What Isn’t/Is Christmas Spirit?

I was thinking about this for a few days and I came to the following conclusions;

Christmas Spirit is not:

Putting lights on your house or setting up a tree inside.
Buying more expensive gifts than you should or can afford.
Going insane trying to get the “impossible gift of the year” for your kids.
Music for the season.
Wreaths on your car.
Wishing for snow.

Christmas Spirit is:

Getting in the right hand lane if you are driving slow.
Holding the door for anyone whether their hands are full or not.
Taking the time to notice someone left a light on in their car and going to knock on their door to let them know.
Calling your distant relatives, just because.
Watching a friend’s pets, even though you hate doing it.
Returning something accidentally left behind, to the proper owner.
Telling someone you barely know the tag on their sweater is sticking up the back of their neck.

I wish people would drop out of this “special time of year” mind-set and realize that the real Christmas Spirit can be with you every day of your life and has nothing to do with Jesus, God or Santa.

Just try to stop being assholes.