Christmas is the festival to commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a festival of colours, lights, food, decoration and most exciting gifts. Christmas is celebrated in all over the world but in India, Christmas celebrates in much more in a different and desi style. Make your Christmas more exciting and enter in the new year with memories of your best Christmas. So here are the best places in India you can be on Christmas.
GOA
Goa is on the top in the list as goa serves beautiful decoration during Christmas even city is on the coast, so it has the best night long beach parties for party-lovers. You can also enjoy midnight masses in churches and children singing carols all around. Goa seems to be a perfect blend of traditions and enjoyment on Christmas.
DAMAN AND DIU
If you want to witness the Christmas in Portuguese flavour than Daman and Diu is a worth to visit. The city celebrates Christmas in their way, variety of plays and cultural shows are organised like corridinho (a Portuguese dance form) midnight masses in churches and zillions of lanterns light up the night sky. This place is a far more beautiful to visit and attend your Christmas there.
PONDICHERRY
This beautiful city is known as ‘little France’ as it provides you with a glimpse of French culture and cuisine. The city is mostly famous for its clam and clean breaches, wonderful architecture, old and large churches. The popular Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception and Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus must not be missed during the festive season, these churches offer you midnight masses, Marry making, and astonishing decorations. Celebrating Christmas here is a great choice as you can relax at the beach, gazing at the endless ocean waves and enjoy the stunning marine life.
SHILLONG
This northeastern city, Capital of Meghalaya where you can celebrate Christmas between hills and can have a glance of Scotland as the city is famous as ‘Scotland of the East’. Winter lovers will enjoy this place more as the city’s climate is much cooler than tropical India. The streets, the churches, the homes are decorated so beautifully that you can feel the excitement of the Christmas. The Cathedral Church in Shillong is one of the oldest in North East India, people all over the world flock to the city to attend the midnight masses. All Saints Cathedral church has the century-old fir tree which is illuminated as a pre-Christmas celebration. Melodious hymns, warm greeting, old and tall natural Christmas trees all add to the festival.
