"During the month of of December, people constantly wished us 'Merry Christmas' in that automatic way. If we said that we didn't celebrate Christmas, we received a cheery 'Happy Hanukkah.' Call us Scrooge, but we didn't celebrate that either."
One of my favorite parts of Children of the River is when Sundara admits that her mother put up Christmas decorations all year long, not knowing that it was Christmas. I realize the only similarity there is that they are talking about the same holiday, I really like it because it shows two immigrant family's attempt at assimilating in to America's biggest holiday.
"I love watching my children count down the days till December 25, a countdown that seems to get harder every time"
Christmas is sooo exciting, and everyone always counts down the hours and days until Christmas. Christmas is so fun and every year, even though you're supposedly more mature, the countdown gets harder and harder to bear.
I imagine it must be hard for people who don't celebrate the holiday to fit in during that time because in our culture we put so much emphasis on it.
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