Reflections

It’s not just about tolma this Christmas

Dear Sarineh,

It’s December 25: Christmas night out there, in the Catholic world. It means that many in Lebanon are already celebrating now. Everything is quiet at this hour here, in my neighborhood in Yerevan. Neighbors have gone to sleep after a long day of debating over food preparation and home decoration. It’s dark in the house, but I have left the Christmas tree lights on, because they are the borderline between the staleness of the materialistic world and the magic of Christmas. I’m not doing much — just sitting in my armchair and scrolling on my phone, reading people’s summaries of the passing of 2024. 

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Anna Matevosyan

Anna Matevosyan is an aspiring writer and a researcher, based in Yerevan, Armenia. She has an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and is currently working on her first collection of short stories based on narratives of Armenian women.

2 Comments

  1. Oh my dear Anna, im reading this beautiful article in tears…. I love it 🎈 ❤️ keep on writing about this enchanted and cruel world we live in..

  2. Oh wow I am speechless, just got the chance of reading this and I Ab baffled, got sucked in your armed chair and almost can taste the wine, very cruel and cold world and is up to us to keep a slither of warmth to it, keep writing ✍️ don’t stop.

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