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As
a child I used to love festivals, especially Deepavali, Dusshera and Christmas.
For the first two festivals, all my cousins used to visit our native village
and we had a gala time with whole family coming together to celebrate the
joyous occasions. But I used to love X’mas too, the primary reason being that
my mother’s best friend, Gretta aunty, used to send Christmas goodies to us. My
brothers and I used to wait eagerly for the Plum cakes, the fried snacks,
fruits and nuts and chocolates on 25th Decemeber every year.
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few times I had been to Gretta aunty’s house on X’mas and I was absolutely
mesmerized by the lights, carols and the festive decorations. Of course
studying in a Convent school for the first 7 years of my education, I was aware
of the significance of Christmas and the story of Christ’s birth. And the fact
that the school remained close for 10 days during Christmas, only made me love
this festival more.
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after I joined IT, the only time we had some less work and permission from our
managers to take long leaves was during the month of Decemeber. Since most of the IT companies are based out of US or UK, December is the time where the work
would be relaxed and employees in India can take some much needed off-time. It’s
another story that during our festivals, like Deepavali and Dusshera, we are
expected to work if there is a release or a launch in progress.
You
must agree that there is some magic about X’mas. It brings about a spirit of
cheer and the holiday season is sure to brighten up our souls, for even those,
like me, who don’t celebrate it.
I am so glad we have 2 weeks shut down during X mas :) gives a chance to relax and enjoy the festivities :)
ReplyDeleteI have never experienced carols and christmas tree but I want to! Though we enjoyed keeping new socks under our pillow in a hope to get some gifts from Santa :D
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