Like in most parts of the world, New Year Eve celebration has grown into a great day of fun n India. This day is celebrated mostly in the urban areas as people welcome the New Year with a lot of enthusiasm. The celebration of New Year Eve is all about forgetting the sorrows of yesterdays and welcoming a New Year with the hope that it is much better than the last year.
Most of the cities in the country are beautifully decorated during the time. The streets are decorated with lights. The restaurants, pubs and the parks remain packed with crowds. People engage themselves in fun and frolic activities. The various night clubs of the cities remain jam packed as people party through out the night to welcome the New Year with fun and joy. There are also a number of other ways of celebrating the eve as people often exchange gifts and wish each other for a prosperous New Year ahead.
New Year Eve is all set to be celebrated on December 31. Indianholiday.com offers online information about New Year Eve.
| Festivals in December 2012 |
| Festival Name | Festivals Day/Date |
| World AIDS Day | 1 Dec, Saturday |
| Bundi Utsav | 1 - 3 Dec, Saturday-Monday |
| Hornbill Festival | 1 - 7 Dec, Saturday-Wednesday |
| Vaikathashtami Festival | 7 Dec, Wednesday |
| Goa Liberation Day | 19 Dec, Wednesday |
| Christmas | 25 Dec, Tuesday |
| Vishnupur Festival | 27 - 31 Dec, Thrusday-Monday |
| Rann Utsav | 28 - 30 Dec, Friday-Sunday |
| Winter Festival | 29 - 31 Dec, Saturday - Monday |
| New Year Eve | 31 Dec, Monday |
| Chennai Dance Festival | Mid December (Starting) |
| Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsava (Pune) | 2nd weekend of December |
| Rash Mela | December |
| Lokranjan | December |
| Lumbini Festival | December |
| Geeta Jayanti Samaroh | December |
| Yellamma Devi Fair | December |
| Poush Mela | December |
| Pawl Kut | December |
| Tansen Samaroh | December |
| Tarpa Festival | December |
| Chrysanthemums | December |
| Chumpha Festival | December |
| Ice Skating Festival | December |
| Perumithitta Tharavad | December |