Christmas Special -2022- Bindastimes Original
12 am. Church bells ring. You go for Midnight Mass wearing your one nice sweater — the same one from 2019.
Halfway through the service, the power goes. Uncle ji loudly says, “Billi ne wire kaat di.”
Someone starts playing “Jingle Bells” on a cracked phone speaker. The priest sighs. Kids start running around. Aunties distribute homemade cookies from Tupperware boxes.
By 1 am, everyone is eating bhaji pav in the church parking lot.
This is Indian Christmas.
By the BindasTimes Editorial Desk
Published: December 24, 2022
If there was ever a year that demanded a Christmas special unlike any other, it was 2022. After the rollercoaster of global resets, crypto winters, shocking World Cup upsets, and the slow, messy return to "normal life," the team at BindasTimes knew that singing a few carols and roasting a turkey just wasn't going to cut it.
Welcome to the Christmas Special -2022- BindasTimes Original. A digital melting pot where memes meet mistletoe, where existential dread shakes hands with eggnog, and where we finally admit that the only thing we want under the tree this year is a fully charged phone and two days without a power cut.
The story unfolds on December 24th. The BindasTimes team is preparing for their biggest event of the year. However, a series of comedic mishaps threatens to ruin the day: Christmas Special -2022- BindasTimes Original
Forget Mariah Carey. The BindasTimes Original Spotify playlist for 2022 featured a mix of desperation and dance beats:
These tracks weren't just songs; they were anthems for a generation tired of toxic positivity. BindasTimes gave permission to be grumpy, as long as you were grumpy together.
Office Secret Santa — the most hyped event of December. By the BindasTimes Editorial Desk Published: December 24,
You pick a chit. Name: Rohit from Accounts. Budget: ₹500.
You spend 2 days thinking. Finally buy a magnetic chess set from Sarojini Nagar for ₹450. Wrap it in newspaper because “eco-friendly hai.”
D-Day arrives. Rohit opens your gift. He smiles. Then gifts you a self-help book titled “How to Stop Overthinking.”
You both laugh. The HR clicks photos for LinkedIn. Later, you see Rohit selling the chess set on Olx for ₹300. Business hai, emotion nahi.
No Christmas Special is complete without food. 2022 was the year of the "Fusion Disaster." Our BindasTimes kitchen experimented with: Forget Mariah Carey
The message was clear: Christmas 2022 wasn't about perfection. It was about surviving the family dinner without discussing politics or your marriage plans.