CHENNAI: Sreeleela walks into Phoenix Marketcity in Velachery and sees a huge weekend crowd that has battled heavy rains to shop for Christmas. “I have stayed in Chennai on a long haul, and this is my first time in this mall, and I am excited to see people in huge numbers, who have come for shopping,” she says and reminisces about the Christmas month during her childhood. “I was one of those who always went to malls to shop for Christmas. I can’t finger out a particular go-to brand. But I am not a window shopper, and I buy things on the go,” she adds.

Sreeleela’s favourite Christmas memory is playing secret Santa, she says with a huge smile. “When I was in school, we took a fishbowl and put a few chits in it, and we gave each other some gifts. This conversation has given me that thought,

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