Christian Festivals

Christmas Day:
Christmas is the largest religious festival for the Christians of Bangladesh. Though Christmas has religious roots, it is becoming an increasingly secular festival, an occasion for people to enjoy themselves, have parties, send cards and give gifts. Christmas in Bangladesh starts with the singing of Christmas carols in churches from the first week of December. Christmas carols are also sung from house to house and money collected for feasting and merrymaking. Christmas festivities last up to the first week of January. Gifts are exchanged on Christmas Eve or earlier. There are midnight services in churches on Christmas Eve and on Christmas morning.Local delicacies such as pitha, payesh, polao or biriani are prepared for invited relatives and friends. Hotels and restaurants serve western Christmas fare, and bakeries sell Christmas cakes.