Once there was a man who enjoyed the spirit of  Christmas that he decided to keep it always. So he  put it in a large jar and set it on the mantelpiece,  where it gave a lovely glow all through the  Christmas season.  Soon after, however, there was quite a to-do,  what with packing away the lights and ornaments and the manger scene, and getting the tree out of the  house without it shedding too many needles.    Somewhere along the line, the jar with the  Christmas spirit disappeared, and no one seemed to  know where it had gone.    Months later, when rummaging about the attic,  the man discovered the jar once more; and he was  shocked to find the glow was gone. All gone! All  that remained was a small, hard, black clinker that  rattled thinly as he shook it.    The man brought the jar downstairs and  regarded it thoughtfully for a long time. Then, he  decided to do something about it. Before he went to  bed that night, he got a little brown paper bag and  filled it with some odds and ends he hadn't used for  months.    During the days that followed, he distributed  these odds and ends as he went about his daily  duties: A pinch of Good Cheer here; a wish of Good  Will there; some Charity, some Thoughtfulness - some  Love.    And lo! One night he came home to find his jar  of Christmas spirit glowing brightly as ever,  shedding its radiance throughout the home and into  the dark night beyond.    And ever since, he has kept the spirit of  Christmas glowing.