Celebrations with Santa

The first thing that comes to my mind is the little ol’ me, wearing a red Santa hat and sing Jingle bells loudly in my school bus.

‘We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’

I don’t know whether it was the holiday spirit or me waiting for magical gifts to appear but I sure made my Christmas song heard all over. And boy, I couldn’t sing at all. But well, Christmas had always been my favourite break and a celebration of happiness, love, togetherness and much more. Here’s why I love Christmas and how it has helped me in more ways than I can count:

Decorations. Like in Diwali, we light up the homes and we do it for Christmas too. Having fairy lights all over the place and the star on the top is the tree decorations. Lighting up the tree and placing a star right on top of it has a deeper meaning for me. A tree is a simple normal one before being decorated and so are we. Just someone simple and nothing to it. Then we wrap the fairy lights around the tree like life wraps us up with different turns in it. We add decorations on the tree and life adds moments. We grow; we learn and become someone better and bigger than what we were. The tree beautifies and spreads life, joy and beauty exactly like us. And then the star at the top. That’s who we really are. A star. And our place is right at the top. What the tree and the decorations try to convey to me is that we have us then life adds layers. Of lights and darkness, of joy and sadness, of moments of decorations and distractions. But in the end, the final picture is worth every effort and struggle you have ever been through. Because to become something magical and right at the top, you have to start from scratch.
Gifts. All I ever needed was an excuse to get gifts and give them. I’ve always celebrated Secret Santa with so much excitement that it gets contagious. Do I believe that there really is a Santa who comes and keeps gifts under the tree and gives me what I wish for? I don’t know but I like to believe so. It keeps the childhood innocence in me alive but more than that it is a belief within me that I like to keep alive. That maybe there is a Santa who gifts me the thing most dear to me. That may be after an entire year full of ups and downs, struggles and sacrifices, compromises and cruelty there is something good and magical waiting for me in the end. And it may not change anything in a large way per se but the stronger the belief, the happier I stay.
Movie Marathons. Safe to say, it’s Home Alone for me. Oh and Polar Express. Well, the list keeps getting longer but these are my favourites. The Polar Express has always been a dream that I have been waiting to come true and Home Alone series is undoubtedly the best one. It makes you realize so many things and there’s a bigger meaning hidden behind every scene. But more than that, it’s the joy and the feeling of content you get after watching it. That smile on your face which stays and the dreams which it adds.
Music. Whether it is listening to Christmas songs or singing Christmas carols, music always adds extra points to everything. Music is something soothing for me. A one-way ticket to feeling a hundred emotions at once. Music is a way to feel togetherness and be with each other. To know that no matter who we are, no matter how bad or good we sing, no matter what our music taste is, in the end, we all are together. We are one.
Christmas plays and stories. Read or watch the stories and tales of Christmas. It’s never too late to know it and if you do, its always fun to have a trip down the history. To watch plays with everyone in their attires and props and give us lessons through plays of the past.
Say Thank You! It’s such a small word but holds such huge value. Gratitude is a feeling which is the most genuine and unmatched one. Thank them. Thank life. Hold its meaning and make your Christmas a lot brighter. Even a small token of gratitude has the power to affect in the biggest ways.

CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

There is a lot more but joy, happiness and love are endless. This festival of snow and Santa make it the most memorable one and become a better version of you.

Nimisha Vora Member since June 14, 2020

Heyy you! This is Nimisha, a girl who loves adventures and would never pass a chance to travel. I believe that each one of us has a story which is worth living and no matter what, there's always a you for yourself.

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