India is a vast country having population of over one billion that includes
Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains and many more.For Christians,
Christmas is an important festival, just like Deepawali of Hindus and
Eid - ul Fitr of Muslims.Although christmas is celebrated all over the world.
Christian community in India celebrate Christmas with pomp, gaiety and ion.
An annual festival Christmas comes every year on 25th of December
and it also marks happy end of the year. It's a celebration of humanity
and mankind. Though Christmas is a primary festival of the Christians
but still it has a special significance in everyone's life.
In Christmas we celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and conveys
his message of love tolerance and brotherhood to everybody.
25th December is the birth date of Jesus occurred in 336 A.D. in an
early Roman calendar. That day onwards is celebrated as the birth
date of Jesus. In India christmas has a special significance since India
is known for its unity in diversity worldwide. The celebration of Christmas
shows that even people from different religion takes part in Christmas
celebration just as the Indian Christians do.
Christmas is the most important festival of Indian Christians. Christians in India
decorate banana or mango trees instead of traditional pine tree. They also
light small oil-burning lamps as Christmas decorations and fill their churches
with red flowers. As a part of their celebration they give Christmas gifts to
their family members and token of money to poor people as charity.
People decorate their houses and churches with poinsettia flowers for the
midnight mass. In South India, the Christians put small clay lamps on the
rooftops and walls of their houses at Christmas, just as the Hindus do
during their festival called Diwali. In Goa, all hotels are jam packed
during Christmas period and one must plan well in advance if planning a
stay in one of the Goa hotels.And this is visible in their decoration as
many Indian Christians decorate their houses with mango leaves. The local
Indian customs and tradition and customs have a heavy impact on the
Indian Christian.
HAPPY CRISTMAS TO EVERYBODYYYY!!!!!!!
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