Ralph W. Sockman: Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been calledour most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. Carolyn Wells: ’Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we giveaway, How happy were our Christmas day! Pope Paul VI: We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, thedecisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let himrejoice. Freya Stark: Christmas... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries inone’s heart. Alexander Smith: Christmas is the day that holds all time together. Jerry Seinfeld: That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. Nick Rahall: The spirit of Christmas is-and hopefully always will be-about goodwill and generosity toothers and peace on earth. Norman Vincent Peale: Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and morebeautiful. Garry Moore: Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body. Robert Lynd: There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it’s Christmas,there are other people who want to strangle you just because its Christmas. Richard Lamm: Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits arewhen adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it. Garrison Keillor: A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all gothrough it together. James Irwin: |