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Christmas in the Good Old Days In Ceylon – By Noel Crusz Image Source : visitinsrilanka The memories of how Christmas was celebrated in the good old days in Sri Lanka come back to mind. Before the Christmas season the house was painted, the walls white-washed, and with a low black tar edging all-round the rooms. The chairs were re-cushioned. The traveling tailor came to the home, measured the rooms, and made the curtains on our old Singer sewing machine. Red Mansion polish was applied on the red cement floor, which got a shine by rubbing with a heavy handled brush and then mopping with a soft cloth. It was hard work. Cake making was a ritual, where the mother laid the rules and the children offered to help. We ate a good many of the cashew nuts and raisins when no one was looking. Two weeks before Christmas the children ...