Summer Christmas

I write this as I tune in to the Bengali news channels to view Christmas celebrations in West Bengal. A channel is now showing the glittering streets of Park Street.

I’m sharing the Christmas corner of my living room, dimly illumed with both artificial and real candles. You’ll also get more sneak peeks into what I look like in this infographic.

As the clock chimes to midnight in India, I’m pondering over Christmas around the globe, more so in the southern hemisphere. The archetypal card image that many conjure of Christmas is of a snowy white landscape.

Many countries enjoy a Christmas of sunshine, sun, sand, fun and frolic. There sandmen and women are carved out on the beach instead of Frosty the Snowman. People go camping and hold open-air barbeques. There are Xmas parades in the sun. You’ll see people surfing the warm seas, snorkelling, diving and sun tanning. Jungle safaris are organized. People cycle, rollerblade and walk by promenades instead of skiing down the mountain slope. Any tree may be decked as a Christmas tree. Coloured rice is cooked and eaten. As glasses clink, the tango is performed. Lanterns light the streets and homes.

Whereas many may spend Christmas in a log cabin by the fireside on a snowy vale, others may be in swimwear by the pool in the southern hemisphere. You’re most welcome to dream of a white Christmas but can fantasize about a sunny Xmas with colourful bright flowers as well.

If you still want a snowy Christmas, go to Antarctica where penguins snowmen and women are made. The naughtiest of these frozen sculptures is a clone copy of @indian.devil.angel on Instagram.  

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https://pixabay.com/photos/child-black-black-white-face-2093023/: Image by kone kassoum from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/west-australian-christmas-tree-native-2976235/: Image by Stephanie Ward from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/nativity-scene-christmas-crib-516816/: Image by falco from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/vectors/snowman-yellow-sandman-turban-hot-42656/: Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/santa-claus-at-beach-3760198/: Image by Please Don't sell My Artwork AS IS from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/barbecue-barbeque-bbq-beef-1239146/: Image by Shutterbug75 from Pixabay 

https://pixabay.com/photos/latin-dance-tango-ballroom-929817/: Image by habanera dance from Pixabay 

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