Christmas 2022 Celebration HIGHLIGHTS: Katrina Kaif Rings In Christmas Celebrations With In-Laws
Christmas is celebrated on 25th of December across the globe. One of the most sacred days in Christianity, the day commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ.
People visit Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Delhi on the occasion of Christmas, ANI reported.
A large number of people visit St. Xavier's church in Patna on the occasion of Christmas, news agency ANI reported.
Christmas 2022 is being celebrated across India with great zeal. Pictures and videos from St. Joseph's Cathedral Church in Lucknow and Kolkata's famous Park Street have been going viral on social media. Thousands of people can be seen in both cities ringing in Christmas festivities. Take a look.
Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal rang in Christmas celebrations with family. Katrina shared a picture with her husband and actor Vicky Kaushal, his family and her sister Isabelle. Katrina is seen posing with her mother-in-law in the picture. Katrina captioned her post, "Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄."
Take a look at Katrina's post here.
Vicky Kaushal, on the other hand, shared a picture of a Christmas tree featuring a picture of him and Katrina.
Shraddha Kapoor is also celebrating Christmas 2022. The 'Saaho' actress shared a series of pictures of herself in the red Santa cap; one in which we see her playing with her pet dogs. Shraddha captioned her post, "Christmas Energyyy 🎄🤶🏼☃️✨."
Celebrating the merry occasion of Christmas, under her initiative #BeTheMiracle, Raashii Khanna visited Swayamkrushi, a welfare organization for school/ home for children with mental/ physical challenges. Raashii Khanna shared pictures from the celebration saying, "My heart was touched and think in some way I had the same effect on them. ❤️ This Christmas couldn't have been merrier..! #bethemiracle that you are and spread the gift of love and joy in whatever little way that you can! Have a very #merrychristmas 🎄❤️"
Leading South actress Nayanthara is also celebrating Christmas with family. Nayanthara's husband-producer Vignesh Shivan shared a reel with Nayanthara and their adorable twins Uyir and Ulagam. The reel had the twins faces hidden with santa caps. Vignesh Shivan captioned the post, "Uyir , Ulagam , Nayan , Wikki & family wish you a Merry Christmas 🎅 & a Happy NewYear ☺️☺️☺️😊😊😊
Wit love in abundance! And honest prayers To God to give everyone all the happiness and blessings to live a life that u have always dreamt about !Godbless 😇🎅🎅🎅😊😊🥰🥰💐💐❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@josephradhik 🫡🫡🫡🫡."
Kareena Kapoor Khan shared a reel on Instagram featuring Saif Ali Khan playing the guitar. In the same reel, we also see Jehangir Ali Khan ( Kareena and Saif's second-born) walk past his father in an adorable night suit. Kareena captioned her Instagram post, "The best way to Christmas... is with my love playing the guitar… ❤️ And having my babies and best friends around ❤️ Love, light, and music to all… ❤️
Merry Christmas everyone ❤️"
Saif's sister Saba Ali Khan also commented on Kareena's post.
Kapoor khandaan gathered for their annual Christmas brunch at Shashi Kapoor's son Kunal Kapoor's house. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were spotted by the paparazzi. Alia wore floral dress while Ranbir Kapoor was seen in casual denims with black shirt and brown jacket. Karisma Kapoor also arrived with her kids. Neetu Kapoor, Rima Jain with husband, Randhir Kapoor and Babita were also spotted. Click here to see all the pictures.
Wearing Santa hats, a group of Muslims on Sunday converged at a church in Srinagar, distributed sweets and exchanged greetings as Christmas was celebrated in Kashmir with traditional enthusiasm and religious fervour.
The members of the miniscule population of Christians in Kashmir thronged the churches for Mass at many places. The biggest Mass was held at the Holy Family Catholic Church at Maulana Azad Road, where dozens of Christians, including women and children, assembled to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ and held special prayers.
The church was decorated with colourful buntings, lights and balloons and it wore a festive look.
A group of Muslims also celebrated Christmas at the church to give a message of communal harmony. They wore Santa hats, distributed sweets and exchanged greetings.
The group members said they came to the church to spread the message of communal harmony, brotherhood and peace. (PTI)
Actor Preity Zinta took to Instagram and shared a video as she celebrated Christmas with her twins Jai and Gia. She posted a clip from her celebration with family memberso. Sharing the video on Instagram, Preity wrote, “Merry Christmas from our family to yours (red heart emojis). May the spirit of Christmas being joy, happiness, peace & togetherness to all of you and your families. Loads of love and light always (smiling face with red heart eyes, evil eye amulet and red heart emojis). #MerryChristmas #Ting."
Popular sand artist and Padma Shree awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik created sand art of Santa Claus made with tomatoes on Gopalpur beach in Odisha on the occasion of Christmas. 1.5 tons of tomatoes have been used in the installation of this piece, the artist revealed.
The sculpture is 27ft high and 60 ft wide in size. Pattnaik also had the help of his students who joined hands with him to complete it in time. Pattnaik posted a video on Twitter showcasing the Santa Claus that he and his students have created together. Take a look at the video here.
Here are some cookie recipes that you can try out this Christmas so that you can enjoy. Also, if you are still wondering what to gift your dear ones, cookies can be a really good option. Just bake some yumminess and wrap it beautifully with coloured paper and your pack your happiness is ready! Click here for the recipe.
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor celebrated Christmas eve along with Neetu Kapoor, Soni Razdan, Shaheen Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and friend Ayan Mukerji. Soni Razdan and Neetu Kapoor shared a series of pictures from Christmas celebrations. Click here to see all the pictures from the party.
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Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan took to her Instagram account to share selfie with Aaradhya and extended her warm wishes for Christmas to her fans and followers on social media. In the picture, the actress and Aaradhya can be seen cutely posing for the camera with Aishwarya’s late father, Krishnaraj Rai’s photo frame visible in the background.
Sharing the photo, Aishwarya wrote, “Merry Christmas and much love, peace, good health and happiness. God Bless." You can see her post here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings on the occassion of Christmas. Taking to Twitter, Modi said, "Merry Christmas! May this special day further the spirit of harmony and joy in our society. We recall the noble thoughts of Lord Christ and the emphasis on serving society."
Midnight mass prayers were held in churches across India. The mass is held in remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ. The tradition sees the faithful gather in churches on Christmas Eve for a service, which usually starts just before midnight. The tradition is believed to have started from about 430AD in the Basilica of St Mary Major under Pope Sixtus III. In Vatican City, the midnight mass takes place inside St. Peter's Basilica every year.
Doordarshan is live-streaming the Midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica from Vatican City in Rome. You can watch the live-stream here.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday led the annual Christmas and New Year celebrations at the Delhi Legislative Assembly premises. The celebrations were organised by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel under the initiative of celebrating festivals of all faiths in the Vidhan Sabha. "India's speciality is its unity despite the diversity of its cultures, languages, castes and religions. Jesus Christ dedicated every moment of his life to the service of the poor, sick, and downtrodden; we should take inspiration from his life," the Chief Minister said. "We have people from different faiths who practise their traditions, their culture and speak in different languages. Yet, we are one nation. It is just like a hand that has different fingers, but they all combine to form a strong punch. The people of India take pride in their culture and celebrate different festivals," he added. (IANS)
A 30-foot tall Christmas tree has added to the sparkle of Park Street, the year-end festival hub of Kolkata, which will be illuminated till January 3 next year. Next to the Christmas tree, which has a diameter of 18 feet, is a replica of baby Jesus Christ in his crib. There is also a eight-foot tall Santa Claus with glowing snow bears standing next to the dazzling Christmas tree, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, with an eight-foot tall snowman watching from the other side. The entire area is illuminated with star lights, rice lights, light-up balls and upside-down umbrella lights. (IANS)
King Charles III will pay tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II's legacy in his first-ever traditional Christmas Day message as the British king.
In a photo shared by Buckingham Palace, the 74-year-old can be seen standing next to a Christmas tree at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle earlier this month, recording the message that will be broadcast on Sunday evening.
The British monarch's Christmas broadcast has a long history and is targeted at people all around the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
It will be the first annual royal Christmas Day presentation not to feature the late Queen Elizabeth II, who featured in the inaugural televised speech in 1957.
St. George’s Chapel marks a change of scene from the messages recorded by the Queen, who would traditionally be seated and surrounded by photos of her family in a palace room.
Goa is experiencing an increase in traffic on its roads and beaches as tourists from other nations flock to the coastal state to celebrate Christmas and New Year.
According to hospitality sector insiders, hotels throughout the state are nearly full. The decision by the administration not to apply any COVID-19-related limitations has improved the mood.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant reiterated on Friday that the state will not enforce any pandemic-related restrictions until January 2, 2023, but urged citizens to take their own safeguards. (PTI Input)
After celebrating Christmas behind closed doors or in a limited capacity owing to the Covid-19 epidemic in 2020 and 2021, the festivities resumed earlier this week with considerable zeal in the northeastern region. Pre-Christmas gatherings, shopping, and church and other building decorations were seen in numerous locations throughout the region.
Christmas celebrations in the northeastern region were relatively low-key in 2020 and 2021 due to various Covid-related limitations.
However, in most of the eight northeastern states, the exchanging of advance Christmas greetings and mini-celebrations began two days ago in various government, non-government, and municipalities.
All the thoroughfares and shopping malls at Police Bazar, Shillong's main commercial hub, wore a heavily crowded look as men and women were busy buying their favourite items ahead of Christmas. (IANS Input)
Christmas is not the same without the familiar fun characters that reappear every year. They are celebrated for their roles in the festival from bringing gifts to being a symbol of Christmas blessings. Click here to read about these characters.
Shilpa Shetty is celebrating Christmas with her family in London. The actress shared a video on Saturday of how is celebrating with her family. In the caption, Shilpa Shetty revealed that it is Samisha's first Christmas in London. “The best kind of Christmas is celebrating and spending this precious time with family at home,” wrote the actress. Shilpa added, “And this year is special as it's a first for Samisha. All I wish is to keep the child within us alive… always." See her post here.
Here are some interesting cake recipes that you can prepare this Christmas. And, the interesting bit is that you won't need an oven to prepare these. Click here to check the recipes.
President Droupadi Murmu greets fellow citizens on eve of Christmas, says the festival inspires us to treat each other with love and kindness. "On this day, we remember the message of compassion and sacrifice given by Jesus Christ. The festival of Christmas inspires us to treat each other with love and kindness. Let us take a pledge to adopt the divine teachings of Jesus Christ in our lives," Murmu said. (PTI)
The tradition of giving Christmas gifts goes down a long way in history. As kids, we eagerly anticipated Santa Clause to come and put something in our stockings the night before Christmas, and the excitement we had when we opened them the following morning, knew no bounds. With time, this custom has evolved, and today we have the concept of 'Secret Santa'!
We have compiled a list of things that you can give as gifts to your friends, colleagues or family and be their secret Santa! Click here to read more.
Sharing the Christmas spirit can just be sending a message to let a friend or a family member know that you're thinking about them during this festive time. While being with your loved ones may seem the ideal way to celebrate Christmas, sometimes that may not be possible. If you're away or just want to put them, or someone, in the Christmas mood, use these quotes to put across your message. Click here to read all the quotes.
Background
Christmas 2022: "What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future," - Agnes M. Pharo.
Christmas is celebrated on 25th December across the globe. One of the most sacred days in Christianity, the day commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ and is celebrated all over the world. Families from far and wide gather to share meals, make merry, and present gifts, decorate their homes, bring a Christmas tree and decorate it, and sing carols, to celebrate Christmas.
History and Significance
Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem to his parents, Joseph and Mary. It is believed that Christ was conceived through the Holy Spirit and was born when Mother Mary was still engaged to Joseph.
Various countries around the world have different names for festivals. It is referred to as Yuletide in Germany, Navidad in Spanish, Natale in Italian.
Christmas has been celebrated as a secular family holiday since the early 20th century, by both Christians and non-Christians alike. A significant part of this celebration is a Santa Claus, a mythical figure who brings joy across the globe and is eagerly awaited by children.
Christmas rituals
There are many rituals associated with Christmas. From bringing Christmas tree and decorating it to attending midnight mass at the Church on Christmas eve.
Children also leave warm milk and cookies for Santa at night in the hope of receiving gifts from him. It is believed that Santa Claus lives in the North Pole with his many helper elves. It is said that on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus rides on his sleigh from the North Pole to give gifts to children.
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