Cham looks forward to being with family this season | Entertainment

“Kick back in the sun and drink a Red Stripe beer, smoke a joint and blow the smoke into the air. Listening to reggae music in an old barber chair, looking back on life and giving thanks for being here. I consider myself lucky, even though my shoes break, a nuff my colleagues drop out during the year. I don’t have a bag, money, or new clothes to wear, but if you’re hungry and I have ten dollars, we’ll share it.”

“It’s been one of those years,” Cham says, followed by a crinkle at the corner of his eyes and a wide smile. the letter of Warm Jamaican ChristmasRecorded with Wayne Wonder in 1996, they remain relevant to the artist’s life and a true description of how he celebrates the season.

I think that’s the most important thing about Christmas. [and] The fact that you are here to experience it means that you made it to the end of another year and no matter how much or how little we make, we still have something to share,” says Cham. the gleaner.

He shared that, before Warm Jamaican Christmas came true, the initial plans were to make a traditional Christmas carol. “When the producers came together for an unorthodox song like a Christmas carol, they would always ask us to sing over one of the traditional ones like bells, and Wayne and I wanted to do a song about how we as Jamaicans view Christmas. I give thanks because Warm Jamaican Christmas is one of the classics of the reggae-dancehall season playing since the 90s. I…