What is Advent? When does it start? What should I do? How do I tell my kids about Santa Claus? I don’t want to lie to them, but I also don’t want to ruin the magic of Christmas. My family used to tell me it was sacrilegious to abbreviate Christmas, Xmas. They said it was Xing Christ out of Christmas. Can I write it that way? And Steve's favorite Mariah Carey songs.