Twin Cities celebrate Christmas with religious fervour, enthusiasm
   Date :26-Dec-2022

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Staff Reporter
BHILAI, 
Christians in Twin Cities Bhilai and Durg celebrated Christmas with religious fervour and gaiety with congregations and special prayers held in churches since the early hours of the day.
Wearing out-sized white-bearded and red velvet clothes Santas are also gearing up for role-plays and distributes goodies especially among children. People thronged churches for midnight mass late on Saturday night and also offered special prayers again on Sunday.
The churches were decked up beautifully with decorative lights and Christmas trees. Cribs depicting the birth of Jesus Christ turned out to be a major attraction at many places. A number of commercial establishments illuminated their stores and adorned with Christmas theme-decoration. All churches and prayer houses across city including Mennonite Church, St Joseph Church, St Paul Church, Christian Community Church, St Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Church were seen illuminating with colourful lights.
Meanwhile, the restaurant, hotel and malls here had attractions marking the Christmas celebrations with special decorations done for drawing the visitors. Shops and showrooms have set up people dressed up as Santa Claus to greet and receive their customers. Varieties of cakes, cupcakes, cookies and much more were available. Some bakeries in the city had baked rich plum cakes and other sweets for the celebrations and the occasion for proved blissful for them as they did brisk business.