Joy of Christmas: Yogyakarta villagers maintain long-time tradition of delivering gift boxes
The Jakarta Post-News·2019-12-22 14:42
The sun was out on Saturday morning as a woman carrying a stack of boxes was seen visiting one home after another in Karangtengah Lor village, Kulon regency, Yogyakarta. She delivered one box to each house. Inside the box was pandan sponge cake, corn chips, salted eggs and lemper (sticky rice roll). A card accompanied the snacks that read, "Live as the good friends of everyone - the gratitude of Christian families in Karangtengah Lor, Margosari, to welcome Christmas and the new year". "The recipients happily accepted the gift boxes and expressed their gratitude. Some of them wished me a Merry Christmas and a peaceful one," the woman, Muryani, said on Saturday as quoted by kompas.com. Muryani does not carry out the task alone. She had been preparing the gift boxes with others since the previous day. ...
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