Christmas

You can't really say christmas has reached Atali - but christmas decorations certainly have. I've never been the biggest christmas maniac, but it seems a lot easier to live with, when christmas is coming in the company of fortysomething rather clueless Indians (when it comes to christmas that is), who still find christmas rather colorful and would like to put up decorations and lights everywhere.

I held them back, so decorations didn't come up till 1. December. They were in charge of that part, I had my own contribution. In the huge box with last years decorations, I found 4 christmas hats. I promised some of the boys a present if they wear them till christmas eve... They were rather reluctant the first couple of days, but as the cold weather has set in (yes, cold!), 4 pixies have joined the staff at Atali and turn up the oddest places. Gotta love it!

Putting up decorations

 Choda Umesh (Small Umesh) put on the hat already on 1. December, most likely because I told him to do so... (in a very nice way).

 Mahendra wasn't either a completely volutary pixy, though, he did surrender for a couple of minutes.

10 days later and 5 degrees colder, Shivpu, Rohit and Rakesh has turned into voluntary pixies. What's not to like? (Jahindra is the fourth wearing a christmas hat, but he wasn't around at picture time).

Actually, Ranaji was the first to go. He got the hat from his son and has been wearing it since some time in November.

PS: Nifle brought me a present, which is waiting for christmas eve to be opened.