- Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out
faster than the Christmas spirit. ~Kin Hubbard
Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's
money. ~Author Unknown- The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene
in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't
find three wise men and a virgin. ~Jay Leno
Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for
- I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind
so much not having at other times. ~Kate L. Bosher
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning
and not be a child. ~Erma Bombeck, I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal
Depression
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups 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
I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that
it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday
which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the
obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored
souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe
in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure
makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming
with good will and cheerfulness. ~Julia Peterkin, A Plantation Christmas,
1934
Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party
and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth
of the next year. ~P.J. O'Rourke
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy
of love. ~Hamilton Wright Mabie
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.
~Author Unknown
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 |
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