“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Burton Hillis
“There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in heaven, The name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given.” – George W. Bethune
“Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” – Charlotte Carpenter
“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
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” – Dale Evans Rogers
Remember, this December, that love weighs more than gold.” – Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
“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.” – Agnes M. Pahro
“Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.” – Helen Steiner Rice
Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” – J. C. Penney
“It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself” – Charles Dickens
“Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world – stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death – and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas.” – Henry Van Dyke
“The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.” – W. C. Jones
“At Christmas, all roads lead home.” – Marjorie Holmes
“Christmas is a time when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.” – Bart Simpson
“Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: “What do you want to give to others for Christmas?” Second: “What do you want for Christmas?” The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first.” – Author Unknown
“Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.” – Phillips Brooks
“Christmas … is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” – Freya Stark
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” – W. T. Ellis
“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” – Ruth Carter Stapleton
“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.” – George Mathhew Adams
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles Schulz
“Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given – -when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.” – Joan Winmill Brown
“The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.” – W. C. Jones
“May we not “spend” Christmas or “observe” Christmas, but rather “keep” it.” – Peter Marshall
“If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.” – Author Unknown
“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”- Washington Irving
“This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.” – Taylor Caldwell
