My season greetings to the officers and members of the board of directors, headed by our

Board President, Mr. Hurlito L. Paderanga; everyone of you who are here: friends, visitors, and
employees with your respective families, thank you very much for coming to our Coop
Christmas party tonight. It is my joy and pleasure to see each and everyone of you celebrating
with us this yearly traditional Christmas gathering. I consider this gathering special because this
is one of the few occasions where all of us employees gathered together bringing along with us
our families.

Celebrating Christmas is a wonderful occasion, you know why?It is because Christmas is

a wonderful holiday, a great season, and a fabulous time for joy, peace and love. Millions of
people observe Christmas because it really feels good to hear holiday music filling the air, see
brightly decorated homes with twinkling lights around Christmas trees and beautiful ornaments,
preparing delicious Christmas meal for the family, Santa Claus for children, and a general feeling
of goodwill towards all men.

Christmas is a time for giving as well as for receiving. Every individual cares and gives
so that others receive help and blessing. It is in this season that people are seem to be more
charitable and generous, more polite and more neighbourly.

Christmas is all about sharing and expressing love to each other not only for this season
but all throughout the year.It is not simply a commemorative holiday, not simply a remembrance
of frineds and families, not simply a time to give gifts and be generous for a few days out of the
year and not simply a remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ – but it is a reminder to us of the
death of Jesus Christ on the cross because of our sins – that the most valuable gift a man ever
received from God is the fre gift of the Saviour and eternal life. This is the real meaning and
spirit of Chritmas.

Again, thank you for coming. It really does warm my heart to see everyone tonight. Let
us enjoy ourselves

For our employees, we send wishes of the happiest of tidings, merriest of

Christmases, and warmest of holiday seasons.

It's been a tough year but I'm proud of what we accomplished together.
Some businesses haven't been able to do what we have done.

This year has been difficult and successful in almost equal measures. Winning the
Parker project was a real high, with losing three account managers to the competition a
bit of a low. However, I’m really proud of how you’ve all pulled together and the terrific
results you have achieved.

Good evening everyone! It’s lovely to see you all looking so festive. I promise not to
take up too much of your valuable Christmas party by talking about work, but I wanted
to thank you all for a great year.
Christmas is just around the corner and we (are moments away from a wonderful meal
/ have just had a wonderful meal) so I promise I won’t keep you (from tucking in /
from enjoying the rest of the evening) for very long. During the year we all seem so
busy in our own departments and with our own tasks, so it’s really great to have a time
like this to get the chance to stop for long enough to talk to all the familiar faces that
we normally say a quick ‘hello’ to as we pass them in the corridor.

It’s been a (brilliant / difficult / funny) year and I wonder how many of us sitting here
now would have thought 12 months ago that we would have (been so successful / seen
so many problems / predicted some of the strange things that have happened).
Whatever you do in life, every job has its ups and down, but I know I’m not alone in
being awfully glad, and very proud, to have such a great bunch of colleagues to share
them with. Being here tonight I know that whatever next year throws at us – good or
bad – we’ll be OK and if anyone doubts that even for a moment, you just have to
remember how we managed to pull off that American deal. Now that really was a
close one!

Before I sit down, I’m sure we’d all like to take a moment to say ( hello / goodbye) to
(name) and (welcome them / wish them all the best / remember them). There are only
(number) of working days to Christmas, so that’s quite enough from me – I can see
many of you can’t wait to (start eating / start the dancing / prop up the bar) – so enjoy
the rest of the evening and have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

"May the love, joy, and happiness of the season be with you this
Christmas, and in the coming year."

Let us just remind ourselves that in the midst of all these decorations and celebrations,
let us put to mind always the main reason why we are spending so much time, effort
and money with all these. Christmas is not so much about what gifts Santa Claus has
prepared for us; what gift our Mama and Papa/ Tatay and Nanay/ Mommy and Daddy
have to give us; what our brother or sister and our friends have secretly wrapped for
us. As Ichiro mentioned in the prayer, all other things like exchanging of gifts are just
bonus. The main reason is actually to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ, the Son of
our God, who came to the world because God loves us all very much. Again, Christmas
is actually about the Birthday of Jesus.
 My yuletide greetings to the officers and members of the Board of Directors,
headed by our vibrant Board President, Mr. Rey Roger B. Villanueva, to our ever
dynamic General Manager, Mr. Ruben P. Bonalos ( By the way, let us extend our
warmest congratulations to Sir Ruben for the confirmation of his appointment as
regular GM); to the family members of my colleagues in the rural electrification
program, friends, and visitors, thank you very much for coming over to join us as
we celebrate this yearly traditional Christmas gathering. I consider this gathering
special because this is one of the few occasions where all of us employees are
gathered together bringing along with us our families and loved ones.

Christmas is just around the corner and we are moments aways from having
a sumptuous meals and entertaining dance presentations coming from each of the
department, so don’t worry I wont keep you from tucking in for very long.

For almost 365 days, 5 days a week and 8 hours a day, we have been so busy
in our own departments doing our different tasks, so it is really great to have time
like this where we get the chance to stop for long enough to talk to all the familiar
faces that we normally say a quick ‘hello’ to as we pass them in the corridor. It’s
the time of the year where set aside our respective jobs and just care about eating,
dancing and enjoying the festivity.

As we all know, the past 11 months have been difficult and successful in
almost equal measures. We have been working so hard to improve the performance
of the Coop and be included among the top rated electric cooperatives in the
Philipines. And I am really proud because we have all pulled it off and
accomplished together to achieve the triple A categorization this year. Our
collective efforts and dedication have paved way to what we achieve right now,
and it’s one big thing that we need to be joyful and grateful for.

As we celebrate the yuletide season, let us always remember that the spirit of
Christmas is all about sharing and expressing love to one another not only for this
season but all throughout the year.It is not simply a commemorative holiday, not
simply a remembrance of friends and families, not simply a time to receive
bonuses, give gifts and be generous for a few days out of the year, not simply a
remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ – but it is a reminder to us of the death of
Jesus Christ on the cross who saved us from all our sins. May we dwell in His
words with love and forgiveness and emulate His actions in order to spread hope
among those who think they are far from redemption, those who feel lonely and
outast, thos who are misguided and most of all, the people who feel unloved. Let
us mark this day as the day of limitless love and compassion.
 Wishing everyone the happiest of tidings, merriest of Christmases, and
warmest of holiday seasons. May the love, joy, and happiness of the season be with
us all this Christmas, and in the coming year."