.....Jingle Bells....!!!!

.....the grueling, focused, Annual Exams of Carmel Convent Madhupur, the formative yrs tutelage, would end on a high note always, with Socials organised by the Carmelite Sisters, for all the students standard wise....tht was exactly the time whn the thought wud hit upon an otherwise exam laden mind nd impending promotion to a higher class with new sets of books & stationeries, tht Christmas is in the Air....the Socials wud reflect tht, nd the short eats served wud also ring a familiar bell of impending festivity nd holidays....!!!!...how a school can influence a mindset nd behaviour nd mood is all the more relevant even after 40 yrs later....far far away...!!!...as told earlier ,my late father used to ensure tht we visit the Chapel nd Nunnery with a boquet nd Sandesh frm Bardhhaman Mistanna Bhandar :an established legendary sweet meat institution of the small town....on Christmas Day to wish our teachers.....the otherwise out of bounds parlour of the Mother in the Nunnery ;we wud gain entry,ushered in ,made to wait a trifle too long to look around :the wall hangings , artefacts nd victorian furniture.....Mother wud bless us , wish us gud health,a delicious plum cake nd a miniature cask laden with wine....this was our spl moment of Merry Christmas  as a child.....nd it was year aft yr  celebrating Infant Jesus & Christmas with these rituals.....!!!.....Wishing fmly, frnds a Very Merry Christmas.....!!!!