Americans overwhelmingly continue to celebrate Christmas, and it remains the nation's top holiday.

Sixty-two percent of American Adults consider Christmas to be one of the nation's most important holidays, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey. Just six percent say Christmas is the least important holiday, while 31 percent rate it is somewhere in between the two.The importance placed on the holiday is up from 59 percent a year ago but matches the level measured in 2014. Christmas edges out Independence Day as the most important holiday of the year for Americans.Eighty-eight percent say they celebrate Christmas in their family, and 66 percent of these Americans consider Christmas one of the nation's most important holidays.Fifty-nine percent of all Americans generally consider the holiday season joyous, showing no change from last year and tying the highest level measured in surveys since 2007.Just 28 percent now generally find the holiday season stressful instead, down from 33 percent a year ago and a new low.Only 49 percent will attend a religious service this holiday season, down from 56 percent last year. Forty percent will not, but 11 percent are undecided.Still, 65 percent believe Christmas should be more about Jesus Christ than Santa Claus.