It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… and though it’s 2020, No Grinch (Covid or otherwise) has ever taken the Christmas spirit away from Bandra and hopefully never will.
‘The Road Show’ a Christmas tradition started on St. Anthony’s Road in the year 2000 goes to a virtual level this year and then some.
In true Bandra spirit, there will be several ‘verticals’, each handled by some very talented Bandra enthusiasts who have broken the internet and geographical boundaries and uncorked the bubbly spirit of a Bandra Christmas and let it spill over the entire world.
Here we go a carolling!
Music has always been in Bandra’s bloodline. And carol singing even more so! With ‘A Very Bandra Christmas’, we have choirs and soloists, duets and families, from all corners of the globe turning in their Christmas videos and making the earth resound with the sound of their music. Traditional and modern carols will be featured and We Transfer and Google Drive have never worked so hard to bring Bandra talent the world over on a single platform!
Sssh! It’s a secret! Santa
The spirit of giving was never a problem for the St Anthony’s Road Show… year after year, gifts poured in… and now with a virtual show, Secret Santa’s have poured out of the woodwork again as Mr Claus (with his ‘New Normal’ look of facemask and sanitised gloves) distributed his gifts in a rickshaw given by the generous spirit that is Bandra. It’s still a mystery how goodies have been trickling in making this section of the show a truly heartfelt one.
O Holy Night
Christmas can never be complete without the reason for celebrating it…The birth of Christ.
So this part of the show brings together pastors, priests and laypeople to infuse the show with a healing and joyful spirit. Much needed in these times!
“You can take Sandra out of Bandra…”
The late 1990s saw mass migrations to distant shores – Auckland, Mississauga, Melbourne… creating mini Bandra diaspora all across the globe. Suddenly this year, distances don’t matter.
Happy to share their favourite Christmas memories about their hometown, this section of the show will feature these NRB’s (Non-resident Bandraites) recounting the experiences they have revisited many times in their mind. A Zoom call from Bazaar road connects as fast as one from Dubai, Denmark or IC Colony Borivali so did a single WhatsApp message went viral and had everyone sending in videos of their very special Bandra Christmas.
From our house to yours…
Through Gmail and WhatsApp, Christmas postcards have poured in from the Misquittas in Mississauga, the Sequeiras from Sydney, the Azavedos from Auckland and the D’souzas from Dubai… each one sending greetings, family pictures and Christmas postcards laden with love.
Deck the halls with boughs of Holly…
Christmas in Bandra is synonymous with decorations… from the larger than life Christmas star to the homemade cribs complete with little statuettes to the more modern display of twinkling lights on neighbourhood streets, this part of the show features the best Christmas décor that Bandra has to offer. We go into Bandra homes and gardens to check out their decorations and have even lined up some very crafty Bandra folk to show us how to make some easy DIY decorations that can grace your tree. Save yourself a trip to Hill Road and be inspired by our crafters this year!
There’s Dancer and Prancer…
That don’t have a chancer!
When they watch this segment of the show…
So what if the Christmas dance at the Bandra Gym is cancelled this year, Bandra puts its best foot forward as both young and old shake a leg to some good old Christmas tunes!
Kul kuls frying on an open fire…
Christmas recipes, though safely guarded in dog eared cook books, now get revealed as we enter the kitchens of home chefs as they share in the true spirit of a Bandra Christmas, tongue-tickling delicacies that have graced their tables during family Christmas lunches.
T’ was the night before Christmas… and all through the house…
Not a creature was stirring except for the sound of the keyboard and the creative talent of story writers hard at work, churning out Bandra Christmas stories.
A team of very illustrious elves have been hard at work bringing to you the spirit of A Very Bandra Christmas.
And tying together these various segments with a huge colourful bow will be the hosts of the show and sprinkling it with tinsel will be the live audience interaction as we come to you live on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
If you would like to be a part of any of these verticals, write to us at [email protected].
A very Bandra Christmas will kick off on the 11th of Dec and run thru till the 22nd December.
Social distancing? Naah! Our hearts are going to be connected all through the season. Are you gonna be there?
