Quote by Katharine Whitehorn
From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it wou

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

Other quotes by Katharine Whitehorn

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Smoking
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I cannot for the life of me see why the umpires, the only two people on a cricket field who are not going to get grass stains on their knees, are the only two people allowed to wear dark trousers. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Sports
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Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. – Katharine Whitehorn

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Committees
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Other Quotes from
Christmas
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Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. – Frank McCourt

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Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. – Clement Clarke Moore

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Christmas

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition. – Fred Melamed

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Christmas

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! – Phyllis McGinley

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Christmas

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The advent of a new religion, making serious and impressive claims to embody a new revelation from on high, is not a frequent occurrence. – Robert Rainy

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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey. – Parker Stevenson

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