Christmas Quotations by famous people Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. Helen Steiner Rice Many merry Christmas's, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us. Charles Dickens Lovely thing about Chritsmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. Garrison Keillor Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures... Sir Winston Churchill Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries. George W. Truett 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. Dr. Seuss I heard the bells on CHRISTMAS Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas. Irving Berlin People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December. Ogden Nash Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale Christians awake, salute the happy morn, Whereon the Saviour of the world was born. John Byron There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." Erma Bombeck "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'." Bing Crosby At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. Thomas Tusser "The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." Burton Hillis "Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." Dale Evans Rogers "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." Oren Arnold Let Christmas not become a thing Merely of merchant's trafficking, Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath And surface pleasure, but beneath The childish glamour, let us find Nourishment for soul and mind. Let us follow kinder ways Through our teeming human maze, And help the age of peace to come From a Dreamer's martyrdom. Madeline Morse "I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!" Charles Dickens "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 Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! Hamilton Wright Mabie "The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart." Helen Keller A Christmas Prayer "We thank you for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded us this day, for the hope with which we expect the morrow, for the work, the health, the food and bright skies which make our lives delightful for our friends in all parts of the earth." Robert Louis Stevenson This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven's eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring. John Milton "Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart." Washington Irving "The mystery of the Holy Night, which historically happened two thousand years ago, must be lived as a spiritual event in the ‘today’ of the Liturgy," the Pope clarified. "The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person with singular intensity this Christmas." Pope John Paul II Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space. Dave Barry At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows, But like of each thing that in season grows. William Shakespeare. "Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past." Rudyard Kipling Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish. Benny Hill "I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet The word repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ." Frank McKibben "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." Norman Vincent Peale At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime... Edgar Guest "God walked down the stairs of heaven with a Baby in His arms." Paul Scherer It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis. D.D. Monroe "Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most." Ruth Carter Stapleton Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Phyllis Diller 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 And the angel said unto them, "Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger. Luke 2, 10-12 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. Louisa May Alcott 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. Jay Leno "I will hold Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens. http://www.robinsweb.com Content Copyright©1997 Robin L. Olson, Robin's Web, All Rights Reserved.