Christmas is the most important festival of Christians for which they prepare in advance. Also, the religions in India celebrate this festival with joy and happiness. Moreover, Christmas revokes the spirit joy and happiness and family get-to-gather among the people. We also know Christmas as the ‘Feast day of Christ’. It is a Christian holiday but we all celebrate it with great joy and happiness. On Christmas day we honor the birth of Jesus Christ. In the Christian religion, people believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God for years.
Besides, other religions in India celebrate it as a cultural holiday in the month of December. It occurs in the winter season and everyone eagerly waits for it to come. Every year we celebrate it on 25th December and for Christian, it is the most important day of the year for which they do a lot of preparation and decorations. They decorate Christmas trees, prepare Christmas cards, gifts and who can forget the Santa Clause, etc, all these matters a lot on this occasion.
While Christmas occurs on 25th December but people start to greeting each other from few days before Christmas by saying and wishing each other in advance. They greet each other by saying happy Christmas, Merry Christmas, Christmas Mubarak, Subh Christmas, etc. By giving gifts to each other and through Christmas cards.
There are some places where people follow the tradition of cutting the cake to celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ. However, Christmas is incomplete with talking about Santa Clause who comes after midnight through the chimney with a lot of gifts for children and distributes it among them.