Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge, 1927
No matter how carefully you stored the lights last year, they will be snarled again this Christmas. – Robert Kirby
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique and too soon gone. – Deborah Whipp
When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. – Charles Dickens
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. – Johnny Carson
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the Yuletide gay. – Ralph Blane
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. – Charles Dickens
Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included. – Author Unknown
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. – Bernard Manning
Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round. – J.L.W. Brooks
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark. – Dick Gregory
Christmas is a time to open our hearts to God and his gifts. Just like the rest of the year. – Author Unknown
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. – Johnny Carson
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. – Margaret Thatcher
Santa is very jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live. – Dennis Miller
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
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
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. – Lucinda Franks
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. – George Carlin
