Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. My entire life, my family and I have always gone to my uncle's house for Christmas Eve and the best part was, aside from spending time with my crazy family, was that Santa would always make a guest appearance. As a little kid, most of the excitement of Christmas comes from believing in Santa. My brother and I used to plan to stay up and play board games in my room all night until we heard Santa or until it was time to wake up and run downstairs. Of course, we'd fall asleep eventually, but we always made an effort to stay up every year. The Christmas spirit was always there. But, as you grow up, all of that stops and the excitement fades and that's all because you stop believing in Santa. Even though Santa is a fictional character and Christmas is still Christmas with or without him, I think believing in Santa just makes the holiday season what it is, especially as a little kid.