Kolkata is one of the best places to be in if you want to celebrate Christmas in a grand manner. Fruitcakes, wine, Christmas decorations and mostly the spirit of the people over here makes the city one of the merriest cities during this time.
Here are some of the most happening places to visit during Christmas Eve.
Park Street:
This is probably the first name which pops in any ones head if we talk about Christmas celebrations in Kolkata. All the lights and decorations throughout the whole long street make it a huge attraction for fun-loving youths. The whole place is filled with huge hotels and restaurants and also small arrays of food kiosks. You eat and celebrate Christmas with your friends here.
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Saint Paul’s Cathedral:
It is the biggest cathedral in the city and during Christmas time the whole church gets decorated and lit up. All the midnight mob gets united here and sing the Christmas choir and Carol together. A very eventful place to be if you want to get the real feel of Christmas.
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Bow Barracks:
First a little history lesson about this place, Bow Barracks is a locality in the central Calcutta region. The locality is a small hub of mainly Anglo-Indian population who have lived here for generations. They did not have to pay any rent to live there so generation after generation that place became the hub for Anglo Indian community in Kolkata. On 23rd or 24th December, you can get homemade wine meat steaks and cakes here. They set up small stalls and sell these items and the taste of which is not like anything you ever had before.
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Nahoums Cake Shop:
Fruitcake, plum cake any many different types of cakes are a must during Christmas time. Baking cakes during Christmas is a tradition that has been going on since ages. And if you want to get the taste of some authentic fruit cakes Nahoums is the best place to be. This shop is more than 118 years old in the heart of Hogg market (New Market Area). They have been the experts of cakes since almost 3 generations.
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Free School Street:
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Mirza Ghalib Street, previously known as Free School Street, is a street that joins S. N. Banerjee Road with Park Street in Central Kolkata. This place is famous for cheap hotels and eateries. Many foreign visitors reside in these cheap hotels. During Christmas time you can get many different types of meat like duck, pork, turkey beef, lamb etc. This place is the meat lovers paradise.
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These were some of our picks where you can visit to make the most fun out of your Christmas vacations. Hope you guys liked it share your feedback and consider checking out some more articles. And again Merry Christmas to all of you guys. Check us at Facebook and Instagram.