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.
-- Calvin Coolidge
Love the giver more than the gift.
-- Brigham Young
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
-- Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a little bit more.”
--The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
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
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
--Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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
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