The Matter of Happy Holidays!
The Matter of ‘Happy Holidays’ ! Only nine days left for 2024 to end, but the good thing, they bring Christmas with them. Whether Christian or just a Christmas enthusiast, we all flow with the spirit of Christmas - rewarding the good, giving and sharing, lots of bright lights and decorations, great food and drinks, not to forget presents? I remember how as a child I looked forward to my parents’ Christian friends including Bishop Rego, bringing square, round or loaf-sized rich fruity plum cakes with that distinct fading smell of alcohol. Even now most people I know, and non-Christians at that, get scraggly green plastic decorations, tie bits and baubles on them, call them Christmas trees, and place brightly packed packages under them as gifts. Clubs, offices and residential societies organize variety programmes and lunches. Office parties end with Secret Santa-a ritual that can either bring joy or dismay to the recipient when they open the gift. Like Diwali, Christmas has al...