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Step 1
Celebrate Christ with a simple advent wreath of greenery and candles. Light three purple candles, adding one each week, and add a lit pink candle the week before Christmas. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, light a large white candle in the center of the wreath celebrating Christ's coming into the world.
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Step 2
Create a "Jesse Tree" celebrating the lineage of Jesus. Decorate the tree with 25 symbols of Jesus' family, demonstrating how God prepared the way for His son. Check out the Spiritual Woman website for a list of people, symbols and scripture represented by the tree.
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Step 3
Send out a Christian message in your Christmas cards. Instead of a silly joke about Santa's reindeer, why not share that the birth of Christ is the reason for the season? Find religious greeting card lines at most card stores, check out a Christian bookstore or look online.
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Step 4
Take time for devotions, and reread the Christmas story in the Book of Luke. If the story is too familiar, read it in a different translation, such as the King James version if you are used to the New International Version (NIV).
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Step 5
Buy a baby item, wrap it and place it under the tree, dedicating it to the baby Jesus. Then donate the gift to a needy family or a social service agency.
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Step 6
Watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" together with your family. This cartoon by Charles Schultz is one of the few Christmas TV shows to directly deliver the gospel message.
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Step 7
Bake a cake for baby Jesus and sing "Happy Birthday" on Christmas morning. This ritual will help children understand the true meaning of Christmas.
