“I will never forget when I was about 12, and my mother told my siblings and me that we would not be receiving Christmas gifts because there wasn't enough money.I remember at the time that I felt sad and thought: "What would I say when the other kids asked what I had gotten?" Just when I started to a…”— Oprah Winfrey, hellogiggles.com
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”— Peg Bracken, books.google.dk
“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, books.google.dk
“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, daringtolivefully.com
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”— Unknown, daringtolivefully.com
“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”— Larry Wilde, books.google.dk
“Christmas was definitely the best thing ever, even better than pizza. But instead of all her favorite toppings, Amitola was surrounded by all her favorite people.”— Aishabella Sheikh, amazon.com
“The thoughtfulness and goodwill messages from loved ones brighten my Christmas day.”— Lailah Gifty Akita, amazon.com
“There are some wonderful aspects to Christmas. It's magical. And each year, from at least November, well, September, well, if I'm honest, May, I look forward to it hugely.”— Miranda Hart, amazon.com
“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring,…”— Winston Churchill, youtube.com
“Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers. There’s a friend seated across from you in…”— Vera Nazarian, amazon.com
“Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel thread and garlands of metallic filaments that disappear underneath the other ornaments and finery. Shadows follow, joyful, laughing sprites.…”— Vera Nazarian, amazon.com
“Christmas is a time in which, of all times in the year, the memory of every remediable sorrow, wrong, and trouble in the world around us, should be active with us, not less than our own experiences, for all good.”— Charles Dickens, amazon.com
“Christmas Eve is my favorite... I think the anticipation is more fun than anything else. I kind of lost that. The idea that something - food, traditions, an arbitrary date on the calendar - can be special because we decide it should be. We make it special. Not just for ourselves, but for others.”— Kiersten White, amazon.com
“At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”— Chris Van Allsburg, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“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, goodreads.com
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”— Garrison Keillor, amazon.com