Yuletide Season

                                          Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
                                              Jingle all the way!
                                         Oh, what fun it is to ride
                                         In a one-horse open sleigh...!!

The yuletide season has rung in and everyone knows C is for christmas cakes and caps, carols and cribs, candles and candies and ofcourse the ubiquitous bells and stars. Christmas has become a day of celebration to all now. It doesn't matter whether you are a christian or not. Stars and lights are on in majority homes as decoration items. Truly the month of December does usher in fun in all its elements. There is nip in the air, spring in the feet and joy in the heart. The weather too is mood enhancing and inspite of commodities, recession is passe'.

Now, I am reminded of the Christmas celebration in my school. Being a Christian school it is, there will usually be a grand celebration for Christmas. Any one of our teachers would dress up like Santa and come around the school at the end of celebration. They won't reveal their identity. After the celebration, we go after every teacher to ask who the real person is. There would be spontaneous wave of euphoria.

The festive cheer has started again after Diwali.

There's more, much more to Christmas than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship that brightens all year, Its thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, For undersatnding, And for goodwill to men !