Tips for Tourists to Celebrate Christmas in Shimla

Christmas, as well as the New Year celebrations, is to be celebrated in a different style if you happen to be traveller during these festive periods. Among all the hill destinations, Shimla can be the right option for most of the travellers as this amazing place offers a different experience to the travellers. Read this short article, which offers some valuable tips for the travellers like you on how to spend Christmas and New Year in this destination. Whether you stay in Shimla Best Resorts or in a budget hotel, these tips shared here will be handy for everyone who comes to Shimla during these festive times. 

• Snow view: There is nothing exciting to have the glimpses of mountains with the snow. Most of the travellers who come to Shimla during Christmas time can able to witness the mountain peaks of Shimla with full of snow. The entire area looks like heaven. If you have never seen snow, Shimla seems to be the best option for you to visit this place during Christmas time. Such a scenario will make your Christmas even a better one to enjoy with your loved ones. If you are staying in any of the popular Resorts near Kufri Shimla you will not miss seeing this wonderful scene right from your room’s window.

• Energizing parties: Festive times like Christmas and New Year this wonderful hill destination witnesses a number of parties organized by individuals, hoteliers, tourists and so on. Most of the resorts and hotels in Shimla offer parties during this festive time as a part of their package. Some hotels even organize parties for the local community on a chargeable basis. Most of these parties are celebrated with great enthusiasm and are combined with live DJ, BBQ, Drinks and a variety of delicious food. Travellers can enjoy Turkey here to feed their taste buds and this item is a special one for Christmas. Food lovers can enjoy these parties held during Christmas as well as during the New Year’s Eve. 

• Eat your favourite cake: Christmas without cakes cannot be imagined. Shimla city is blessed with many bakeries where you can find your favourite cakes which not only look beautiful but also delicious for your taste buds. Wine lovers too can enjoy branded wines offered at the hotels as well as in the wine stores. Interestingly, you can enjoy Christmas by eating these delicious cakes while making your strolls down the market area. Wine lovers can enjoy their favourite wine in their hotel rooms. Many hotels serve Christmas wines to their guests’ right in their rooms during the festive time. 

• Walk on the Mall Road: Being a festive day, it is really exciting for the travellers to walk on the famous Mall road during the Christmas day. Besides walking, one can enjoy the festive decoration made in the shops and malls that are located here. Each business owners compete with each other in making a grand decoration with different themes related to Christ and his birth. Whether you are Christian or a non-Christian, you will love to see such grand decorations outside and you will not miss seeing such amazing work done by the local community. 

• Visit the Church: Shimla has been blessed in having one of the oldest churches in North India. On Christmas Day as well as the New Year day people gather here for the chain of prayer programs conducted here. Non-Christians too visit here to celebrate the festival and besides this historic church there are many more churches are seen in the town which is small and local crowds gather here for the mass prayer on the Christmas day. All these churches are well decorated on these festive days to celebrate the season with a festive spirit. If snowfall happens on this day it is called white Christmas. 

The above tips are only the tip of the iceberg as Shimla offers a wide range of entertainment to the tourists during the seasons like Christmas and New Year Day. Having decided to visit Shimla during the Christmas period, you need to spend more time on the outside your room as the full city provides an innumerable number of programs and entertainment for everyone. Undoubtedly, visiting Shimla during Christmas and New Year is not only exciting but also allows the visitors to mingle with the local community and know their culture and some historical places. A trip to Shimla after the Christmas season will be totally different for the tourists as it carries more memories than the visits during the other seasons. 

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