The Christmas mood which had set in since the Juno-X’mas Night came to a climax on Christmas Eve when NUJS celebrated the festival in its own special way. The Boys’ Mess which was the venue for the celebrations was bedecked with Christmas decorations – a result of the effort put in by some of the First and Second years who had worked all through the afternoon. Though the forty-five minute power cut just an hour before the starting time of the event gave everyone a scare, they didn’t let any of it dampen their Christmas spirit and the mess looked like it had never looked before.
The event, which was organised jointly by the Cultural Committee and the Mess Committee, and emceed by Abhisar Bairagi began at around seven. There were ten carols sung by the choir consisting of excited First years and Second years, with Joseph and Rahul Varghese on the guitar and synthesiser respectively. Starting with ‘Joy to the World’, the choir then sang ‘O come all ye faithful’, ‘Angels we have heard on high’ ,’Silent night’, ‘Away in a manger’, ‘Rudolph the red nosed reindeer’, ‘Santa Claus is coming to town’, ‘O Holy Night’ (duet by Zothanpui and Udit), ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’. Many of the General Body had made an effort to attend the programme by squeezing time out of their pre-planned arrangements for the evening and they responded with boundless enthusiasm to the programme. They sang, they swayed, they aaawwwed when ‘Rudolph the red nosed reindeer’ came on the stage and they clapped and laughed along, when Santa did his little gig.
There have been significant changes in the way NUJS celebrated Christmas this year- it was bigger, merrier and also yummier! Here’s hoping that these changes are here to stay in the way of a tradition in the years to come. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
- Sakshi Agarwal (First Year)
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