调查：圣诞节对人们的意义
Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25, each year. For many, it's a day of merriment and giving of thanks, marked by gatherings with friends and family, shared meals and the exchange of gifts.
每年的12月25日，全世界的基督教徒们都会庆祝圣诞节。在很多人看来，圣诞节是一个充满快乐与感恩的日子。在这一天，人们总会与自己的亲友相聚，共享佳肴，互相交换礼物和祝福。
The Huffington Post editors asked readers around the world what Christmas means to them. Scroll below to read the best responses.
"Every year, my family goes with two or three other families (usually families we have known for many years) to sing Christmas carols at the local nursing home. Many of the residents have very few family members who visit them. Some have no Christmas visitors and are very lonely. We have one friend who lives in the nursing home who joins us every year, making his way through the halls as we push him in his wheelchair.
"It is a way that my parents taught me to think of others before myself, especially during the very materialistic Christmas season. Jesus teaches us to welcome strangers and comfort those who mourn. What better time to live out His teachings than during Christmas?"
--Lauren Purser, email
"I don't think of Christmas as being religious or non-religious, but rather as one of the few days where everyone can relax and snuggle up somewhere warm together (at least in the Northern hemisphere), and that is how I want it to be. Like, if just for that day, everyone could forget any hatred or sadness and just have kind sentiments."
-- Koh Fujinaga, HuffPost Japan Facebook
"Our family is always together, that is our great tradition."
-- Márcia Andréia Lopes, HuffPost Brasil Facebook
"My love for Stollen [a traditional Christmas bread] and dried fruits and nuts is endless."
-- Masae Nakamura, HuffPost Japan Facebook
Instead of giving gifts, our family gives blessings based on what we have observed during the year #huffpostchristmas
-- Evan Schellenberg (@evanbuilds) December 19, 2015
Favorite part of Christmas is pictures with the fam. #huffpostchristmas
-- m.i.milliman (@mimilliman) December 20, 2015 10 great Christmas quotes