The special features the core ensemble cast, each representing a different facet of the holiday spirit:
Office Secret Santa — the most hyped event of December.
You pick a chit. Name: Rohit from Accounts. Budget: ₹500.
You spend 2 days thinking. Finally buy a magnetic chess set from Sarojini Nagar for ₹450. Wrap it in newspaper because “eco-friendly hai.”
D-Day arrives. Rohit opens your gift. He smiles. Then gifts you a self-help book titled “How to Stop Overthinking.”
You both laugh. The HR clicks photos for LinkedIn. Later, you see Rohit selling the chess set on Olx for ₹300. Business hai, emotion nahi.
"Christmas Special — 2022" is a BindasTimes Original seasonal feature that blends warmth, humor, and local color into a festive package aimed at readers seeking light entertainment with heart. The piece functions as both a celebration of the holiday spirit and a snapshot of 2022’s cultural mood, balancing human-interest vignettes, playful commentary, and practical seasonal content. Christmas Special -2022- BindasTimes Original
No Christmas Special is complete without food. 2022 was the year of the "Fusion Disaster." Our BindasTimes kitchen experimented with:
The message was clear: Christmas 2022 wasn't about perfection. It was about surviving the family dinner without discussing politics or your marriage plans.
By the BindasTimes Editorial Desk
Published: December 24, 2022
If there was ever a year that demanded a Christmas special unlike any other, it was 2022. After the rollercoaster of global resets, crypto winters, shocking World Cup upsets, and the slow, messy return to "normal life," the team at BindasTimes knew that singing a few carols and roasting a turkey just wasn't going to cut it.
Welcome to the Christmas Special -2022- BindasTimes Original. A digital melting pot where memes meet mistletoe, where existential dread shakes hands with eggnog, and where we finally admit that the only thing we want under the tree this year is a fully charged phone and two days without a power cut.
Series: BindasTimes Original Year: 2022 Genre: Holiday / Drama / Slice of Life
The centerpiece of the Christmas Special -2022- BindasTimes Original is a satirical short story that went viral on our Telegram channel. Titled "Santa Claus: Swiggy Delivery Partner," it imagines Old Saint Nick trying to deliver gifts in a post-pandemic world. The special features the core ensemble cast, each
"I’ve been doing this for 1,700 years," Santa sighs in the sketch, staring at a one-star rating because a PlayStation 5 was delivered at 8:03 PM instead of 8:00 PM sharp. "Nobody cares about the magic anymore. They just want the tracking link."
It was dark, hilarious, and painfully accurate for the work-from-home generation.
The BindasTimes Christmas Special - 2022 serves as the grand finale to the production year, encapsulating the spirit of the channel with a heartwarming narrative centered on togetherness, nostalgia, and the "Bindas" (carefree/chilled-out) attitude that defines the brand.
Unlike standard episodic content, this special is designed as a standalone mini-movie or an extended episode that brings together popular characters from the BindasTimes universe for a singular holiday event. Office Secret Santa — the most hyped event of December
The Logline: When a sudden snowstorm threatens to cancel the town's annual Christmas Eve party, the BindasTimes crew must rally together to prove that the true spirit of the holiday isn't about the venue, but the people you spend it with.