"It's..." How did she explain a religious holiday to somebody who didn't share it when she was daily trying to figure out how she felt about said religion, or at least how it felt about her?

"The presents are really about family and friends and just being generous, though -- it's to celebrate that when Christ was a baby, he was born in a stable on a cold night, but his family and the animals kept him warm, and people who heard about him brought gifts."