The Christmas Carol

Christmas season is on and we all are enjoying it. We love the Christmas because of Santa, The Christmas tree, Chocolate cookies etc. etc. And another very sweet thing that we love on christmas is the christmas carols . A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance-like or popular character. Here are few of my favorite carols with the complete lyrics:-

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas;We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer:
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here:
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas;
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Another very sweet carol that I like is:

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Every body stops
and stares at me
These two teeth are
gone as you can see
I don't know just who
to blame for this catastrophe!
But my one wish on Christmas Eve
is as plain as it can be!
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth!
Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could with you
"Merry Christmas."
It seems so long since I could say,
"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!"
Gosh oh gee, how happy I'd be,
if I could only whistle (thhhh)
All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth,
my two front teeth,
see my two front teeth.
Gee, if I could only
have my two front teeth,
then I could wish you
"Merry Christmas!"

Here is a small one, easy to learn :

Silent Night

Silent night, Holy night,
All is calm, all is bright.'
Round yon virgin Mother and Child,
Holy infant so tender and mild;
Sleep in heavenly peace;
Sleep in heavenly peace.

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Kids Rule on TV

Most kids these days are exposed to technology at a very young age. A pre-schooling age toddler spends most of his day watching TV. Some health professionals find the situation very unhealthy for kids for the fact that kids should go out and have fun in the sun or at least there is a playtime outside. I have experienced many incidents in my life where kids of age group 4-8 talk about the TV serial / shows just as if they are 30+. Its really shocking to see the kids talking like elders and all because of TV . Television is a big knowledge book for all of us including the kids. We learn what we watch, we should let our kids watch the shows which are educative and for the kids. Especially now when the era of Tatasky DTH and iControl has emerged. Technologies like DTH & IPTV provide the features like Parental control. You can simply set the channels that you don't want your child to watch. Not only this they also provide educative applications with the help of which your kid can learn exactly what is meant for him/her.
Talking about the maximum amount of time spent on TV is by kids I would love to refer Nielsen Wire: A Kid’s Eye View on Television and Beyond. Nielsen Wire have shown some stats of how much time kids are spending on TV & Internet. I must say kids are watching a lot of TV and all because theres a lot to watch on TV. Kids are ruling on TV, either outside TV screen or inside. In both the cases kids are the boss. At all the homes TV is turned-ON on the channel that the kids like. At least I can find my nieces stick to TV. When they are watching the TV no one and I mean no one at all can watch TV of his/her choice. But the thing is they watch the informative stuff and thats something I prefer always. Watching TV 3 - 4 hours a day for Kids is enough, but unfortunately the thing is not followed. Kids watch TV whole day. From noon to night they are watching TV all the time. In fact kids are not only watching the cartoon channels, they also watch the daily soaps (TV Serials) that their mother is watching. So Dear moms please schedule your TV hours accordingly, try to keep away your kids from such non-educative non- informative shows. You can watch your show later on as nowadays a very advantageous facility of recording your Live TV is present. In fact iControl in India records all the stuff coming on your TV, so you don't even have to take the headache of pressing the button of your remote in order to save a particular show. With all such advance features kids watching TV for hours can be controlled.
Kids are not only ruling TV at homes but also ruling inside TV, what I mean is that kids are acting in the TV shows and leaving behind all the elders. They are not only making the TV shows hit in ranking but they are actually attracting all age group viewers. Kids are everywhere movies,serials, singing shows, contests,comedy and anchoring etc. I must say its the era of kids, they really rule this TV world.

Do Reality Shows Really Show Reality?

Reality is just a word that most of the shows today use to attract the viewers. They are calling their shows as the reality shows but actually all that they show seems to be a set up. The judges of singing and dancing shows are shouting and getting aggressive in one episode and in another episode all is well. I have never understood this stuff. The participants are crying on one day and another day they are fighting with other participants. All this is not reality for me. I never took these shows as the reality shows but yes for sure I find a lot of entertainment in them or lets say the "Masala".
There are various reality shows we have on television. The quiz shows like KBC (Kaun banega crorepati ) & Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain, the singing talent shows like Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Indian idol, the dance shows like DPL & Dance India dance, the recent other so called reality shows were pati patni aur woh and Swyamvar. The very popular Bigg Boss (the Indian version of big brother) is also a confusion for me ( I always doubt its reality). Not only this even the cool, youth TV channels like MTV are also following the trend of reality shows. The shows like Roadies, Splitsvilla all are youth's favorite. Its a big list, lets now talk about what they are telecasting and how much we viewers are believing in them .
I have seen many reality shows till now but don't know why I never believed in the reality they show. How can I believe that the dancer who is dancing just stopped suddenly because he/she blacked out. I find it very filmy. And then a singer with a bad throat sings so beautifully, in fact more beautifully then the time when he/she was well. Are we dummies or do they feel that we are so much into TV that we believe whatever the TV says ? Last season of Big Boss had an incident where the participants jumped out of the house. What were these people trying to show? Do you think we will believe in this stuff ? The cameras are on , the people who monitor are there, even Big Boss is talking to them and still they were successful in it. Well I can't believe it. And how can I leave the shows like Pati Patni or Woh behind. This show was not at all a reality show for me. I never felt that its a reality show and may be thats why it wasn't that popular. Even the Perfect Bride its also a drama for me. I feel that the participant do as they are asked to do. I agree with Livemint's article , where it says that contestant picked those products which were its sponsors . All reality shows are making money through the sponsors and with the one word REALITY.
OK you tell me- Don't you feel you are being fooled ? The shows ask you to vote through SMS and then ? The contestant who wins is not the one you voted for. The popular and favorite contestants make it to 2nd or 3rd place only. I really feel bad when this happens. The only show where I felt reality was existing is KBC. But then even such quiz shows started making money by calling celebs and these celebs always win a higher amount. Does that show that celebrity are smarter or luckier than common people. Well I don't think so, I don't know what they do with that money. It might be used in charity or something else but the game should be fair. I don't know whether to call such game shows fair or not. I knew it already that Rakhi Sawant is not going to marry the guy who she choose in “Rakhi ka swyamvar” & I guess even you felt the same. And now Rahul Mahajan is ready to do his “Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega”. Lets see whether he gets married to the winner or not.
Well at the end I would like to conclude my opinion by saying that these shows are partially real & scripted. Contestants do get the directions what they should or should not do, shows get edited. I guess most of the people feel same but still watch these shows, at least I do. After all we want entertainment. Please do give your comments below and also vote here : Tezaa

Note: I would like to inform all the readers that all the content written in this post is totally an opinion of a general viewer. It has got no offencive intentions against any body, any thing or any TV show.

TV - TV Everywhere

Television is something almost every home has. The supreme mode of entertainment is TV in India. Television sets are getting a great growth in number as well as technology. When TV came initially in India it was believed that it will bring people together. I remember the time when there was only one TV in my grandparent's village and the whole village used to sit together to watch Ramayan. In fact even at our home we use to sit together with our friends to watch movie on Doordarshan. We use to get VCR on rent to play a movie tape (the big book size tapes) and all neighbors used to sit and watch with us. As the time passed the number of group viewers decreased and now only families started sitting together to watch TV together. But still TV was bringing the families together if not the whole neighborhood.

Watching TV serials together was fun. Dekh bhai dekh, Zaban sambhal ke and Antakshari all such shows were our favorite at home. I still remember how my sister use to guess the songs on Antakshari before the contestants of the show could answer. She knew all the songs, their singers, writers, composers and everything. My parents use to praise this talents in her. Those were the days when we spent lot of time watching TV with the Family.

TV now is changing, the shows telecasted on TV have changed and even the choice of audience have changed. Kids today don't like watching what the other members at home are watching. They want a separate TV to watch their favorite shows. On one hand all the moms are watching serials all the time whether it is prime time serials or evening daily soaps. Almost all the dads(fathers) come to home in evening and turn on the news. And cricket matches are every men's favorite they just stick to TV when a match is telecasted. While on other hand kids want cartoon channels all the time. Another category of TV viewers at home is the teenagers and youth. They love watching reality shows, MTV, Star movies etc. When the choices differ in such wide categories of mother, father, kids ( including teens) then demand to have more than one TV at home increases. Now you can find multiple TV sets at most of the houses. If a TV is in the hall then another is in bed room. There is no harm in keeping multiple TVs. If you have some guests at home and you want to watch TV, then you can go and watch it in your room. Having multiple TVs is a advantage especially in the cases where you want to watch Bigg Boss and your father wants to listen to a news. Its a solution to those remote fights with brothers and sisters. You can watch what you want and not what your brother, sister or parents want to see.

But I don't know why I am not in favor of the families watching TV separately. The real fun of life is in those fights. I love fighting for the remote and then getting mom's lecture. I love changing the channel when something of other's interest is coming, my whole family starts shouting whenever I do this. Anyways this is what I feel but the time is changing its the high tech time. Kids want to play games on TV, they just want to sit in their room with their TV whole day. Lets have a look at the clip below that I saw on internet :

Reading these I feel that having separate TV gives you leisure and puts you in the direction of high tech generation, the play station, games etc. But these leisures slowly take you away from your social life, your family and friends. Anyways different people with different choices of TV viewing are resulting to multiple TVs at homes. Now you get no disturbance while watching your choice of show on TV, because you have choice in TV also. Just go to another room and watch what you want. I have no clue whether I should call this trend of multiple TVs a boon or not but yes it is something we all wish to have when we face the trouble of missing one show because your father was watching news. New Technologies in TV world (DTH and IPTV) are providing the solution to this in different direction, they are offering you option of recording shows on your TV in case you miss them. Hope this brings us together while watching TV.