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Christmas

Lights on the tree, people in the house, and goodwill all round.

A family decorating a tree, a child placing the star on top

A star, a stable, and a song, a house lit up the whole night long. May your table have a spare chair and someone glad to sit in it. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Christmas wishes with name, in one paragraph

By IndianWishes ·

A Christmas wish with your name on it is an ordinary greeting card with one thing changed: it says who sent it. Type your name on this page and you get a card that opens with “Asha is wishing you Merry Christmas” instead of a forward from nobody in particular. It is free, takes about ten seconds, and there is nothing to sign up for.

What Christmas celebrated

Christmas marks the birth of Jesus Christ. In India it is both a church day and a public one — midnight mass and carol singing on one side, lit stars hung outside houses and a great deal of cake on the other.

When Christmas falls

25 December, with midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

Most Indian festivals follow a lunar calendar, so the date moves against the Gregorian one each year. For the official dates, the Government of India holiday calendar is the one to check.

How Christmas is celebrated

  • Midnight mass, and carol singing in the days before
  • The Christmas star hung outside the house, lit through the season
  • Nativity cribs set up at home and in churches
  • Plum cake, kuswar in Mangalore, and rose cookies and neureos in Goa

Goa, Kerala, Mangalore and the north-east keep the largest celebrations. Kerala's Syrian Christian tradition is among the oldest anywhere.

What people say

Merry Christmas, or Happy Christmas.

Putting your name on it

  1. Type your name in the box on this page. First name is enough — no email, no password, no account.
  2. Tap GO. Your card opens with your name at the top, on artwork drawn for Christmas specifically.
  3. Share it. One tap hands it to WhatsApp with the message already written. Whoever opens it lands on this same page with their own name box waiting, so it carries on down the family group without anyone installing anything.

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Straight answers

How is Christmas celebrated in India?
With midnight mass, carol singing, lit paper stars hung outside houses, and regional baking — kuswar in Mangalore, neureos and bebinca in Goa, plum cake almost everywhere.
Why are stars hung outside houses at Christmas?
The star recalls the one that led the Magi to Bethlehem. In India it is a large paper or plastic lantern hung from the balcony or porch from Advent until Epiphany.
Which parts of India celebrate Christmas most?
Goa, Kerala, Mangalore, Tamil Nadu and the north-eastern states, particularly Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya, where Christians form a majority.
How do I send a Christmas wish with my name on it?
Type your name in the box on this page and tap GO. You get a card that opens with your name on it, and a button that hands the whole thing to WhatsApp. It is free, and there is nothing to sign up for.
Is this Christmas greeting really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no upgrade prompt and nothing to install. Your name travels inside the link rather than being stored anywhere.

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