249 Christmas Quotes to share with friends and relatives

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander Smith

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. – Katharine Whitehorn

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. – J.L.W. Brooks

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. – Author Unknown

For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind. – Loring A. Schuler

This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. – Taylor Caldwell

Tradition: sit with husband in a room lit only by tree lights and remember that our blessings outnumber the lights. Happy Christmas to all. – Betsy CaÃ±as Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com

Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts. – Lenora Mattingly Weber

To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year. – E.B. White, "The Distant Music of the Hounds," The Second Tree from the

I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become… but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. – May Sarton

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! – Charles N. Barnard

I do like Christmas on the whole…. In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. – E.M. Forster

As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is. – Eric Sevareid

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness. – Bob Hope

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 best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. – Andy Rooney

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

The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world. – Author Unknown

Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. – Pope John XXIII