The True Spirit of Christmas
- And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people form their sins. Matthew 1:21
For many of us, December is a favorite month. It brings the joy of Christmas. Unfortunately, it is becoming a time of increasing commercial importance. It also is a time of over eating, over spending, and overdoing. . . . Any obsession with material things—Santa Claus or extravagant gifts—can smother out the sweet sights, sounds, and significance of Christmas. . . .
The true spirit of Christmas comes because of Christ. Christmas bears His holy name, yet Jesus as the Christ is unknown by most people on this planet, where Christianity is a minority religion. That makes our responsibility as emissaries of the Lord even more significant. We know who he is, and as His disciples, we know who we are and what we are to do. We are to bear his message to the world. ~~Elder Russell M. Nelson, Daily Joy (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2020), p.389
