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Originally posted by: panchan

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Choose one title
1. The Beginning
2. How did it start at all?
3. The midnight travellers at Valasa

It was just another winter morning for town Valasa, where people never have taken much note to the calendar, as they knew their lives will never get over the usual course...the usual suffering, the usual deprivation, the usual hopelessness and above all...the usual fate. Lives were gloomy and the lights of festival never could overrun it...
But Simmi was different among them. Always, she wanted to win over their ill fate. "Mummy, can we celebrate Xmas this year? Please?." she asked her mother who was stitching a torn blouse which has already been stitched several times. " no dear, we can't afford that..." "but mummy.." "don't argue with me! You know its a luxury for us..we can't even think of it!" her voice raised and it waa harsher this time. "I'm sorry Mummy. I didn't want to hurt you..I just wanted to...wanted to..." then her voice gave in. Her mother hugged her as tears rolled down from her eyes.
They're interrupted by a voice outside. "Is there anyone here? Can you come out please? We need help."
Simmi and her mother came out & found a big group of 11 unknown people were standing outside, all looked so tensed and hopeful at the same time. "Yes?" simmi's mother answered.
"We were going to nearby city but lost our way & ended up here." said one of them. "Ohh..you won't have any transport at the night and there's no hotel here. You can see this a small town where mostly poor people dwell. No tourists come here." The travellers' faces dropped but soon lit up with smiles when simmi said "No problem, you all can stay here tonight." Her mother gazed her hesitantly. "Don't worry we've our foods and beddings with us. We just need a roof." Simmi's mother smiled weakly now " this is a old abandoned house. No one lives here so we and few poor families like us are allowed to stay. See if you can find any suitable place.."
"Thank you so much. We'll manage with this." they said grinning.
After having dinner they all gathered together to discuss their plan for which they came. "I can't really wait anymore to get into the city tomorrow. They have arranged grand Christmas party there & we're stuck here." Abhishek said with pout. "I'm already dreaming of the foods.. Yum yum!" said Roshni dreamily. "yes..but guys don't you think we should thank the people who gave us shelter?" Taani said "we will give them money, seeing their condition I feel they badly need it!" Swara whispered.
"Yah but don't you all think we better give them a chance to celebrate Christmas?? Their lifestyle is worse than I had thought..our effort will at least make the depressed kids happy." Sandhya spoke sadly.
"Ya I agree. I will call the children tomorrow & will tell them about Christmas and it's true meaning. Hope that will add up some interest." Hrideyy smiled assuring.
"And then we can surprise them with a play and dinner? What say?" Titli asked excitedly. "I second that. Let's celebrate this Christmas differently. If we're successful, that will be real Christmas celebration for us friends." Prateeti suggested thoughtfully. Rest of them nodded in agreement.
Next morning the met met the strangers. Some were eager, some were dubious, some were scared while rest had no feelings at all.
"So.." Hrideyy stood to speak up "Please children listen carefully what I'm saying.."
One of the children interrupted "Are you going to give us food or money?"
"no. I'm going to give u knowledge..knowledge about Christmas." Deepu asked "What will we do knowing about the event which only rich people can celebrate?"
"I wish we could celebrate like them too!" Rajan said in a low voice.
"Kids, this year you will celebrate! We're here to give you the chance." Titli said with a warm smile.
"What will we have to do?" they were totally boggled. This was the last thing they has expected.
"Nothing much. Just follow what we say!! First of all take this. This is an invitation for tomorrow's Xmas party." Tani distributed the cards.

*invitation siggy*

After that Hridey started narrating the story of Christmas and Santa Claus. The little lips curled to build up smiles and their eyes sparkled with amusement.

Decorating a house in anticipation of Christmas is almost as f u n as opening presents on Christmas morning. Decorating gives the s p i r i t of Christmas and adds f e s t i v e flair and c h e e r to the these underprivileged children.

For many years trees decorated with o r n a m e n t s and lights have been a part of Christmas festivities. Christmas tree, called evergreen trees, wreaths and garlands are s y m b o l s of everlasting l i f e. Instead of the Team A n n a C a r e creating a Christmas Tree for the kids, we assured that these kids have the opportunity to d e c o r a t e the tree! We started off the decorations of the Christmas tree with the ornaments.

R i b b o n s will the strapped across the T r e e from the top to the bottom in a circular motion. With the ribbon, we created b o w s. Bows represents b o n d of g o o d w i l l that ties everyone t o g e t h e r, forever.

C o l o u r f u l beads help form v a r i e t y of ornaments. With b e a d s attached to the m e t a l strings, various star styled ornaments were created.

A Christmas Tree is i n c o m p l e t e without a s t a r. The star, placed on t o p of the tree was s h i n i n g brightly.

Created by basic school s u p p l i e s , white paper and scissors, it is made by folding piece of paper several times, then cutting out a p a t t e r n with scissors and later u n f o l d i n g it. These s n o w f l a k e s will be spread across the room to give a t r a d i t i o n a l seasonal image and to represent W h i t e C h r i s t m a s.

It's hard to think of Christmas without the p r e s e n c e of c a n d l e s. They were spread across the room.

V a s e s filled with f l o w e r s were placed on the dining t a b l e.

It was surely a b e a u t i f u l s i g h t. The room l i t up with bright colours, but, not as bright as those s m i l e s of the children.