Christmas time is upon us

In my culture, I'm actually already a month and a half late. Christmas cheer would have been strong and alive in my old neighborhood by mid October.

But here, in a land miles away from family and many friends... me and my flatmates had our annual "put up the Christmas tree and ornaments."


"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?

It came without ribbons. It came without tags.
It came without packages, boxes or bags.

And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.
What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."

-- Dr. Seuss