Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
Copy Quote View & ShareI wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.
Copy Quote View & ShareMail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.
Copy Quote View & ShareSanta is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy brothers and sisters, true love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas spirit. You can hear it. You can see it. You can feel it.
Copy Quote View & ShareAs dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Copy Quote View & ShareChristmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.
Copy Quote View & SharePlease to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!
Copy Quote View & ShareAlways be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can't go wrong. Be the type who's impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want.
Copy Quote View & ShareAt Christmas, 'It's a Wonderful Life' makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it's coming.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had - it's a fresh start.
Copy Quote View & ShareBeing a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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