Christmas Quotes

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

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.

So how was Christmas for you guys? Did you all get lots of nice black t-shirts?

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?

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans—and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused—and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.

For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

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.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

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.

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.

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.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.

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.

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.

Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Its easier to feel a little more spiritual with a couple of bucks in your pocket.

Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

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.

But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept.

I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home.

To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.

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!

The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

0 little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by.

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven.

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

So stick up ivy and the bays, and then restore the heathen ways, green will remind you of the Spring, though this great day denies the thing, and mortifies the earth, and all, but your wild revels, and loose hall.

Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

Memories, important yesterdays, were once todays. Treasure and notice today.

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief.

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.

Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others-the minted round of metal. And one may safely say that, of all the ages since a coin first became the symbol of power, ours is that in which it yields to the majority of its possessors the poorest return in heart's contentment.

Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity.

Christmas gift suggestions:To your enemy, forgiveness.To an opponent, tolerance.To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.

There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding only three red berries, which peel back in the night to reveal gifts of frankincense, gold and myrrh, Christmas in hot deserts, dust-blown countries, the necklace of tears, and the story of the robin.

Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.

You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.

It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart

What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever

The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.

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.

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.

Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through.

'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day!

I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life.

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.

Nose, nose, jolly red nose,And who gave thee that jolly red nose?Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;And they gave me this jolly red nose.

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to the world!

How do you survive Christmas? You drink a lot. And drink a lot, right. Drink a lot and drink a lot.

Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts.

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.

Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.

The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.