Besides the roadside sellers of Santa hats, a few oddly placed fake Christmas trees more likely than not decorated with flowers and white cotton "snow", and the expected department store displays of gringo Santa Clauses dressed in green velvet and cardboard reindeer, Christmas is still a relatively mild force here in India. After Geeta's pranayama class, a group of us went to the fancy smancy hotel, Le Meridian, for Christmas Eve dinner last night. There was a huge assortment of delicious looking dishes. Most of them looked yummier than they actually were and my favorites were clear: the mashed potatoes and the green leaf lettuce. Mmmmmm.
As I sat drinking chai and interneting at the Hotel Chetak (our home internet is down again), a nice Indian man introduced himself as a promotor of international friendship. A perfect greeting on Christmas day: Blessings to you all. May the world be your friend.
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