Im so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia. – David O. Selznick

It is the most human and kindly of seasons, as fully penetrated and irradiated with the feeling of human brotherhood, which is the essential spirit of Christianity, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses. – George William Curtis

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. – Charles Dudley Warner

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. – T. S. Eliot