What is the definition of Christmas spirit?

Answer 1

You don't hear that expression to much any more these days, but if you go back more then 30 years when Christmas was still seen as more of a religious celebration and a family thing as well. Christmas had an element in it where people felt it was a good thing to do to be a Little more tolerant of the Misdeeds of others, to be a little more charitable. One time when I was broke some sort of traffic rule ( I forget exactly what it was) the cop said You are lucky its nearly Christmas otherwise I would have booked you. people showed a little extra tolerance and love for each other and even the animals around them. Today you see very little of that. Today we treat such sentiments with suspicion and take the inspiration out of it by referring to it as holiday instead. The Christmas spirit was a thing of extra tolerance and love based on the teachings of Jesus Holiday.