Best Places In India To Celebrate Christmas Eve

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.