Hello Readers,

With just 1 day left for Christmas, I am sure the Christmas spirit would be soaring high in each one of you! How is the Christmas tree coming along? Know what, this time of the year always brings back memories from my childhood. Would you like to know my fondest Christmas memory?

When I was a kid, I would spend the entire day before Christmas decorating the Christmas tree with my sisters. Those were the times when one did not find Christmas decorations available in the market and if they were available, they certainly weren’t cheap. We would make confetti by cutting coloured sheet of papers into small squares. We used to put cotton all over the tree to make it look like it snowed, because hey, how can it be Christmas without snow? We would buy small, inexpensive gifts for our parents which they had absolutely no use of but were always very happy to receive them. I remember, our mom would pamper us with ‘Archie comics’. Every Christmas morning, we would find a set of three, neatly packed Archie comics under the Aerocaria plant (Indian version of the Christmas tree), and that would make us the happiest trio in the entire world. We would read funny excerpts from the comic books to our parents and would laugh our hearts out.

See, Christmas is about spending time with our family and making memories. Memories so sweet that every time we think of them; it brings a big broad smile on our face – just like its bringing one to mine right now!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Enjoy the edition!

Priyanka