PICTURE OF THE DAY : IN VELI GROUND, FORT KOCHI, A 200-YEAR-OLD RAIN TREE STANDS TALL AS THE MAIN ATTRACTION EVERY YEAR ON CHRISTMAS. WHAT BEGAN IN THE YEAR 2000 AS A SIMPLE IDEA FROM A GROUP OF BOYS WHO PLAYED CRICKET UNDER ITS BRANCHES HAS GROWN INTO A BELOVED TRADITION — AN 80-FOOT CANOPY GLOWING WITH LIGHTS, STARS, AND BAUBLES, EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. ( PHOTO COURTESY – KERALA TOURISM)