We've spent the last couple couple of Christmas season volunteering at the local wayside Christian mission. We (myself, wife and two daughters) no longer make a big deal out out of out of the materialistic commercialism that has infiltrated the idea of Christmas. We have a much better time serving up food and engaging with our fellow man than we would stressing out about buying buying a bunch of crap and hoping we didn't forget anyone in the family.

It's sad that commercialism has driven people to think in monetary terms only when supposedly celebrating the birth of Jesus.
(Yes, fully aware most historical scholars believe he wasn't born the 25th of Dec. and the multitude of pagan connotations and traditions that go along with it.)