subject: One Of The Most Celebrated Events Of Christians All Across The World [print this page] The festival of Christmas celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and convey his message of love, acceptance as well as brotherhood. It's a carnival of humanity and mankind. Though Christmas is a most important festival of the Christian calendar but still it has a special importance in everyone's life. It is famous as a universal festival through out the nation. The first declare of 25th December as the birth date of Jesus occurred in 336 A.D. in an early Roman calendar. That day onwards this date is famous as the birth date of Jesus. In India this festival has a special meaning since India is known for its unity in diversity worldwide. The celebration of Christmas shows that even people from diverse religion takes part in Christmas celebration just as the Indian Christians do. And because of European control on the country for so long the religion has spread across the country. The doctrine and philosophy of Christianity changed people of many sects to Christianity and today, there is a large Christian community budding in India that has adopted the Christians festivals as a part of Indian culture as well. However, many of the ritual of these Christian festivals have been adapted to suit the climatic conditions of the land.
Christmas is the most main festival of Indian Christians. Christians in India decorate banana or mango trees in its place of traditional pine tree. They moreover light small oil-burning lamps as Christmas decorations and fill their churches with red flowers. As a piece of their celebration they give Christmas gifts to their family members and coin of money to poor people as charity. People decorate their houses and churches with poinsettia plants for the midnight mass. In South India, the Christians put little 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 era and one must plan well in proceed if planning a stay in one of the Goa hotels. The local Indian traditions and tradition and customs have a heavy collision on the Indian Christian. And this is able to be seen in their decoration as many Indian Christians beautify their houses with mango leafs. Churches regularly have an Evening Service on Christmas and are superbly decorated with poinsettias and candles. Caroling procession on streets and careful fares can also be seen.
