- Title: Santa Claus, carols spread Christmas cheer in India
- Date: 22nd December 2019
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) A STUDENT, SAYING: "It was a very wonderful experience to participate in this great, great Santa fest. We are proud to be dressed like this and perform as Santa Claus. It's going to be Christmas, we are celebrating it because, to all the other members of the Roman Catholics in this city." MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA (DECEMBER 21, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS-THEMED DECORATIONS IN A SHOPPING MALL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE NEAR A CHRISTMAS-THEMED DECORATION CHRISTMAS-THEMED DECORATION ON CEILING PEOPLE NEAR THE DECORATION CHILDREN RIDING ON A TOY TRAIN (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) A MAN DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUS, SAYING: "We celebrate every festival with children. So, we thought of celebrating Christmas too, just to spread joy, happiness, and good cheer. We will begin now and will follow the positivity till the next year." A MAN DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUS, GIVING WRIST BANDS TO CHILDREN CHILDREN WATCHING CHILDREN SHAKING HANDS WITH SANTA CLAUS
- Embargoed: 5th January 2020 15:42
- Keywords: Christmas India Mumbai Santa Claus Thiruvananthapuram children festivity
- Location: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA/ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA
- City: MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA/ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA002BB23T5B
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Christmas fever has begun to grip India ahead of the festivities of the winter holiday season.
School students were joined by residents of India's southern Thiruvananthapuram city on Saturday (December 21), as they wore Christmas-themed costumes and marched with a band playing carols in a procession.
The students also enacted scenes from Biblical stories in tableaux, that they paraded in the city during the procession.
India's financial hub Mumbai also saw people spreading Christmas cheer to children at a mall with circus performers and Santa Claus.
Christians form less than three percent of India's more than one billion population but Christmas is now widely celebrated in metros and other big cities with much pomp, fervour, and devotion. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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