quotations about Christmas
Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.
JON ANDERSON
All About Christmas
What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?
SALMAN RUSHDIE
Fury
When you with velvets mantled o'er,
Defy December's tempests frore,
Oh! spare one garment from your store,
To clothe the poor at Christmas.
WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER
"Christmas Carol"
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
attributed, Opening the Gifts of Christmas
I have often thought ... it happens very well that Christmas should fall in the Middle of winter.
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, Jan. 1712
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
attributed, A Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas
Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing;
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.
GRACE NOLL CROWELL
attributed, The Poetry of Faith