Merry Christmas & Season's Greetings Ya'all ! :-)
'Tis the season to be jolly! Warning: Cheesy post ahead :D
As a kid I totally loved Christmas trees -- the twinkling lights, the pretty decorations, colorfully wrapped up presents, and the angel or star at the top. It was fascinating and almost magical. Enid Blyton played a hugely influential role in keeping my childhood magical and in fantasy land for the times I lost myself in her wonderful words. My close friends would invite me over for X'mas and it was such fun! There are tons of wonderful, cherished memories associated with this festival for me.
In my teens, this classic song 'Do They Know Its Christmas?' by Band Aid was very special. A song I love till date. It was recorded for the starving children in Africa and had the biggest bands and singers of the 1980s contributing and being a part of it.
The other carol that I learnt at school choir went something like this:
"Christmas time is a jolly time, there are lots of things to be done,
And putting the decorations up, is lots and lots of fun!"
My first tryst with snow was only as an adult when I was visiting the USA. I was excited that my first Christmas there was going to be a white one. Alas, the anti-climax was that it didn't snow in December at all! There was some snowfall only toward end January. After reading all about snowflakes-their shapes, snow angels, and my comic heroes (like Calvin, Snoopy and gang) make snowmen and have snowball fights, snow didn't impress me much. It was pretty much just cold ice, and not fluffy and soft as I'd always imagined! :P
A very beary Christmas to everyone out there! Its the time to snuggle up to your loved ones and tell them how much you love them. Well, I don't believe there's a special time or day to do that, it should be done as often as possible, and then some more! :-) But as they say, 'tis the season to be jolly', so ho ho ho!
Special wishes go out to a few of my friends who have officially ventured into couplehood or couple status :)) -- RT, Sash, and also SG, you can count yourself in here too! :D There's also Virdi & Trups and many others not on blogistan -- will deliver those wishes personally :-)
Things haven't been going great for myself lately, and I need to remind myself to keep them spirits up, so here's wishing me, my family and friends some peace, light, and good cheer for the new year ahead.
After an overload of "Xmassy" pics, all I'd like to end with this:
Hallelujah!! :D
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