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A season to celebrate

It is Holiday time and looking around, you can sense the festive mood setting in, already. Visiting friends and family, vacations to plan, gifts to buy, parties to prepare for and of course, the money to cover all these - will be the things occupying the minds of millions of people, this season. Kicking off the holiday season is Christmas, a day marked by giving and receiving gifts and more importantly a joyous occasion for everyone to spend time with family and friends. As I drive around Lexington’s busy Hamburg shopping district, I can see people thronging restaurants and shops, filling the air with the holiday buzz and excitement. Stores and buildings decorated with elegant Christmas wreaths offer a beautiful sight for the eye in red and green. Stars and flashy lights dangling in my neighbors’ patios remind me of the jolly days I had in my hometown back in India, during " Diwali " (The Festival of Lights), the "Christmas" for Hindus , if you will. ‘Feel-good’ mov