It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis.
D.D. Monroe
Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you're home. Carol Nelson
We hear the beating of wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of the sun or of the stars shines in the midnight sky. Let the beauty of the story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men of many different races, that has been expressed through many religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood.
The New York Times (25 December 1937)
As you chose the lowly, the outcasts, and the poor to receive the greatest news the world had ever known, so may we worship you in meekness of heart. May we also remember our brothers and sisters less fortunate than ourselves in this season of giving. Amen.
Karen L. Oberst
Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives. William Parks
Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies. Alfred Noyes
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
Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving and of families united.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas is the time for looking ahead courageously through the gates of the swiftly approaching new year ... of resolving that the coming months will reflect a kinder, more forgiving and less heedless person than mirrored in the past. Ellen V. Morgan
Good will and joy a vital part.
It's higher thought and a greater plan.
It's glorious dream in the soul of man.
Wilfred A. Peterson in The Art of Living
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
So if a Christian is touched only once a year, the touching is still worth it, and maybe on some given Christmas, some quiet morning, the touch will take.
Harry Reasoner
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind;
Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
Helen Steiner Rice
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. Helen Steiner Rice
It is not even the beginning of Christmas unless it is Christmas in the heart. Richard Roberts
Christmas, my child, is love in action. ...
Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
Dale Evans Rogers
Christmas — that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance — a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. Augusta E. Rundel
Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.
William Saroyan
I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. May Sarton
The spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind. Loring A. Schuler
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Christmas ... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
Freya Stark
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.
Gladys Tabor
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you . . . yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Christmas ... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
Freya Stark
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.
Gladys Tabor
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you . . . yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The wonderful world of Christmas is a joy from the moment it starts. The wonderful world of Christmas should remain ev'ry day in our hearts...
Charles Tobias and Al Frisch
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.
W. J. Tucker
At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Thomas Tusser in "The Farmer's Daily Diet" from A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
Of course, this is the season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who aren't.
Helen Valentine
Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you ... to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old ... Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world — stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death — and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas! But you can never keep it alone.
Henry van Dyke ("Keeping Christmas" in The Spirit of Christmas)
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