Christmas Celebration in India

The festival of Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and convey his message of love, tolerance and brotherhood. It is a tribute to humanity and mankind. Although Christmas is a primary festival of the Christian calendar, but still has a special significance in everyone's life. It is celebrated as a universal festival through out the nation. The first mention of the 25thDecember as the birth date of Jesus occurred in 336 AD in an early Roman calendar. That day onwards, this date is celebrated as the birth date of Jesus. In India, this festival has a special significance since India is known for its unity in diversity in the world. The celebration of Christmas shows that even people from different religions take part in Christmas celebrations and Indian Christians do. And because of European influence on the country as long as that religion has spread across the country. Doctrines and philosophies of Christianity converted people from many sects of Christianity, and today, there is a large Christian community thrives in India, which adopted the Christian festivals as a part of Indian culture as well. But many of the rituals of the Christian festivals have been modified to suit the climatic conditions in the country.

Christmas is the most important festival of Indian Christians. Christians in India decorate banana or mango trees instead of traditional pine. They are also easily small oil-burning lamps as Christmas decorations and fill their churches with red flowers. As part of their celebration they give Christmas presents to their family members and symbolic of money to poor people as charity. People decorate their houses and churches with poinsettia flowers to midnight mass. In southern India, the Christians put small clay lamps on the roofs and walls of their houses for Christmas, just as Hindus do in their festival called Diwali. In Goa, all hotels are jampacked during the Christmas period, and you must plan well in advance if planning a stay in one of Goa hotels. The local Indian customs and traditions and customs have a profound impact on the Indian Christians. And this is visible in their decor so many Indian Christians decorate their houses with mango leaves. Churches often have an evening service on Christmas and fabulous decorated with poinsettias and candles. Caroling procession on the streets and roads can also be seen.