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“My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still. – Charlton Heston

“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes, American writer.

‘My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope, American film actor and comedian.

“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 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

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor

“Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.” – Robert Lynd

“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.” – Bess Streeter Aldrich

“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.” – Oren Arnold

“I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. And thus I drift along into the holidays–let them overtake me unexpectedly–waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: ‘Why this is Christmas Day!’” – Ray Stannard Baker

“The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!” – Charles N. Barnard, American author, travel writer.

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie

“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller

“Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.” – Joan Mills

“Christmas is, of course, the time to be home – in heart as well as body.” – Garry Moore

“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. Pahro

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.” – Pope John XXIII

“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.” – Andy Rooney

“The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.” – Andy Rooney

“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. Rundell

“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles Schulz (1922-2000), American cartoonist ‘Peanuts’.

“As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.” – Eric Sevareid

“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.” – Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), American author of children’s books. From ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’.

“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” –
Eric Sevareid (1912-1992), American newscaster.

“Christmas 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.” – Ralph Sockman (1889-1970), American religious leader.

“He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.” – Sunshine Magazine

“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.” – Margaret Thatcher

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” – Thomas Tusser

“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 (1895-1971), American author.

“Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.” – Deborah Whipp (1964-), web designer.

“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” – Larry Wilde, author ‘The Merry Book of Christmas’.

“Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It’s always the next Christmas.” – Joanne Woodward (1930- ), American film actress.

Music: ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemeng’ © Yuko Ohigashi

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