CHRISTMAS QUOTES III
quotations about Christmas
It is so that, without our thinking of it, our simple human feelings one for another at Christmas-time corroborate the mystical message which it is the church's meaning to convey by this festival of "peace and good-will to men"--the power of the Invisible Love; from the mystical love of God for His world, to the no less, mystical love of mother and child, of lover and lover, of friend and friend.
RICHARD LE GALLIENNE
"A Christmas Meditation", Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.
AGNES M. PHARO
attributed, Lessons of Christmas
Let Christmas not become a thing Merely of merchant's trafficking,
Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath
And surface pleasure, but beneath
The childish glamour, let us find
Nourishment for heart and mind.
Let us follow kinder ways
Through our teeming human maze,
And help the age of peace to come.
MADELINE MORSE
attributed, All About Christmas
The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling, remind me that most people are that way all year round -- kind, generous, friendly and with an occasional moment of ecstasy. But Christmas is the only time they dare reveal themselves.
HARLAN MILLER
Better Homes and Gardens
The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. We sightless children had the best of eyes that day in our hearts and in our finger-tips.
HELEN KELLER
Out of the Dark
For many people, Christmas is about the grand gesture -- spending days and nights in frenzied cooking and decorating, enduring crowds to buy piles of gifts, and attending to a calendar chock-full of obligations. The funny thing is, at the end of all the huzzah and hurrah, many of us are exhausted rather than exhilarated.
DONATA MAGGIPINTO
Christmas Family Gatherings
Let it be a small branch of holly, or a sprig of mistletoe, or a bit of evergreen--whatever the decoration may be, the home will seem the brighter and better for it. And so will the dinner be enjoyed the more heartily if the table be decked with fruits and flowers. For the dinner, like all Christmas dinners, is soon over, but the remembrance of the scene will remain with us for many a day.
LEE JAMES
"Holiday Decorations,", The Junior Munsey
Santa blows all these shipping companies away. He delivers more than 2 billion packages in just 24 hours. He does it by sleigh. He doesn’t use tracking numbers and doesn’t use trucks. He just uses midgets and a giant bag.
CRAIG FERGUSON
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Dec. 12, 2011
Come on, Dad. If TV has taught me anything, it's that miracles always happen to poor kids at Christmas. It happened to Tiny Tim, it happened to Charlie Brown, it happened to The Smurfs, and it's gonna happen to us.
BART SIMPSON
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", The Simpsons
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
MARY ELLEN CHASE
attributed, Believe: A Christmas Treasury
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
GEORGE CARLIN
stand-up routine
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.
ANDY ROONEY
Men's Health, Dec. 2006
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
IRVING BERLIN
White Christmas
Much of the beauty of Christmas lies in its challenge to look further, deeper, until we find its secret in the heart of God. But we never find that unless we look beyond the presents under the tree.
DALE EVANS
A Happy Trails Christmas
Christmas is ... a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own.
KAREN KINGSBURY
A Treasury of Christmas Miracles
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.
BILL MCKIBBEN
Hundred Dollar Holiday
Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
JOSEPHINE DASKAM BACON
"Spugs"
At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
THOMAS TUSSER
The Farmer's Daily Diet
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
W. C. JONES
The Joy of Brightening Other Lives
Probaby the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don't quite know how to put our love into words.
HARLAN MILLER
Better Homes and Gardens