{"id":260,"date":"2013-12-26T10:31:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T05:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=260"},"modified":"2014-06-23T23:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T18:26:16","slug":"christmas-in-pondicherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Pondicherry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_259\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-259\" class=\"wp-image-259 \" style=\"margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; vertical-align: middle;\" title=\"Christmas_in_Pondicherry\" src=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/xmas004.jpg\" alt=\"xmas004\" width=\"448\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/xmas004.jpg 640w, https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/xmas004-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><span id=\"inserted512\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span id=\"inserted3738\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Cakes, cookies, carols and celebrations. As the end of the year approaches, the yuletide is in the air. Christmas! Fairy lights adorn the store fronts, beautifully lit up stars sway to the evening breeze from the balconies of different houses and the smell of cakes and cookies waft through the kitchens as we walk down the streets. Christmas trees of various shapes and sizes, decked up with lights and crystals and bells can be seen in many houses. Children of all ages wait with anticipation and excitement for their gifts from Santa Claus. Some people dress up as Santa Claus and hand out gifts either for entertainment or as part of a social service.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5; font-size: 14px;\">Hundreds of people gather in churches to attend the mass and offer their prayers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5;\">The Inquirer team went around Pondicherry on Christmas eve and Christmas. The video takes you to different churches and Pondicherry&#8217;s Rock Beach where we interviewed people on what Christmas means to them and how they celebrate it. Here is what they had to say.<\/span><\/span> \u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Celebrations in Pondicherry\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4R2JcFiiV_A?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span id=\"inserted7563\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Photo: Sunitha Devi S<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Camera: Habeeb Rahman YP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Voice-over: Sunitha Devi S<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Editing: Habeeb Rahman YP<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Krishnaveni Ilanthirayan<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">1st MA Mass Communication<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in?action=genpdf&amp;id=260\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/puinquirer.edu.in\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cakes, cookies, carols and celebrations. As the end of the year approaches, the yuletide is in the air. Christmas! 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