“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace”
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“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace”
“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!”
“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?”
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year.”
“Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart”
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”
“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!”
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
“Good news from heaven the angels bring, glad tidings to the earth they sing: to us this day a child is given, to crown us with the joy of heaven.”
“Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, if he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn. Should Christ be born a thousand times anew, despair, o man, unless he's born in you!”
“The good part of Christmas is not always Christian, it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural.”
“May peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!”
“May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, the gladness of Christmas give you hope, the warmth of Christmas grant you love”
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
“Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at christmastime”
“The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much”
“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.”