We
wish you a Merry X知as!
X知as
means fun and frolic.
It also marks the beginning
of another year. X知as
means cookies, cakes,
chocolates and Santa.
The
movers and shakers of
the small screen reveal
their X知as plans and
some even lament on
the X知as that was.
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Rupali
Ganguly
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Christmas
means:
Oh! I am an ardent follower of
this festival. I love to believe
in Santa Claus.
Any special
planning for this year's Christmas:
Actually this Christmas I am busy
shooting for Ek Packet Umeed.
I am planning to go to Carol's
house though I have not told her.
Actually it is her birthday on
28th December. I just hope I get
sometime off from my shooting
to go meet her on her birthday.
On
the fading essence of traditional
festivals:
To me Christmas is not just
about partying. The spirit of
Christmas is in giving so we
buy each other gifts. I have
always been a greedy child.
As a kid I always asked my mamma
to buy me gifts that I used
to decide on much earlier. Now
also I make everybody buy me
gifts. We just celebrate it
with love and togetherness.
It is about wishing your dear
ones the best in life.
My
contribution to the festival
to keep it alive:
I buy gifts for my loved ones
and pray for their good. I decorate
my house. When I was younger
I got the Bible from some one
and I liked it so much that
I read it twice. I just believe
in Christmas.
Best
Christmas party I ever had:
The best Christmas was the one
that we celebrated in the Bigg
Boss' house. It was fun as I
celebrated it with my very good
friend Carol. She read the Bible
and we sang carols. I also remember
that Carol's mother had sent
all of us some gifts. So it
was great fun. There I realised
that small things are so important
which you tend to overlook in
life. Things are not important
but people are important.
Childhood
memory that I can recall of
this special occasion:
I remember as a kid I used to
give a cake to my teachers that
my mamma used to make. I used
to give it to my principal Ms.
Teresa, who was very strict
and did not speak much but somehow
I used to like her. Then there
was Ms. Catherine who taught
me to speak in English as we
always used to chat in Marathi.
One
thing that I love the most about
Christmas:
I just love three days of celebration
that we have during Christmas.
We actually celebrate Christmas
for three days. 24th December
as you know is a pre-Christmas
celebration, 25th is the D-day
and 26th December is my cousin's
birthday so it's like a family
dinner for all of us on that
day. Oh and I love Santa.
Doing
up my house for Christmas:
I usually do up my house or
we decorate my masi's house.
We put up a beautifully decorated
Christmas tree and do up the
whole house. We decorate everything
in white as that is our theme
for every Christmas. But this
year I will not be decorating
my house as my dogs Cherry and
Krishna are not keeping well.
So this year we will be bringing
in Christmas at my masi's house.
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