Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭24‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Not just at Christmastime but at all times.

The poor and less fortunate among us will always be.

The holidays seem to provide an extra measure of charity toward those in hardships—but without support of a seasonal spiritual citation.

Charity is an all day, every day, every season command.

Deuteronomy 24 instructs about leaving some unharvested crops in your fields for charitable gleaning year ‘round.

Not just at Christmas.

Christmastime charity should—if anything—be over and above a regular practice of giving the other eleven months a year.

A nation blessed with such abundance is also blessed with a capacity of generosity even at the least celebrated days.

To give of ourselves at all times good and bad is an exercise of our faith in God as provider both for us as well as for those who cannot yet adequately provide for themselves.

Charity is all-year.