What Christmas Means to Me
Is it all about the presents?
December 24, 2019
People who celebrate Christmas often have their own meanings. To some, Christmas means shopping. To others, decorations, snow and much more. The most often heard meaning of Christmas, especially for young kids, is presents.
One thing I like about Christmas is the presents, but I’m not very crazy about them. Presents aren’t the only thing I get around the holiday season. Like many who celebrate Christmas, I get to see family, eat festive food, decorate for the holiday, and most importantly have traditions.
Every family with Christmas spirit has their own traditions. Every year, I do the same fun traditions. These include using my mom’s china on the dining table every Christmas morning and having a chocolate Advent calendar. We also decorate our Christmas tree on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. And we stay home every Christmas morning.
On Christmas Eve we go to two parties. One is at my grandmother’s house were we sing happy birthday to baby Jesus and have a cake. At my nana’s house we exchange gifts.
All these traditions I do at Christmas tell me that presents are not the only thing I get out of Christmas. It is the memories I make during this time of year.
Every person who celebrates Christmas has their own meaning, but this is what Christmas means to me.
Photos of the 2019 Jernegan Christmas celebrations were added on December 28, 2019.
Elizabeth Gonsalves • Dec 26, 2019 at 6:49 PM
Thank you for sharing your Christmas traditions, Alex. Mine start with a friend’s Christmas Eve party and reading The Night Before Christmas to their girls. We visit my husband’s family in the morning, then mine in the afternoon— then home. More than presents, the time with our family & friends means everything ?