What does Christmas mean to you?
Put aside the outside definitions of Christmas (including what close family and friends would say) and consider what Christmas means to you personally.
What is important to you, what are the values of Christmas and the holiday season?
Is it about the birth of Christ, being with family, having a special meal with loved ones, giving thoughtful gifts, giving service to others, being social and seeing many people, or is it a break from the everyday?
Knowing what Christmas means to you and what you want from Christmas can be liberating – it can mean:
- making sure you get that important thing so Christmas is not a disappointment for the next 12 months
- being able to ignore some of the other pressures and expectations to concentrate on what you really want to
- a clear idea when discussing plans with family – if everyone has a clearer view, discussions are simpler and compromises easier
- set some real priorities
So why not spend the time thinking about what Christmas means to you? Share your ideas and any thoughts that help you clarify your Christmas values, too.



November 30th, 2011 at 5:32 am
Christmas to me and to more and more people around the world who celebrate it see the holiday as less to do with religion and more to do with enjoying time with family and friends.
I like to think Christmas still holds a little magic that tends to make us all a little nicer to our fellow man, more generous at the donation box and more thankful for family and friends.
http://www.heyimjustsaying.com/2011/11/29/what-is-christmas-and-how-did-it-start/
November 30th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Hey DW, I love your comment about a little Christmas magic making us better people (in short!) and I agree that for many (including me), Christmas is more about family and friends than religion. I’m all for anything that makes people nicer to each other