{"id":825,"date":"2025-12-24T22:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tricitychinese.ca\/?page_id=825"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:43:05","slug":"three-christmases-over-three-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tricitychinese.ca\/cn\/three-christmases-over-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Christmases Over Three Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Gentlest Season of the Year Has Arrived Once Again<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Christmas season of 2025, we once again brought children\u2019s music and the heartfelt dedication of our volunteers into the senior care home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years and ten months.
Three Christmases.
Countless greetings and smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, these moments have quietly accumulated and become the most genuine bond between us and the seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2764\ufe0f A Small Promise Made Three Years Ago Has Become a Habi<\/strong>t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the year when visits had just resumed after the pandemic, the senior home still carried a sense of silence and loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seniors looked at us through their masks, their eyes filled with gentle expectation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, we said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as we are able to come, we will not be absent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So every monthly visit, every prepared performance, and every softly brightening smile from the seniors became the strength that kept us moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three years and ten months, we truly kept our promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfb6 Our Christmas Concert: The Warmest Gift We Offer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Christmas concert was once again rich and diverse. Children of different ages used piano, vocal performance, violin, flute, guitar, and traditional instruments to bring the festive spirit into every corner of the senior home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some seniors hummed along as they listened, some clapped their hands, and some simply smiled. The hall was filled with warmth and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that moment, we knew that what we brought was not just a performance\u2014but companionship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After every performance, staff members from the facility would come over and quietly express their thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said that what we brought was not only music, but genuine care and companionship for the seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These words were simple, yet each one warmed our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udf81 Christmas Will Pass, but Companionship Will Continue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children are willing to step onto the stage of the senior home once again.
Parents are willing to make time, drive, and accompany them.
Volunteers are willing to continue giving, quietly making everything happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These gentle acts of persistence have woven together every moment of the past three years and ten months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our hearts are present, the seniors can feel it;
As long as we are here, smiles will never be in short supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the months ahead, we will continue visiting the senior home, bringing more smiles and more music to this place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfbc Christmas Concert Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piano \u2014 All I Wish for Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vocal \u2014 Ave Maria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piano \u2014 Appassionata<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piano & Flute Duet \u2014 Christmas Medley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Violin \u2014 Vivaldi Concerto in A Minor, Movements 2 & 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vocal \u2014 First of May<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piano \u2014 Sonata in C Minor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guitar \u2014 The Carnival of Venice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vocal \u2014 My Heart Will Go On<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piano \u2014 Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hulusi \u2014 Flowers and Youth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ruan \u2014 Dong Folk Song<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vocal \u2014 Away in a Manger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Piano \u2014 Land of the Misty Giants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guitar & Singing \u2014 Christmas List<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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