HOW CHRISTMAS MUST BE CELEBRATED

 In this essay I am explaining how Christmas should be celebrated , this topic is connected to the essay before , because of the general topic that is Christmas. But in this one I am going to share my point of view and what I think is the point of view of other people on how Christmas should be celebrated , either in a religious way or a social way.

As stated in the essay before , Christmas is a annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ , that is observed most commonly the 25th of December. For many people Christmas starts from the 24th or 25th until New Years ,  for me is not that way , I personally think that Christmas is a full month , that starts from the 30th of November to the 31st of December and for some other people it ends in January. I think that Christmas does not have a exact way of being celebrated , because for everyone Christmas is not the same , there are people that think that Christmas has to be solemnly religious , for others is just a social celebration , for others is a mixture of both and some do not even celebrated because they simply do not believe in it. For those people that celebrate Christmas in just a religious way , they stick to the traditional christmas days , they accomplish the advent period correctly by actually doing it , they only celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and nothing else , they may do the 24th feast but without any gifts to share , just them honoring the birth of Jesus Christ , and going to church .  For the one that think that Christmas is just a time to celebrate , they simply leave religion aside and bring the party , drinks and gatherings up front , that sometimes they do not even care that we are celebrating the birth of Jesus that they jump straight to the carnival season , that comes in February  . For the ones that do a mixture of them both , they accomplish the traditional religious process of Christmas , and pray in church , but they twist it all adding new ideas to make a even better Christmas , like doing novenas , singing Christmas carols , doing small gatherings with families to remember of the great year that has gone bye , and the 24th they do the big feast with all the family , just enjoying each other presence laughing , listing to music and eating. For does how do not share the same religion they have their own tradition that may be similar to Christmas , and for the people that simply do not believe is another normal month , where they can do whatever they want and party. 

I think that one of the most important factors is how at the end we all are more united because , those special gatherings and new traditions , even decorating a house bring all of us together.

At the end of the day it does not matter how you celebrated Christmas , the important thing about this month , aside the birth of Jesus , is how families reunite and have a great time together , they catch up , they travel , they share the memories of things that had happen to them , and all with joy and love. In my personal opinion , I think that there is nothing wrong finding a balance between religious and social way of celebrating Christmas, In my house we celebrate Christmas combining those two factor , and we all have a very great time fill with joy and love.

CHRISTMAS COMMERCIAL DATE OR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE

In this essay I am going to talk about how some people actually see Christmas today , and give my personal opinion on how I see it .  To do this I am going to start with the definition of Christmas and the religious process that comes along with it.

Christmas is a annual commemorating the brith of Jesus Christ , observed most commonly on December 25th as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world , because there is a lot of people that share a different religion and do not celebrate Christmas , or people that simply does not believe in it. Christmas is a sacred religious holiday that has become in a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. During the month of December before the actual birth of Jesus Christ we prepare with the advent period , that begins near the 30th of November. Now in this present time Christmas in my personal opinion has been a lot more commercialize than before , some people actually forget the meaning of Christmas or even what we celebrate in this time of the year. A lot of people now invented ideas that have been incorporated into Christmas , like the new year resolution , which is some new goals that people create for themselves and that the majority of time the never accomplish, the mistletoe right above your doorstep , in Colombia the day of las velitas that is supposed to be the day where Virgin Mary pass through our houses and leaves a great , sinless , joyful spirit , but many people has taken that day to light up wildfire and people actually gets hurt , the large feast , the present we are supposed to give, Santa Claus and the holly wreaths. Now some people decorate their houses with religious symbols that they do not even know what they mean. But in another hand all these new inventions like Santa Claus , the big 24th feast , the velitas day and religious symbols helps bring family together ,  because the family all reunites to celebrate these days , to have fun , and to remember memories of the year that has gone and create new one of the year that is coming , all the religious symbols and even Santa help us to teach the children the true meaning of christmas. So it is not a bad thing to add a few non religious ideas to the Christmas holiday , because the meaning will never be lost and commercialization will always be a thing , it will always exist because people need money to actually live and Christmas is not the only holiday with a meaning that has been commercialize.

To conclude this essay , my personal opinion is that Christmas is a combination of a cultural and commercialize date and a very big and important religious and sacred occasion. I think that is not bad for Christmas to be these way because the true meaning of Christmas is not lost and all these new ideas and additions to these holiday helps bring a lot of families together , after all Christmas is the most special and beautiful holiday of the year.