Christmas Vacation

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I hope that you all had a great vacation with lots of fun! I also hope that your christmas has been magical and beautiful.
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This post is about how I celebrated christmas and how I spent my christmas vacation.

Well, I am one of those who sleep late and wake up late, and what happened is that whenever I woke up it was dark outside. And I read books like "Bhagavad Gita" (religious book, hinduism) and "Dhammapada" (religious book, Buddhism). And on the 20th December was my mother's birthday. I had planned to give my mom a special gift and I cooperated with my father, and he said that we will buy the gift on her birthday. I agreed. On the 20th december, in the midnight, daddy gives mom a gift without telling me that he has already bought a gift. Typical fathers! I was mad at him and told him that the Tissot watch he had bought looked old-fashioned, eventhough I knew that it was a classic (well, that's typical me). I insisted to return the watch and buy a new one. I bought a Michael Kors watch, and mom loved it. I wrote a card to her, telling her how wonderful, honest and good hearted she is. People often write things that they don't mean, but I really meant it. She is an ideal person. We went to "Mahayana Asian Dining" for dinner. I just loved the food there! Soooooo tastyyyyy!

Well, I will skip some sleepy days and talk about the main day of Christmas Vacation. In Norway it's Christmas on the 24th december. For some readers it's a aha-moment. Or like PK said "Acchaaaa" (Indian readers will understand this one). Anyways, our house is always clean and tidy due to my mom's "cleaning-disease". She can't resist cleaning, and it doesn't matter whether she is sick or not...she will do it anyway. So, we didn't need to clean that much so we started cooking. Dad marinated turkey and made sauce (The only things he can do when it comes to cooking). My mother made the rest like, christmas sausages, patties, Brussels sprouts, veg mix and veg lasagna(for my grandmother). I decorated the house. Here is the picture.


I didn't want anything as a Christmas gift, and I told my parents that. They were aware of that. I said that all I wanted was some money so that I could donate the money to differnt funds and organizations. I have donated to Red Cross, Save the Children, Malala fund, Global March and Sightsavers. They did give me the money to donate, but also extra money and sweet embroided gloves (because they believe that money isn't a proper gift). My sisters were excited to open the gifts. Well, well, I'm almost a grown-up now.

And then after some days --> New Year's Eve

This New Year's Eve was a bit different. Our family friends from Drammen (A place in Norway) visited us, and celebrated with us. I was really excited! Mother and Father made food, while we kids waited for the fireworks to appear in the sky. We ate food and watched TV before midnight. We opened champagne and then we used fireworks at midnight. It was quite cloudy outside, so I wasn't able to see the other fireworks. I noticed that the air was polluted.

There are things that I didn't mention in the text. I went for skiing, skating and shopping too. I don't have time right now, because the school has started and we have a lot of projects, presentations and homeworks.

We are sorry! We are not able to share pictures due to tecnical problems!

Happy New Year!
May your days be as glittery as diamond, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald, and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.

Life is a dream for the wise,
A game for the fool,
A comedy for the rich,
A tragedy for the poor.

- Sholom Aleichem



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- Ritika Jaswal