The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens and filling empty hearts is the real magic of Christmas.
— W.C. Jones

To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.
— Henry Link

We cannot give in the true Christmas spirit if we do not give to those who cannot afford to give anything in return.
— Clare Booth Luce

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
— Calvin Coolidge

The Christmas spirit brings home to us – or should bring home to us – the profound Biblical truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Anything which inspires unselfishness makes for our ennoblement. Christmas does that.
— B.C. Forbes