Christmas is celebrated with equal enthusiasm by all communities in Kerala. No other celebration is so enriched with so many customs and ceremonies. There is an array of spectacles like Christmas Star, Christmas tree, the Crib, Christmas cake, Christmas presents and the Christmas Father. Christmas takes on the look of a festival of children. The mood is set with the advent of the season by the twinkling of Christmas stars and there is no home or shop without the Christmas star, the beautiful pointer to the Babe of Bethlehem.The hymn 'Gloria in Exelcis Deo' is intoned amidst the explosion of crackers. A sumptuous lunch with rate delicacies is a significant feature of the celebration. X'mas retains its homeliness and expresses itself in the cultural forms of the country without losing what is native to itself.
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