The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As wegot farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of amarble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.
Washington Irving:
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame ofcharity in the heart.
Stephen Fry:
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
Carrie Fisher:
I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another, it’s about the Christian ethic, it’s about kindness.
Dale Evans:
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.
John Doolittle:
The endangered species list has grown this year to include both religious and secular symbols cherished by Americans
including the nativity, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, candy canes, and Christmas carols
Charles Dickens:
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Grazia Deledda:
According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.
Calvin Coolidge:
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.
Gilbert K. Chesterton:
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? |
