Residents decorate homes to celebrate Christmas From Santa caps to decorative items for cribs, shops do brisk business before December 25

Residents decorate homes to celebrate Christmas

From Santa caps to decorative items for cribs, shops do brisk business before December 25

With less than a week left for Christmas, the city is being painted in red. From malls to streets, all nooks and crannies sport Christmas decorations. Even the display windows at the retail outlets feature red and green colours. Residents have also started decorating their houses with various decorative items. For those who have not started yet, Santa caps are easily available. You can simply buy it from a hawker while waiting in your car at a signal. Drive through the city and you will find several vendors selling a variety of items. “I bought Santa caps and other Christmas items from a signal at sector 17, Vashi, a few days back. I bought six Santa caps and items for decorating snowman at reasonable prices. These items are also of decent quality,” Jonita Ravi, a resident of Sanpada, said. These items are also available at the Sanpada and the Nerul signal on Palm Beach Road; Gothi’s junction in Seawoods; and Kharghar. Colourful streamers can be bought at stationery and gift shops. These streamers are available in sparkling silver, red, green copper, gold and blue colours. They cost around Rs25- 40/metre. The price depends on the pattern. Streamers which have cut work and leaf patterns cost around Rs50/metre. “There are gift shops selling Santa masks as well as items for crib decoration. They offer a rich variety of dolls that can be put in the crib. I have bought a set of dolls from Gift Lane in Nerul. They are made of plaster of paris (POP). I got the set for Rs250,” Praisey Sequeira, a resident of Nerul, said. Roselyn Pareira has bought a lantern. “I have purchased it from a store in sector 12, Kharghar. This store offers different types of lanterns and other decorative items. They are reasonably priced,” Roselyn said. One can find good deals at the flea markets in sector 9, Vashi, Nerul station and Kharghar. Items like fur-lined Santa dress, masks, and lanterns designed like cribs, are available here.