by Violet Buckley

Created on: September 27, 2009

For me, the meaningful meaningful Christmas celebration for families is when we are together during Christmas season. This time of the year is the best time for reunion of families. Immediate families who live in far away p;aces will come and visit.

For our family, Christmas time is the best time of the year to get together and have fun. We scheduled of where to meet every Christmas vacation. Sometimes we will get together in my brother's place, the next time in my sister's place, and in the next time will be in my place or in our parent's place. Since each of us have our own families, we we agreed that every year we will alternate our meeting place of getting together.

What we do is just to spend time together, talking, laughing, eating and have fun. Visit some nice places in the area, attend programs like Christmas programs, concert or watch movies together. Spending time together with our siblings during Christmas time who live away from us, is really a nice experience. All of us are looking forward to this event of the year. The kids enjoyed a lot meeting their cousins, uncles and unties. grand and grand pa on both sides. These are memories that they treasured a lot.

The Christmas program in that family gathering is the exciting part. the exchange gifts, the food and the bonding. I can picture out the happy faces of the kids opening their gifts from their grandma and grandpa, from their uncles and unties. This is a lot of fun. I'm sure most of us are delighted when Christmas season comes. We are expecting our families from abroad to come home and visit for the holidays, our friends and other relatives come and visit, and the Christmas activities and fun. We really love it. I for one, I love it when it is Christmas time.

It is exciting to imagine that the family will go out together buying stuff in the mall, going to different places where there are Christmas sales. It is fun. Buying things in preparation for the Christmas party, This is also the time to share our family blessings to the needy. We can visit some rest homes, or orphanage to share Christmas present to them. If the kids will be involved in this activity, they will feel the need of some kids in the orphanage and it would help them to realize that they are fortunate enough than other kids and they should share what they have to others. Christmas is the time to share the blessings that god has given us. We will give love on Christmas day.

There is no other perfect time of the year to give and share more than what we do everyday but on Christmas season. Everything I mentioned above is the best way to celebrate Christmas with our families.

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