The state of Odisha is celebrating Christmas with great fervor this year. Two years ago, the state was living in fear of a Covid19 pandemic, but this year there is great excitement among the people for Christmas. Everyone is wearing new clothes, making delicacies, decorating houses, and ensuring a joyful celebration. Baptist churches across the city are ready to welcome people on Christmas. They have organized pre-Christmas activities by distributing gifts, blankets, clothes, food, and rations among the elderly and needy. Hindu temples have also started preparing for the Christmas season a few days earlier with the cutting of cakes, carol singing mass prayers, and the display of models related to Jesus Christ's life. The Union Church has arranged for a Christmas Eve celebration.
