Purify your hearts, perform holy activities, and be loving towards everyone. That is the best way of celebrating Christmas.

There was a huge halo of splendour illuminating the sky over the village when Christ was born. This meant that He, who was to overcome the darkness of evil and ignorance had taken birth, that He will spread the Light of Love in the hearts of all men and women. When you celebrate the birth of Christ, resolve to lead your life performing loving service to the weak, helpless, distressed and disconsolate. Cultivate tolerance, forbearance, charity and magnanimity. Hold dear the ideals Jesus taught and practice them in your daily lives. However, the ways in which Christmas is celebrated now shows how far people have moved away from these noble ideals! The midnight hour is revered, illumination is arranged, the Christmas tree is set up, but then, do you spend the rest of the night filling yourself with Divine Bliss? Purify your hearts, perform holy activities, and be loving towards everyone. That is the best way of celebrating Christmas.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba