Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! I hope, you often heard
this Christmas quote at the time of Christmas and hopefully have you been good
all year. Now it’s the time of Christmas Eve celebration because it’s the time
of year when Santa Claus comes to town to celebrate Christmas with full of
pomp, show, zeal and enthusiasm. You know why I am sharing this ideas to you,
because I realize that India does not celebrate Christmas with full of joy as
like the Wild West does, but however we do have our own style of enjoying this
whole occasion. In India most of Christians celebrate Christmas because they truly
love it, in fact spirit of Christmas proffers them forgiveness, grace, love and
most important the act of sharing. That day’s are gone when only Christmas was
celebrated by Roman Catholic, but now it’s the time when peoples of different
customs and tradition add an interesting flavor to the celebration of this
festival in India. So, today we are going to describe some best places in India
to celebrate Christmas Eve.
Goa:
When it comes to celebrate Christmas, Goa is a connotation for celebration. The average
population of Goa is filled by Roman Catholic and that’s the reason Goa has the
impression of celebrating Christmas with immense zeal, pomp and show. The memorable
Portuguese legacy forces Goa to
celebrate Christmas with full of joy. The day of Christmas is filled by full of
joy by doing some basic things like the entire city is decorated with Poinsettia flowers and lights. In the
midnight, the average Goan crowds sing carols and this goes on till early hours
of the morning. Apart from all this, the best thing there is all night long
parties organized on the beaches like Mapusa,
Anjuna and Candolim.
Pondicherry:
If you are looking for zealous Christmas celebration
with some peace, then puducherry is the perfect place. Due to French influence
in puducherry has done some good indeed like Goa.
The average crowd of puducherry is of Roman Catholic. During the Christmas season
puducherry becomes one of the brightest places and you can easily feel the
exuberance in the ambiance and you are compelled to be a part of it. The
church service on the day of Christmas in Basilica of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus, Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (The Church of Our Lady of Angels), The
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Church of the Assumption,
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, and Church of Our Lady of Good Health are
quite a sight to witness.
Mumbai:
Mumbai is another great destination place in India,
where people greatly feel the warmth of Christmas. On the day of occasion, the
bakeries are full of with season’s best desserts and the streets and shopping
malls are decorated in order to give festival feel. In Mumbai,
the western suburb of Bandra is mostly inhabited by Catholics and due to that
crowd one can see the houses with full of lighting and lamps, streets decorated
with lights and Christmas trees. You can easily hire a cab in Mumbai to visit different holy churches in Mumbai such as
cathedral, Gloria church, Saint Michael’s church, Saint Thomas’s cathedral,
mount Mary’s Basilica, Saint Andrew’s church and lady of Immaculate Conception,
where you can attend lively midnight mass. The best thing about Mumbai in Christmas
is that it is excellent place to party; you can expect lot of Christmas Eve
parties here as well.
Daman and Diu:
Daman and Diu is a union territory in India and it has
charming way of celebrating Christmas. You will found a special Portuguese
connection in this union territory and hence this the best reason to celebrate Christmas
in Daman and Diu. People in Surat and from other
places hire a cab for this Christmas celebration
in Daman and Diu. On occasion of Christmas, you will find here an organization
of several cultural shows; one can even see Portuguese dance form like Corrindinho here. You can either hire a car for Surat or book cab from Vapi to attend the mass in churches like Se-Cathedral, Social Paul’s
church and church of Our Lady of rosary.
Manali:
Often people are dreaming
like they could enjoy white Christmas in India. If you have desire of something
like that then, Manali can be the
right place for you. This is most preferable Himachal’s destination for those who really want to celebrate the Christmas
admist real snow. Mostly it shows during the Christmas time in Manali, which
attracts the tourist and give them the golden opportunity to enjoy skiing and
making snowman or simply playing with snowballs with each other. On occasion of
Christmas, people usually like to live in one of the log huts that definitely enhance
the Christmas mood. However, make sure you must book cab in advance as many people during December visit Manali.
