Freestyle about Christmas

Christmas is a time of year when friends and family get together, exchange gifts, and feast on elaborate dinners, but isn’t there something more to it? As a Christian, I’ll tell you how I celebrate it and what it means to me. Christmas is a time to celebrate what happened over two thousand years ago, the birth of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Notice how in the word Christmas is the word Christ. That’s why when I think of Christmas I think of CHRISTmas, who should be the center of our celebration.

In my family, to help us remember the true meaning of Christmas, we do a couple of different things. One is to light the advent candles every Sunday in December and read Bible verses about His birth and why He came. Advent means “coming”, so we are reminded of our coming King. We also put up a nativity scene and decorate the house with little decorations.

One of the things my parents make sure that we do is give our gifts to others before we receive are own. We try to wait patiently while we open them one by one, making sure to thank the giver as we go.


Since I get lots of presents on Christmas and my birthday, I don’t really know what it’s like to be poor and not have any presents. Jesus, on the other hand, was poor and, other than the gifts of the wise men, probably never received any. I try to think about that when I write my Christmas list, but sometimes it slips my mind, especially when I see all the gifts under the tree on Christmas morning. It’s easy to become selfish, focusing on your self and what you want. The greatest gift that was ever given was Jesus, who came to earth and sacrificed his life so we can have eternal life. Jesus came to give and so is our example.

Response to Tayler Black

I agree with Tayler’s assessment that we have learned a great deal about professional communications. I have found my writing to be more consistently professional and just plain better. I feel confident in writing memos, proposals, or any other number of communications used in the professional field because I know the basics. The email communication is also useful and I do believe it will come in handy in my career. Like Tayler I enjoyed having guest speakers and learned many things from them. It was interesting to hear from people who a good at what they do and are able to answer questions.

From this course I learned to think of my readers while drafting a communication, which may be the most important lesson since it was repeated in almost every chapter. Tayler made a comment that she was glad she took this course. I am too and believe I am a much better writer. I would recommend this course to anyone, professional or not, who wants to better their writing skills and become a more valuable employee.