Christmas is one of my favorite holidays even though I am Buddhist.
Most of my schooling spent in either Christian or Catholic schools in Taiwan. I attended mass and learned all the songs.
When I was growing up, because my mom used to teach in Catholic school, she was familiar with the rituals. I remember we always had a small tree, we decorated it, and we admired the Christmas lights in the dark while sang the songs. In the morning, we always had stockings. Although I didn't decide on my religion until I came to the States, met a great monk, and decided to become Buddhist, I never wanted to stop celebrating Christmas.
For 8 years, we started with our Christmas preparation by going to Richardson's tree farm to find our perfect tree, cut it down, had chocolate, cinder, donuts, then ended up with a lunch at K.C. cabin.
