So... How Was Your Christmas?

A thread for everyone to share how they spent their christmas.

As for me I had a very nice weekend with one of my cousins who has just shifted to the Delhi region. Started off on Saturday evening when I picked him up from Delhi haat [the only place we both knew the directions to].

Had some coffee over there and checked out the indianised Christmas decorations - felt like different era altogether - you know - with all the Indian ethnic stuff shops and the mix of the Christmas carols and decorations.

Went over to an uncle's place were I met another uncle [a distant relative who lives in the US - who had come down to get her daughter acquainted with India]. Well the main reason for visiting my uncle's place was to get a corkscrew [which I knew he had] to open the wine bottle we bought.

Once back home my brother and me somehow managed to open the wine bottle and started watching the video's of my sister's wedding [which took place recently (27th November)] - after that it was time for a hindi classic - chashme baddur.

On Christmas I decided to take my brother for a ride to gurgaon and to the malls where we had lunch in ruby Tuesday and eventually even managed to gorge on a lot of junk stuff being sold on the small counters.

On our way back we picked up a couple of movies - "chicken little" and "madagascar."

Started with madagascar and in between went over to another relative's place - around 8PM - for coffee and to pick up some stuff my mother had sent. Once back home we watched “chicken little” and feasted on some fantastic vegetarian food cooked by my cook. Crashed in bed around 1 AM.

Hi,

Christmas was really "adventurous" for me as I ended up being bashed by my elder brother and I yelling all obscenities possibly known to man. Hehe... Well, the reason it's so funny is that for days I have been wondering as to where did our (my bro and me) relationship go. The kinds we had when we both were still in school and our life consisted of fighting over T.V remotes, lunch, dinner, breakfast, clothes(who tears whose favourite clothes in a fit of anger!!), and if life wasn't any difficult for my parents, our schools too (which happened to be big time rivals of each other!!). The "fights", no matter how brutal and painful, is exactly what kept the essence of our relationship alive and for years, ever since I finished school, that is, almost 5-6 years now, we have never fought, much to the relief of my parents! My mom spoke endlessly of how life had been peaceful in the past 5-6 years that we never fought. And now, for my parents, the horrible days are back again.

Well the Christmas day that I got bashed up and tried very unsuccessfully to bash my brother up too(he's way too strong, I get my way through words!!), I was visibly upset after being slapped and twisted in many directions and was upset till yesterday till it dawned on me, "Hey!! Just like the old days!!" ha ha. Now I am all cheered up after 2 days of sulking and starving!!

Looks like Santa gave me my present! No worried if we never fight again, at least once, I got to relive the old days with my big (way too big!) strong KumbhKaran Brother!! :D :D

Regards,

Vinisha.

Grrr.........
spend the day at the Airport.Was trying to go to Delhi...
I sat in the plane,seatbelts on,mighty pleased with myself....and was thrown out...Thanks to the Fog.
Atleast i ate the sweets and candies offered....
Meri christmas.....Brrrrr thi...

hi everyone

my xmas was fun n perfect

well, i got up at around 8 (ya..it is unusual of me to get up so early on a holiday.)

did a lil TP with mom, wished my mom ...dad came home from his walk by 9 and got plum cake for all

i took a bath too (highly unlikely of me to have a morning bath on a holiday..believe me) and put on my xmas t-shirt :wink: (yes...i do have one of those, its white and has a cute polar bear and xmas tree and small bells and a christmasy feel to it.)

thn had nice chucnks of plum cake and read the paper

ther was a xmas movie "too cool for Christmas" - saw that and lil bit of "love actually"

it was lunch time around 2...we were supposed to go to my mom's friends place..but that got cancelled

my maternal aunt and her children came around 3. and we spent time talking and teasing each other.

also..we baked cookies. it was ffun.

and baking cookies with 2 small kids is not an easy task.

believe u me.

if i was able to keep one away frm the choc chips...the other outdid me

anyway. it came out fine...

then everyone decided to go visit the mall...honestly...i hate the mall. really..i absolutely think of it as the most happeneing but also very boring.

i rather go to the small shop nearby.atleast the shopkeeper knows me well and greets me with a big smile.so i decided not to go.i Also feel like betraying him if i go to the mall :wink:

anyway..they gave me threats and sat on my head...but mall is jus not the place to spend time..and i had some homeowrk left.i decided to do that and chat with my bro, who gets time only on sunday being a holiday.

it was around 10 at nite...my bro was showing me pics of his xmas tree and the snow.

n my parents came back frm the mall. tired and exhausted.it was apparently very very crowded and they kept losing each other.

and guess what they got me. A BIG RED HEART SHAPED BALLOON.i AM sooo happy...i cldnt stop smiling.

i got so psyched...i also clicked a snap with it..hihihihihih

but it was the coolest Xmas.

all in all...a very mery xmas.

also...a xmas miracle...on 24th nite. i cldnt find my watch. i cld hear the beep every hour....but had no clue.my table was a lil untidy..as on 24th dec..

i did search for 10 mins...but my search was fruitless.

and at around 12...i got up to keep my diary back ..and i heard the beep..

HALLELUJAH.

xmas miracle..

it was in my bag.. front pocket.

that watch is precious and ...lol....xmas miracle..i got my watch..:)

looking foward the new year.

hi

This X mas is very special to me as I had celebrated this Xmas with 4 diffrent nationalities and 3 diffrent races

I had not invited anybody as I thought of two things (i) This is not my country (I am in Kuwait), (ii) I should not invoke any bad response to my friends circle

But to my surprise I got midnight greetings sms from my kuwaity student followed by a string of wishes from diffrent friends and subordinates , overwhelmed by this I decided for a evening high TEA at oneof the coffe shop, Again my anticipations were shattered as I found my philippine friend arrived at first and became usher for other friends

The british manager along with his wife , the russian sales manager of my client whom with I had only few weeks of aquaintance, The egyptian friend , My senior and subordinate from palastine , my client kuwaity with his leboneese wife and top of all 2 of my Kuwaity students are the main members of this get together

What is pertinent is that we wll talked about xmas celeberations of their native lands , climate of kuwait, new songs and albums, Importance of technical education in kuwait,and many personal matters

We never talked about relegions , faiths . We never rememberd the kuwait inavasion and its effects

We forget that all we are from diffrent regions of world

Before finishing up the philipine friend sung a beautiful song in english , leboneese lady danced with full heart, followed by egyptian's arabic song and the russian lady gave a speech about Xmas in english

Conclusion : Lesson learnt from this Xmas

world is so small in side a friends circle. Love and let love by others

I will never forget this XMas forever

karunadasp

"SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT"

During World War I, in the winter of 1914, on the battlefields of Flanders, one of the most unusual events in all of human history took place. The Germans had been in a fierce battle with the British and French. Both sides were dug in, safe in muddy, man-made trenches six to eight feet deep that seemed to stretch forever.

All of a sudden, German troops began to put small Christmas trees, lit with candles, outside of their trenches. Then, they began to sing songs. Across the way, in the "no man's land" between them, came songs from the British and French troops. Incredibly, many of the Germans, who had worked in England before the war, were able to speak good enough English to propose a "Christmas" truce.

The British and French troops, all along the miles of trenches, accepted. In a few places, allied troops fired at the Germans as they climbed out of their trenches. But the Germans were persistent and Christmas would be celebrated even under the threat of impending death.

According to Stanley Weintraub, who wrote about this event in his book, Silent Night, "signboards arose up and down the trenches in a variety of shapes. They were usually in English, or - from the Germans - in fractured English. Rightly, the Germans assumed that the other side could not read traditional gothic lettering, and that few English understood spoken German. 'YOU NO FIGHT, WE NO FIGHT' was the most frequently employed German message. Some British units improvised 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' banners and waited for a response. More placards on both sides popped up."

A spontaneous truce resulted. Soldiers left their trenches, meeting in the middle to shake hands. The first order of business was to bury the dead who had been previously unreachable because of the conflict. Then, they exchanged gifts. Chocolate cake, cognac, postcards, newspapers, tobacco. In a few places, along the trenches, soldiers exchanged rifles for soccer balls and began to play games.

It didn't last forever. In fact, some of the generals didn't like it at all and commanded their troops to resume shooting at each other. After all, they were in a war. Soldiers eventually did resume shooting at each other. But only after, in a number of cases, a few days of wasting rounds of ammunition shooting at stars in the sky instead of soldiers in the opposing army across the field.

For a few precious moments there was peace on earth good will toward men. All because the focus was on Christmas. Happens every time. There's something about Christmas that changes people. It happened over 2000 years ago in a little town called Bethlehem. It's been happening over and over again down through the years of time.

Wow! This must be the most beautiful sight ever. What qualifies it as being truly beautiful is that amidst the hatred, bloodshed and grief, there is something magical that makes the warriors drop their weapons and sing "Silent Night, Holy Night".
Is it really magic....or would it be the most wonderful example of human will?? Of course, most of us would love to call it magic.
Regards,
Vinisha.

I think it's something about that ultimate power we call god. People don't have much faith now a days and I think that is what makes us feel inadequate and thus the show of power, greed and countless other vices.

Let me tell you guys about an incident. One of my very close friends was going through a very difficult time and she was talking to me about how everything was so meaningless and how everything just falls apart when you think things are going to be good. I was trying to console her but nothing seemed to help her in any way. She was just so low. So I asked her - "Would you still be so troubled and think that there is nothing good in this life if god was your friend or if you found out that a very close friend of yours, who cares a lot about you, is god." She went silent for sometime and then she said "No". I didn't have to say anything else to her and we somehow understood that things will be better soon - somehow.

That very close friend is now my girlfriend - three years now. And hopefully we'll get married soon [as soon as her father :dry: comes to senses and sees I'm not that bad a guy :) ]

Hi,
"The ultimate power called God". God is our word for faith. We usually look around us, rather than within us, for something to give us that hope... that faith to live, to achieve and to be happy. The mere thought of a God being there restores our faith in life.
Are we incapable of preserving our faith by ourselves, without looking outside ourselves for it? I wonder what an Atheist does.
And hey, Wish you best of luck in convincing her father! Hope you get married pretty soon to her. :)
Regards,
Vinisha.

aaah..simple thing CHR...ask her dad to come online and check out this site...
problem solved :wink: