what does christmas mean to an american desi?

Christmas is one of the worst days for a desi in america.Even though its a holiday,there is no chance of any kind of shopping.The doors of the Kohls,target,Bestbuys which welcome us during every other holiday is tightly shut and thers no sign of any deals on the major websites for that day.
It is akin to the Bandh days in India with all shops closed and the roads vacant.
The worst of all feelings is when I log on to my messenger windows and find no person online.I realise that its a holiday in India too for christmas and all the hard working chat buddies from TCS,CTS and infosys and dont attend work!!
The Thai restaurants and the mexican restaurants which usually have their "OPEN" signs well lit are all closed and the worst part which adds insult to injury is the board saying " will reopen on 27th".It is cold and totally irritating to even go out to the gas stations for junk food.
How I wish the local temple here had some special pooja/archanai for Jesus's birthday and notified us through the local dailies or sulekha.com about the free prasadham timings.
Oh..Jesus..why did u have to be born on a week day and why shud it be declared an holiday...pls spare us desis..
-raapi

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