December is Heena Punwani’s favourite month, and Christmas is one of her favourite holidays. “It’s fun, inclusive, and all about community,” she says while talking to us from Maska, her Mahim-based bakery. “I grew up in a neighbourhood with lots of Catholic friends and neighbours, and I studied in a convent school, so Christmas was a big part of my life—whether it was going carolling from one building to the other with my friends or decorating the whole school for Christmas or my favourite tradition of exchanging plates of Christmas traditional goodies (nevris, rose cookies, marzipans and cakes) with neighbours. That’s such a beautiful tradition that we have lost over time. For me, potluck dinners are a version where people bring different foods and share.”