December...Lovely December...

December; the end of the year... Sometimes I have thought, the ending and beginning of a year is not so significant, since a 'year' is just another way of keeping time.
I have always believed that traditional calenders which mark the agricultural and astronomical patterns are much more realistic than some emperor guys changing the calender to suit their tastes! (But this calls for a complete blog, so more later...)
This December was made wonderful by the joy and love that a bunch of trans-cultural explorers, infused in all of us.
Zoom to : Dinner time : I'm whispering to G, "Can we go Xmas caroling 'round the village?"
With Jannet, the organizer as the driving force, that whisper grew to downloading carols from the internet, practice sessions with pathetic efforts at singing 'Silent Night' (Except for Tara, who sings like a sweet lil birdie, shy and so beautiful), Gautham's funny histrionics with the 'Rudolf' song, German carols by Marsilia & Frank, everyone singing 'Yahoodiyayile' in their wonderful Malayalam and dressing up Rajeesh as the Santa, thoughtful Jannet making toffee-filled stars for kids, the two angels-in-white, Alexandra & Soumya, the drummers, and kids joining in the carol group... It grew into a lovely night singing under the stars (though the singing was a bit off-key and the drumming was maddening at times).
Then there was the Xmas feast, which I sadly missed, we went home to bangalore to amma's feast... :)

(To be continued...)