My family has a lot of traditions when it comes to this time of the year, we are always filled with a lot of excitement due to various activities we all engage in. the activities are not what makes me excited the most but what comes along with it. this time of the month is tagged family time, all my siblings have arrived from school for the holidays. in order to make the whole Christmas and New year celebration more exciting the family came up with yearly competition that take place around this time of the year. the only requirement is that you have to be a family member in other to enjoy the benefits that comes with winning the games.
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The family annual family games started around the time my junior brother was born, we were still very young in those days, so we could not actively participate in the games. we only stood in the side lines to cheer up the winners. by that time my elder brother was already old enough to participate in the games but he always got knocked out before even getting close to winning any prizes. the competition is always highly competitive, it is the moment you will see my aunties and uncles look so serious as if they are on a job.
most schools tends to have their end of the year party around this time of the month, well you could say this is a form of an end of the year party for my family. to make things a lot better my maternal aunty {my mother's elder sister} retired recently so she is coming home to celebrate her retirement with the family, this has added more activities to the already planned holiday. Every year new prizes are added to annual family competition which brings me to my holiday wish.
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I mentioned in one of my post i wrote this week that my family has a WhatsApp group we usually use for planning and preparing for the holidays but that is not all the WhatsApp group is meant for. We also engage in weekly meetings and monthly contributions to finance any activities organised by the family or to support any member of the family that is in need of urgent support.
The annual family games and competition has been in existence as far back as 13 years ago but not until 2018 a juicy prize was added to the things that will be awarded to the winner of the competition which has made the competition more competitive than ever. I mentioned earlier about the monthly contribution in my family WhatsApp group, my maternal uncle {my mother's elder sister husband} who happens to be the eldest in the family group right now after our grandmother died. he announced that just to increase the rate of engagement in the family annual games, after discussing with other elders in the group he has decided that the winner of the annual family competition will receive 20% of the family contribution and also have access to loan the family contribution to fund any business of their choice though there are terms and conditions that needs to be fulfilled.
Knowing money motivates people, a lot of our extended families have joined the competition for the sake of the price and also to have fun. I have won the competition twice in 2020 and 2021 because I'm exceptionally good in most board games and tennis which are major games in the activities. I actually used the money I got from the competition to develop my rabbit farm then, now that I'm thinking of expansion, I'm really in need of the prize and it's privileges but it has become more difficult to win than ever. I used to be one of the strongest competitor in the games but there are a lot of players now. for the past two years now I barely make it to the semi finals.
So definitely if I'm going to wish for something this holiday, it will be to become the winner or champion of the family yearly competition which I consider to be a wild Hunt π . though if I requested to loan an amount from the family contribution it might be granted but it won't be as swift as winning the competition and naturally become entitled to it.
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Though I will have to put in a lot of effort to win the competition because I'm no longer the only one considered the best in most board games, apart from my maternal uncle and some of my cousin's, my junior brother has really became a great obstacle for me ever since he was old enough to join the family competition π . he is very good and though he doesn't really have business to fund right now but that doesn't have any effect on the rate he is also struggling to become the winner.
If this kind of wish could really be granted, I will be extremely grateful because it will increase the rate of growth in my livestock business plans and reduce the rate at which I make use of my personal funds.
This write-up was inspired by weekly featured content titled "A holiday wish" in hive learners community.
