Big Brother yet it was not as good as we thought it would be. The judge on that year was not really watching and allegedly rated us indiscriminately. She also highlighted that the grand winner was a live production with an original concept. To think that the winner's script was just borrowed from my mom and was already performed in the 2002 party. Efforts were not duly considered since the kids were just holding their copies and reading their lines.

2006
Grouping: Segments
We were a bit skeptical about the entire Christmas presentation theme. I had no plans of joining that year and I just did production help to my sister's (young pro's) and my mom's team (women's). My sister did not did her thing seriously in their wacky presentation with Bro. Jerome T again as the brain behind the song/dance number.
My mom again made a simple yet meaningful play on how Jesus looked for a place to stay. The play was full of symbolisms and attributions regarding salvation and the Savior.

Sadly, the judges weren't in favor of both presentations. My mom settled for second and my sister's group in third place. The youth group (in which I was supposed to be in), won first prize. It was a hand-mime to the tune of "We are the Reason". Partida pa raw 'yun. They rehearsed it for only a few hours. Worse, my sister's ex- and his student taught and led the group. To think that a play was beaten by a few hand movements en sync with a canned song… As for me, I had no regrets on this year since I joined in all winning presentations. Where am I in youth? I was the one who did the opening voice-over for their presentation. Lucky me, I had a taste of three worlds…

2007
Grouping: Segments
Since I graduated and have work, I eventually left youth and moved on to the young pro's segment. My mom and dad was totally against having another regretful Christmas because of the presentation fiasco.

TO BE UPDATED…