How Do You Celebrate Christmas?

I am a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian, and we celebrate Christmas. We celebrate the spirit of Christmas, like giving and sharing. But we don't believe Jesus was born December 25. It's a Catholic doctrine, and we know that December 25 is not the real birth date of Jesus. It's a birth date of one of their saints, and they converted it to Christmas.

We have no idea when Jesus was born or the exact date. The only clue is that it was during the time when Caesar Augustus taxed the Roman world, and it could have been anytime and one would have to go and search the records to find out when that occurred. We do celebrate Jesus's birth that day even though HE may have been born in a different month because HE came to earth to save us from our sins and bring light and love and hope to us. So we go to church every Christmas, and afterwards will sing carols. We also exchange gifts just as God gave HIS SON to be a gift to us, and because of the wise men. Oh and our sons and their wives are coming over as well after they attend Mass.

I haven't read anything that is about Jesus being born on December 25. I really want to know the real date of Jesus Birth. In our country, we celebrate Christmas. We marked the date as the day Jesus Christ was born. That is the real reason of Christmas for us and not about Santa. During Christmas it is a holiday , mostly start of December 24 many employees and companies are closed, people are with their family , that is why we called it a holiday and time for family and reunions. When you are with family and some relatives of course, it involves fun. Everywhere you see laughter, smiles and of course love in the air.

I am actually athiest, but I celebrate christmas as a festive holiday. I still have christmas spirit, I don't go to church or anything but I wish people a marry christmas and try to do nice things.