Where neighbours are like a family in their own right,
Birthday parties were usually held,
With cakes and/or dinner - one cannot tell!
One such birthday did come by,
In the month of February when cold rules high!
We all thought we had it right,
Until we were in for a surprise that night!
From the dawn of the day of nineteenth - you see,
Our neighbhour was wondering where we have all been!
For each one of us maintained a very strict mute,
With nary a greeting well past noon!
The confusion was only because,
The birthday was mentioned in the times of Santa Claus!
Somehow the nineteenth of February was unknown,
And everyone in the room had twenty - as the day to go!
Behind the scenes it was different though,
With preparations to celebrate that began a few weeks ago!
An "halwa" was imported from Tirunelveli town,
Traveling miles across oceans and continents that are found.
As everyone just walked into the house,
Close to midnight of twentieth they found,
The birthday was supposed to be on nineteenth it seems -
But hey, it is jusy eleven forty five pm,
So what's the big deal? :)
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