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Helping Mumma and Dadda with Christmas Decorations!

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December is my favorite month. My city looks so vibrant, colorful and positive unlike the rest of the year. There is cheerfulness and happiness in everyone around.  The lights on the houses, the big red bows in department store windows, and the bright reds and greens all over the restaurants makes me so happy from within that I keep telling Dadda that I want to spend the night in the streets and explore the city.  This is my second Christmas and I told Mumma and Dadda to buy me decorative items so that I could decorate our house. So here we go shopping for our Christmas decorations!

To begin with our Christmas celebration Dadda told me the significance of the festival. We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with traditions drawn from Christianity as well as other ones personal to our own family. Each family I know follows many of the same traditions as we do. My Christmas is special because of these very traditions which we have formed as a family, like having meals together and decorating our houses to name a few. He also told me about Santa clause one who comes from as far as the North Pole in a carriage flown by reindeers and distributes gifts to children. Now I am a little worried about who will tell Santa Clause what I want as a gift. Dadda told me not to worry about it as he understands our wishes through our prayers. So I am a little relieved!

Nonetheless we begin with buying a special new tree decoration. Christmas spirit is everywhere with the onset of December, the shops play festive music and are usually decorated down to the last detail. Mumma said we should also focus on outdoor Christmas tree decoration. For that we need Electric lights which are a great choice for outdoor Christmas tree decoration, because electric lights are durable, and they add color and light to the winter landscape. Dadda then bought me banners, mantle garlands, grapevine and fruit wreath, candles, decorative balls, boxes and many more.

All three of us started with our Christmas tree decorations. We started with the lighting. Then we proceeded with hanging the wreath of grapevine around the tree. Small gift boxes, bulbs, ribbons, bells adorned our beautiful tree. I was spellbound with our creation. We even made orange cloves by wrapping a ribbon around the orange, twisting at the base, to divide the orange into quarters. This was very exciting as I tried this technique out for the first time.

Besides decoration Dadda and Mumma have decided to distribute gifts like sweets, chocolates, greeting cards, Christmas trees, decorative things, etc to the family members, friends, relatives and neighbors. They said that we would enjoy more if we celebrate with everyone around as the festival is about spreading happiness. We have also made a list of activities like games, songs to play and list of invitees whom we would be inviting at our home for Christmas. Come lets us all celebrate and spread the message of peace and togetherness around.



My First Visit to Agra

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Visiting new places is always fun. The best part is I get my days off from school. I have often been told by Dadda and Mamma that Agra is a very beautiful place. I was very happy when they told me that this time our vacation in India would involve a trip to Agra. My parents have always told me how our country is rich in cultural heritage and the importance of exploring them. So here I was, very excited to begin my journey.

After we reached Agra, Dadda told me about the Taj Mahal besides other things to see here. He also told me that my trip to Agra would be incomplete without me visiting it. So it was the first thing in my to-do list in Agra.

My Experience at the Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal was a whole white marble building with a watercourse running through gardens in front. We went down the staircase that guides us down through the monument. There we saw the graves of the king and the queen under the dome in a dark chamber. The walls were decorated with multicolored pieces of glass and couplets form the Quran. The four minarets stood as watch men at each of the main building.

We visited the Taj again that night the next day. Its beauty was all the more enhanced in the silvery light of the moon. It was a memorable scene. I was thrilled to see its reflections in the river Yamuna. Mumma told me that this was built by Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his wife, Mumtaz.

I asked Dadda who they were. He said, they were some King and Queen of the Mughal Era. For once I thought I was in a different time zone and could feel living in their times. I closed my eyes and opened them again to find it was a reality Nay! It was to a dream.

Getting Around Agra

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This is how my visit to the Taj Mahal was.  It was time for me to explore the rest of the city. Dadda took us to a place called Sadar bazaar for shopping. Here I saw marble stone and inlay works. There were very big emporiums too. We also attended a music and dance show in the evening.

It was so nice that I wanted to stay there for more but Mumma said we should hurry up, as there were more places to see. Next we went to a restaurant called Park where we had good Chinese food. Mumma gifted me a nice replica of the Taj Mahal to take back home with us.

We had to bid goodbye to Agra. I must say our holiday was wonderful although we had very few days to spend.  A feeling of sadness took over me that I have to leave that place but Nani says everything has to come to an end to give rise to new experience. I am all the more eager to share my story with my friends. Thank you Mumma and Dadda for this beautiful memory!