The legend says that all of God’s creation offered something to the newborn Son of God. Only the fir tree had nothing to offer, as it has no flower or fruit. Feeling very sad, the fir-tree cried bitterly. An angel of God saw this and, pitying such sadness, took down a star from the sky and put it on top of the crying fir tree, so that it may have something to offer the newly born Christ. That is how legend says the first Christmas tree was decorated. Even today, Russians use decorations for Christmas and the Orthodox New Year.

    After this, one day I was telling him about destruction of Lanka (today’s Sri Lanka) by Lord Maruti. While telling him this story I said, “Soldiers of Ravana ignited Lord Maruti’s tail.” Upon the completion of this sentence Mukul said, “How can soldiers of Ravana ignite Lord Maruti’s tail? He is so powerful.”