Christmas is definitly too commercialized, and competitive. I hate that evry one seems so concerned about wether their gift cost as much as so and so's, and whether the turkey is bigger, or the tree has more lights on it.

I love walking around the streets at night with my family looking at the lights, and wishing their were carol singers around, with their hymns and candles. I love going to church and singing the Christmas hymns, and helping the church spread the good news.

I love having the bowl of treats on the table for anyone to dig into.

I love skipping our normal Bible reading and reading the Christmas story just for the children.

I love waiting expectantly for each meal that is different only because of what day it is, and eating way more than is comfortable, but keeping stubornly on because it tastes so darned good!

I love gathering round the tree and watching every ones faces as they open their presents, and even the clean up afterwards!

I even love having relatives around, though we live at the opposite end of the country to every one else, so its never a big turn out.

And I love the end of the day when we all kneel before bed time and thank the Good Lord for a safe and happy time!

I hope my Christmas never gets complicated like so many others seems to have done!

Thanks for bringing this thought to our attention as I know there are lots of us who love Jesus . Without Jesus there would be no Christmas.We love Christmas and this morning my husband took the morning service at our church and reminded us once again of that very first Christmas

Love Pauline

this is what I want to teach my kids.

Christmas is about either your religious reason ie birth of christ or the pagan tradition ( I am unsure of the rest as I have only been involved in pagan and christian)

It should be about family and wanting to be apart of a family weather it is friend family or real family. it should be fun and not "oh bum I have to deal with my Sil Bec who shits me." presents are a comercial thing and I hate being told I should have to buy for this person and that person and some random guy who I have never met and proberly next year will be a memory.

This year all I have bought for is the "I have to, to aplease the family BS (secret santa x 4 $10gifts + 2 secret santa $25 = my 3 neices and nephew)" for my kids and for my friends 2 kids. I dont buy xmas for Chris and he dont buy xmas for me. I think if u wanna buy then do it for kids not adults.

this year I am looking forward to Boxing Day. Time with friends and water fights. :) Having fun. thats what it should be.

Have a great Christmas Pia, Brandon, Aalyiah and Krystana.

Pia, I sooo agree with you !!

To be honest, I'm not too excited about Christmas, because the whole commercialism thing has gotten to me..
I believe in caring about people all year around, and buying things for them because you care, not because you HAVE to..

And I think you're right, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus..
I am a pretty faithful Catholic, I may not go to Church, I may not agree with the whole bible; but everytime something goes RIGHT in my life (not just wrong), I thank God for all that he has given me..
God has blessed me with a lot, that is what I remember as Christmas approaches :)

For me and Lawrence, I would much rather that he bought me something I needed, than to go out and buy something random just for the sake of Christmas..
I know he loves me because of the things he does for me.. not because of the things he buys me..

I'm not someone who can have their love bought; so even if someone were to buy me gifts 365 days of the year, if they didn't respect me, then those gifts wouldn't mean a thing..
(I think it's a lot harder to love and appreciate someone, than it is to buy them gifts)

I do hope you enjoy the holiday season, because of Jesus and because of time with your family..
Because that's what I'll be enjoying :)

Love Thuy xoxoxoxoxo