Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.

Leigh Hunt urges a balanced Christmas observance: remember, at least once during the day, the spiritual significance of Christ’s birth (“the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth”), and then permit yourself genuine enjoyment. The counsel rejects both irreligious forgetfulness and joyless piety, presenting mirth as compatible with—indeed sanctioned by—religion (“mirth is also of Heaven’s making”). The emphasis on “heart” frames Christianity less as doctrine than as moral and emotional example, aligning with Hunt’s humane, liberal sensibility. The quote thus defends festive pleasure as ethically and spiritually legitimate when grounded in gratitude and remembrance.