Houses are adorned with twinkling lights and festive decorations and families exchange gifts and attend midnight masses.
Pongal is the Tamil harvest festival when families gather to cook a pot of Pongal, a special dish made with freshly harvested crops.
Lohri in North India, brings people to bonfires, singing, dancing, and tossing sesame and sugarcane into flames.
India celebrates as the sun enters Capricorn, filling the sky with colourful kites in friendly competitions.
Bihu, the Assamese New Year celebration full of traditional feasts and Bihu dance, marks the end of the harvest season.