doongas

a winter solstice holiday originally celebrated by tamil-sri lankan-americans in queens new york but now spread to tamil-sri lankans in greater toronto area, london, and etc., as well as friends and loved ones of tamil-sri lankans

amma: happy doongas, kunju!
me: happy doongas, amma!
amma: hey how did you learn about doongas anyway?
me: amma... i made it up like three years ago because appa didn't want to celebrate christmas and i did and it was a loophole
amma: ohh okay