Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays. – Henny Youngman
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log. – Ellen DeGeneres
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas. – Robert Staughton Lynd
Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year. – Victor Borge
I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season. – Ashley Tisdale
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. – Clement Clarke Moore
Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles. – Edwin Louis Cole
The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. – Lionel Blue
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. – Shirley Temple
The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts. – David Friedrich Strauss
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock
Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period. – Frances Wright
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase
Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas. – Dennis Franz
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. – Charles Dudley Warner
Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! – Phyllis McGinley
Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around. – Bryan White
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. – Jimmy Cannon
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
