Not Home for Christmas!!!What do Jamaicans who are not home (Jamaica) do to bring a little Jamaican to their Christmas holiday? We asked a few Jamaicans living abroad this question. Read their responses and ideas on how to have a Jamaican Christmas abroad!!!
Jankanoo!Christmas time in Jamaica a long, long time ago was centered on family, friends and neighbours. We had certain all important Island traditions during this time.
T’is the seasonA few days ago my son Brandon asked me if I was excited about Christmas. The little fellow’s inquiring mind has an insatiable curiosity. Whenever I hear “Daddy, can I ask you a question?” I know that like a skilled trial attorney, there will be four or five follow-up questions.
Remembering Christmas in Jamaica a Long, Long Time AgoBack when I was a boy, a long, long time ago, the Christmas season started about the middle of December and lasted until after New Year’s Day. It was a time for celebration, to look up old friends and make new ones, to eat, drink and be merry. Do Jamaicans still go from house to house, tasting one another’s plum pudding and toasting the season with a glass of sorrel or wine? We believed it brought us luck .On Christmas Day in America, I still look expectantly up the road but no one ever comes by.
Christmas in Jamaica is BetterWhite wash walls, sorrel, rum cake, Christmas breeze and family. Three Jamaicans.com forum members tell us why nothing compares to spending Christmas time in Jamaica.
What We Miss Most about Jamaica at Christmas Time…..Wishing you a ‘Irie’ Christmas!Now, listen to what other Jamaicans have to say about what they Miss Most About Jamaica at Christmas Time……“Mi miss di chaaclit tea wid ie ile pan ie tap”…( pana panap)…. “Have a Irie Crismus Jamaicans.com”
Memories of Christmas in JamaicaFor many Jamaicans who live abroad the memories of Christmas in Jamaica is still vivid in our minds. "Memories of Christmas in Jamaica" of Christmas in Jamaica takes us back to this time.
Jamaican Style Christmas Carol"An She Rock de Baby" is one of the carol songs in Jamaica during Christmas.
Christmas GreetingSeasons Greetings Jamaican style, to the tune of Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire.
Chrismus time againIs it Christmas already? Country Gal cannot believe it as she tells us about Christmas "a Foreign".
My Fondest Christmas in JamaicaAn award winning essay on Christmas in Jamaica.
Crismus dung a YaadA poem dedicated to Christmas in Jamaica
Jamaican Chritmas Gift GuideHere are a few ideas to put a little of Jamaica under your Christmas Tree.
Jamaican Christmas MusicListen to Jamaican Christmas Music.
Christmas in Jamaica TodayJamaican Christmas in the 1990's.
Old time Christmas in Jamaica...white washed walls, the country fair, Christmas market.
