The result: a series of Punjabi party songs, apart from a version of Punjabi 'Jingle Bells', doing rounds on the internet with videos of desi Santa doing bhangra to the dhol beats.

It's true that "Jingle Bells" songwriter James Pierpont did not have Christmas in mind when he penned the tune — which does not mention the holiday in its lyrics — in the 1850s. However ...