dID you know??dID you know??Indian’s eat chicken or turkey for dinner Indian’s eat chicken or turkey for dinner

they mainly don’t eat curry for Christmas they mainly don’t eat curry for Christmas dinnerdinner

In India kids believe Santa delivers In India kids believe Santa delivers presents in a horse or cart!!presents in a horse or cart!!

By By SophieSophie and and RebeccaRebecca

     Christmas in India      

        

India’s ChristmasIndia’s Christmas

Christmas is quite a small Christmas is quite a small celebration in India, celebration in India, Because there is 1 Billion Because there is 1 Billion people in India and only people in India and only 25 Million are Christian. 25 Million are Christian. One of the largest One of the largest Christian areas is Bombay Christian areas is Bombay most of them are Roman most of them are Roman Catholics. Midnight mass Catholics. Midnight mass is very important to is very important to Christians in India. Instead Christians in India. Instead of Christmas trees they of Christmas trees they decorate banana or decorate banana or mango trees. mango trees.

Indian traditions Indian traditions

In the Southern parts of India, In the Southern parts of India, Christians often put small oil Christians often put small oil burning clay lamps on flat burning clay lamps on flat roofs of their homes to show roofs of their homes to show their neighbours that Jesus is their neighbours that Jesus is the light of the world. They put the light of the world. They put up a lot of decorations like up a lot of decorations like mangers in their windows and mangers in their windows and go through difficultygo through difficulty

hanging big paper lanterns in hanging big paper lanterns in a shape of a star. They also a shape of a star. They also have different types of have different types of homemade sweets for visitors homemade sweets for visitors that comethat come

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