Christmas fever has gripped the city Gangtok
with various type of celebration from today.
However, people from different parts of the state are rushing
in the state capital to purchase new clothes and Christmas
cakes. The bakeries in the capital town are busy baking cakes
for Christmas. “We have got more than 100 booking orders
for Christmas cake in the past one week so we are busy focusing
only on the cake not other items,” said Mr. Rajesh Agarwal
a bakery owner of Gangtok. “We have employed few other
helpers for at least the Christmas and New Year,” he
added.
On the one side fathers and sisters from missionary schools
and cathedrals are busy preparing for Christmas, which falls
on Tuesday. “We are busy decorating our church and every
evening we are playing carols specially only in rural areas,”
said Ms. Treza Rai, a sister from a local cathedral. “This
year our church completes 25 years so on this occasion we
are distributing some clothes to the orphans and poor children
this Christmas” she added.