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Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.
Sep 10, 2025
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. - Stephen Leacockof Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling, remind me that most people are that way all year round--kind, generous, friendly and with an occasional moment of ecstasy. But Christmas is the only time they dare reveal themselves.
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.
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.
Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
Remember This December, That love weighs more than gold!
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.
Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.
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.
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.
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.
the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years... Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.
To travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
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!
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.
To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.
Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.