In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. – Richard Bach
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. – Clarence Clemons
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah. – William Tecumseh Sherman
I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. – TobyMac
Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement. – Annie Lennox
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – David Cameron
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check. – Mahalia Jackson
Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh. – Steven Tyler
The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year. – Johnny Vegas
On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child. – Nigella Lawson
Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. – George Osborne
When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas. – Chris Brown
According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time. – Grazia Deledda
I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow. – Ice Cube
I save every Christmas card. I keep them all. – Alison Sweeney
I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year. – David Friedman
Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. – John Clayton
Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc. – Renee Fleming
I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas. – Frank Butler
The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other. – John Clayton