National Survey of 1,000 Adults

December 14-15, 2008

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you celebrate Christmas in your family?

91% Yes
6% No

3% Not sure

2*[asked only of those who celebrate Christmas] Do you celebrate Christmas primarily as a religious holiday or as a secular holiday?

71% Religious holiday
23% Secular holiday
6% Not sure

3*[asked only of those who celebrate Christmas] Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God sent to earth to die for our sins?

82% Yes
12% No

7% Not sure

4*[asked only of those who celebrate Christmas] Do you believe that Jesus Christ was born to a virgin?

75% Yes
16% No

9% Not sure

5* Did the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walk the earth 2000 years ago?

83% Yes
5% No

12% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence