Despite most people in India following Hinduism, everyone still seems to get into the Christmas spirit. Our office tended to be rather noisy yesterday as plenty of secret santa-like jokes and presents unleashed themselves upon their victims, constant song dedications played, Santa (AKA yours truly) handed out gifts, and a series of skits performed by each team to everyone else in the office, all leading up to a fantastic Christmas party.

The party coincided with the first anniversary for our office in Pune and so was a double celebration at a nearby hotel. With two huge reasons to party (who really even needs one?) it pretty much guaranteed most people on the dance floor for most of the night until the music ran out. There’s really something about large gatherings in India – the dance floor seems to be the centre of all attention and regardless of how well (or not so well in my case) you can groove it, everyone gives it a real good go. Last night, for instance, the first bus load literally spilled out of their seats and onto the dance floor where the DJ spun some (awfully mixed) tracks.

See the rest of the pictures from the day here.