o
Christmas
waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more
beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale
o
He
who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy
L. Smith
o
I
have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time;
a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long
calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their
shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were
fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on
other journeys. ~Charles Dickens
o
Happy,
happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days;
that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport
the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own
fire-side and his quiet home! ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick
Papers, 1836
o
There
has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries. ~W.J. Cameron
o
Christmas
is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us
that we're here for something else besides ourselves. ~Eric Sevareid
o
Our
hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are
better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at
Christmas-time. ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
o
Christmas
is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial
flame of charity in the heart. ~Washington Irving
o
Gifts
of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry
Christmas. ~Peg Bracken
o
Instead
of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the
year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true
sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish.
Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself.
~Francis C. Farley
o
It
is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. ~W.T. Ellis
o
For
centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means
fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.
~W.J. Ronald Tucker
o
I
sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into
it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for
me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.
And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly -
waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: "Why,
this is Christmas Day!" ~David Grayson
