I have been so blessed this Christmas,
with loving friends who care.
I hope their dreams are answered,
as they put their stockings on the tree.
May they have every wish,
dear God, please do it.
Just for me.

Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations — extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending.

Winds thro’ the olive trees
Softly did blow,
Round little Bethlehem
Long, long ago.

Dear Children,
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you’ve forgotten that I wasn’t actually born during this time of the year and that it was some of your predecessors who decided to celebrate My birthday

There is a better thing the observance of Christmas Day,
and that is Keeping Christmas.
Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people
and remember what other people have done for you?

Just believe in the little things, to help you get by
Just believe, tomorrow’s life will bring
Starlight to your eyes

“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.” – Shirley Temple

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens, Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
“If Ifs and Buts were candies and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas.” – Unknown
“If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.” – Unknown

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith
“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” – Dale Evans Rogers

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles Schulz
“Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups 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, Extension
“Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” – J. C. Penney

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving
“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