I couldn't agree with you more. If people say they are celebrating the Christ, then it would make sense to me that they recognize the life of Christ and realize that he displayed love, compassion, generosity, etc. throughout his human life. Jesus said love would be the identifying mark of true Christians - "By this all will know you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves". (John 13:35) Clearly he didn't mean to display acts of kindness once a year.