Gloria, Gloria! they cry, for their song embraces all that the Lord has begun this day: Glory to God in the highest of heavens! And peace to the people with whom he is pleased! And who are these people? With whom does the good Lord choose to take his pleasure? The shepherds. The plain and nameless — whose every name the Lord knows well. You. And me.
Walter Wangerin Jr. in Preparing for Jesus
So here comes Gabriel again, and what he says is "Good tidings of great joy ... for all people." ... That's why the shepherds are first: they represent all the nameless, all the working stiffs, the great wheeling population of the whole world.
Walter Wangerin Jr. in Preparing for Jesus
Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts.
Lenora Mattingly Weber
As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same. Donald E. Westlake
I like the Christmas that fulfills my needs ... to be forgiven from greed and selfishness, to fill my empty soul with peace and compassion, for hope and faith and charity, for myself renewed and hope restored in an erring world.
Robert D. Wigert
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde in The Merry Book of Christmas
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
God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough. ... For just an instant the sky grew luminous with angels, yet who saw the spectacle? Illiterate hirelings who watched the flocks of others, "nobodies" who failed to leave their names...
Philip Yancy
"Selfishness makes Christmas a burden, love makes it a delight." Unknown .
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
Norman Vincent Peale
"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."
- Henry Van Dyke .
"Christmas Day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both."
- Phillips Brooks .
"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things-not the great occasions-give off the greatest glow of happiness."
Bob Hope .
"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."
Alexander Smith .
"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."
Benjamin Franklin .
"Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making." Leigh Hunt
Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through, the joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing, the poor and lonely and sad, the more of your heart's possessing, returns to you glad.
John Greenleaf Whittier
"Heap on the wood!-the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still."
Sir Walter Scott
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving .
"So remember while December Brings the only Christmas day, In the year let there be Christmas In the things you do and say." Unknown
"Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more." Phillips Brooks
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
"Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete." Charles Dickens
From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. Emily Matthews
"Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars and angels gave the sign." Christina Rossetti .
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. Bill McKibben
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. Bill Mckibben
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. Burton Hillis
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Calvin Coolidge
Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you’re home. Carol Nelson
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens
A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!. Charles Dickens
Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars & angels gave the sign. Christina Rossetti
Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.
Dale Evans
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