Christmas Quotes

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.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child.

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts.

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.