Pole vault

Festive spirit, snow abound on the ground and falling from the skies, trees aglow, stars in the sky and some atop houses, gifts galore and of course, the goody Santa Claus. The Christmas cheer is here.

Except for the snow and ice, all the other ingredients that go with the Jesus Christ's birthday celebrations are there everywhere here. The wintry chill barely makes up for the snow, isn't it? Hold on, there was one place in the twin cities which decided to celebrate Christmas the way it is observed in the colder climes. One that has snowflakes, a good amount of them and thick solid blocks of ice.

This was at the Jubilee Hills International Centre where Event Ragas put up a `North Pole' show. Since even in the hills, it is unimaginable to make the snow fall, they had an alternative in cotton wool and thermocol particles for the make-believe white stuff. It wasn't a deterrence for children to roll around and put some onto themselves!

Giving them company was the big snowman with its enigmatic smile. The older ones were jiving to the music set up by the DJ who had the company of two Santa Clauses - the traditional one and the gorgeous one who took upon herself to belt out the `Maria...Marias..' and the Hindi clones...

There were games and foodstalls thrown in and ticket takers were given 10 hours of Internet time free by Vedaonline. And, prizes were there for mocktail mixes with Pepsi and the dancing kings and queens to usher in X mas.

By V. Geetanath

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