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A Heartwarming response – to the article “YULETIDE – BY CHARMAINE CANDAPPA” Dear Charmaine, Thank you for sharing your childhood memories with us and for your best wishes. You definitely had an amazing time while you were growing up. I also recall fondly the Christmas days I spent in Sri Lanka. I lived in a town that was equally populated with Christians. My wonderful neighbors with nine children were Christians. Their Christmas celebrations were elaborate. Being as curious as I am, I would always actively participate in their celebrations, including joining them and going around my town visiting various households singing the Carol. This was one of the few times my parents would allow me to go around the city in the middle of the night with others. As liberal-minded as they were, we also celebrated Christmas in our own way. My father would bring a Christmas tree home and ...