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Christmas 2006

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Note: This post is not related to Malaysian food. Writings on Malaysian food will resume when I am back from my vacation.

I’ve always enjoyed spending Christmas in Los Angeles with family. Christmas eve is spent reverently at church, and on Christmas day, we tear open the pile of gifts lying beneath the Christmas tree. Once we are done with the unwrapping, we end up with two big bags – one with all our gifts, and the other, our contribution to paper recycling.


This year was no different. The family knows that I have an unnatural obsession with snowmen, so I got my usual dosage of snowman gifts. I also received a bunch of iPod accessories for which I’m very thankful!


Christmas lunch consisted of a Malaysian spread of mutton mysore and other accompaniments. There were some non-Malaysians among us, so the Malaysian meal was a treat for them. For me, the meal was certainly comfort food! I admit, I do have a weakness for Malaysian food. The aroma of spices, the waft of belacan and other olfactory imagery get me excited.


There were, of course, the requisite Christmas cookies baked lovingly by Dennis. 🙂


A blessed Christmas to one and all.

Where has that old friend gone?

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 As I listen to Josh Groban’s February Song, I feel a little wistful that I will not be spending Christmas in Malaysia this year.  This year, I shall be in a country where reindeer skim the rooftops and Santa Claus and The Three Wise Men sing carols to Baby Jesus. Gardens will be filled with blinking ornaments signifying the holidays.  Plastic snowmen will share the limelight with real snowmen.  Snow angels will abound in freshly strewn sidewalks, touched by the soft breath of snow.  Houses will look like visions from wonderland with candy canes and gaily decorated christmas trees that peep through the bay windows.

Is it fair to lament the bastardisation of Christmas?

This will be my third Christmas there.  And I am still in awe at the lengths that people will go to. I shall be taking a 3 week break from blogging, but I most definitely will be back with lots more to write about.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, folks!