What does Christmas mean to you?
918518
Christmas for us is a celebration of our faith as well as the gathering of our families and friends. We exchange gifts with one another but we don't make that the focus. For us, it is the time spent together laughing over old times, remembering those that have passed, watching our children marvel over all the traditions, being able to share in some terrific feasts and creating new memories to cherish. I am fortunate that my family genuinely gets along with one another, so the holidays are a time for us to really spend some great quality time together.
859214
It means a time of giving to those you care about. Being able to show your love to them through thoughtful gifts rather than just a bunchof gifts that the person doesn't care for. A time to be with family and friends. A time to forget about the troubles in the world for one day and just have a good day overall.
346588
is it Christmas already?
873437
Christmas by far. It brings great feelings and everyone seems so kind during the Christmas season.
710045
i say merry christmas.  we're not religious people, so we celebrate it as a family holiday.  we get together with all of our family members to eat and exchange gifts, and we do santa for the kids.  i can understand the whole pc happy holidays thing, but i don't think people of other belief systems should be offended if someone tells them merry christmas, they're just trying to be nice.
377316
We celebrate Christmas and include both Santa and Jesus. We have always had a star on top our tree to represent the Star of Bethlehem. We have a nativity set that is the first item set up and the last one taken down for Christmas. We discuss the true meaning of Christmas throughout the season, but we still let our daughter, and now our grand-daughter enjoy Santa Claus. We told our daughter and now our grand-daughter that Santa brings gifts just as the 3 Wise Men brought gifts to Jesus. On Christmas Eve we always read the First Christmas and also Twas The Night Before Christmas. We celebrate a combination the two, making sure the true meaning of Christmas in always present in our home and in our hearts. We NEVER skip Thanksgiving! We always make sure we are thankful for each and every blessing we receive. Each night before bed we always talk about our blessings for the day. We raised our daughter and she is raising her daughter to know that we receive little gifts from the Lord each day........Birds singing, Rainbows, Laughing Children, Hugs and Kisses from the ones we love, Beautiful flowers, etc. We each tell at least one "special gift" that we received each day. It helps us to remember the little things and makes each day a gift.
825704
When you have to sacrifice your lifestyle to supply people false happiness.  When Christmas becomes about the gifts and not the giving.  When Christmas becomes a holiday and not a holy day.
871679
best greeting christmas on christmas...greet them "Merry Christmas " with a big smile coming from your heart. if you mean ,,,,gift or presents.. material things are nice but.., it doesn't matter. Be a true persoon to them and give them what you can dofor the sake of each others relationship.\nMerRy Christmas to you, may you spend your christmas with peace...
701478
If I use Xmas I am just being a lazy typist...:)\n\nChristmas reminds me of when I was a little girl.\nChristmas was times spent with my parents and all of us and our children spending time together.\nChristmas was a special time when I still had a family in place.\n\nI will never stop saying "Christmas"  and I don't care how politcally incorrect this word would seem. Schools have taken this special time away from the children in order to be politically correct.  We are still a Christian country and I don't care if other sects or religions feel we should change this.\nIt is sad we have come to this stage, really sad.
25029
if you really think about it...your parents are the first to tell you about christmas
203803
Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in our family.  We love to share the story of Jesus' birth with our daughter along with the traditions of decorating and singing and baking cookies!
318814
Christmas - The time we remember the greatest gift to mankind. JESUS CHRIST\nSAVIOUR\nLORD\nMASTER\nFRIEND\nBROTHER\nPARTNER IN MINISTRY ETC \nJust the BEST
8841
Christmas the word means the Christ Mass- a church service dedicated to Jesus Christ.  But that's only the meaning in the strictest sense of the word.  The celebration itself is over the birth of Jesus Christ, and that is what the day has been dedicated to.\n\nIn it's fullest sense, the "meaning" of the day is one of giving.  We celebrate God giving the very best He had for us- His own and only Son, to be given as a gift to us, that through His sacrifice for our sins, we can be forgiven and our relationship to God Himself can be restored and enjoyed.  The gifts that we give to others is but a symbol of the gift that God gave to us.  So the real meaning is of giving to others- especially those in need (as we were), and sacrificially, as He gave to us.
785114
One year on Christmas eve when I was about 6 or 7, I woke up in the middle of the night and looked outside and saw a red light flying in the sky, and i was so excited because i thought it was Rudolph's nose. my dad played along when i woke him up, even though he knew it was just an airplane.\n\nmy sister usually left the cookies and milk for santa out, then one Christmas me and my brothers wondered why people always left food for santa, but nothing for his reindeer, so we put some carrots beside the cookies and wrote a note to Santa telling him the carrots were for the reindeer. we woke up the next morning and the cookies and carrots were eaten, and "santa" left us a thank you note.\n\ngreat times. I miss christmas as a little kid. It really gets different as you get older. It's still my favorite time of the year, but it changes. I've learned to appreciate the meaning of it even more as i've grown. I think that's probably true with most people\n\nMerry Christmas, everyone
725742
Christmas is great.  You get presents and you sit by fires.  It brings friendship to people around the world.
877922
Of course we celebrate Christmas\n\n"don we now our gay apparel...."\n\nHelloooo????\n\nRing a bell?\n\n"Sugar Plum FAERIES!"\n\nBut Sir, do tell more of this holiday you speak of, Behind Day!  Sounds intriguing.
861743
I like it. Very nice specially the last one\n\nChristmas is such a beautiful day.\nIt's the feeling of giving that makes it that way.\nThe gifts are all open, and the day is now done.\nThe best thing of all is that Santa DID come!\n\nAdd something for snow and Jesus