What is the ruling on congratulating friends on their birthday by saying: "May you be well every year" and exchanging gifts, without manifestations of celebration?
What the questioner does—gathering, congratulating, and exchanging gifts on the occasion of Christmas—is considered a celebration of the birth of a person. This is an custom alien to Muslims, and it involves imitating non-Muslims.
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