My Childhood´s "National Holidays"!(Fiestas Patrias)

Hello,my dearest guys!

Today,I am going to talk to you about a very good memory about this issue,which dates back five years ago(if my memory serves me well).Well, I was living in Casas Viejas(Puente Alto) at that time,so I spent that day in my former house.I remember I was with my grandparents,my mom,my sister and her dad, and some family members;actually,I was with my cousins and my aunts and uncles,and we all made meat empanadas.I also remember we had a clay oven,which we used to cook them.I played videogames with my cousins in my playstation console,while we eat empanadas;I ate five or six actually.Meanwhile,the rest of my family was talking and listening to folk music.We were all very happy;all of us.We shared a lot with other people and celebrated those Fiestas Patrias,as they shouldbe:with your family and very enthusiastic.I really enjoyed that day,because I could share with the people I love,and had fun all that day.That´s way,it was so memorable.

However,comparing my view of Fiestas Patrias as a child with the current one,I can say that it doesn´t change my optimist point of view, despite not celebrating national holidays or Fiestas Patrias(it celebrates the first government reunion in Chile,because Fernando 7th was arrested by Napoleon[you can correct me if I´m wrong with this point]),because the national identity revolves around this event,and much people often confuse national holidays with our independence(our independence took part on February 12th,1818 actually).I also think that I didn´t really have to celebrate Fiestas Patrias this year,because there are a lot of problems in our country(specially in this "bicentenary" of government reunion), which have not solved,even in the centenary.Therefore,I believe we must do something to change the real situation in Chile,specially in such important event as the "bicentenary".
Well,I hope you to had had a very good Fiestas Patrias day and amused quite a lot

BYE!!!