Christmas brings different meanings to everyone, from cherished memories to seasonal traditions. We asked people across Birmingham what this special time means to them, capturing the voices and reflections of a city celebrating the festive season.
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00:00What does it mean? Well it means getting all your family and friends together, having drinks, a meal, putting Christmas music on, really enjoying getting everyone together and enjoying that time of the year when you pull all your family together.
00:16You know, you should always value your friends and family and try and be considerate towards them and thank them for the year if that makes sense. And to the less fortunate, you know, rough sleepers and whatnot, you know, do what you can to help them. So I suppose it's a mix of this childhood enjoyment and also, you know, generosity and being kind and charity and whatnot.
00:40I love to, Christmas means family to me. Christmas means traveling. I'm here from Canada via the U.S. and I'm here visiting my dad who lives not far from here. So Christmas is a time to get together with people that you love, that friends, the friends, family, and spending, making memories and revisiting old ones.
01:10Christmas to me is about spending time with family and friends and just everyone has Christmas free usually. So it's just about like getting everyone together and just having fun and having quality family time that you don't tend to have time for normally. That's what it is for me.
01:29Eating loads and drinking loads. Arty, I think it's like a time to be kind and like give back to the people who matter in your life.
01:37Yeah. So it's a real pleasure to those that are there for you, really.
01:42I think it's like a really good time for reflecting as well, just thinking about all the people close to you, what you've been doing, where you want to go in the future. And yeah, making that happen.
01:54But mainly the eating and drinking.
01:57Drinking, I agree.