Christmas Quotes - Page 28

• I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

  Diane Abbott

  Dog, Morbid, Postman

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.

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• To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all time and will endure throughout eternity. As if by an instinct of our higher, spiritual nature, there well up from the depths of our hearts, emotions which challenge the power of human expression. We seem to be lifted out of the sphere of natural endeavor to put on a new life and to stretch forward in desire to a blessedness which, though not palpable, is eminently real.

  James Gibbons

  Christian, Spiritual, Real

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• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go; Take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again. With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.

  Meredith Willson

  Looks, Silver, Lanes

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• You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.

  William Bolitho

  Art, Giving, Needs

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• Heathenism had proved unequal to the wants of men; and it was when the most thoughtful among the Pagans were turned away from its hollow mockeries and misleading altars that the anthem of the angels broke clear and loud above the slopes of Bethlehem: "Glory to God in the highest! Peace on earth and good will toward men!

  William Mackergo Taylor

  Angel, Thoughtful, Men

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• Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Glasses, Praying, Harm

  William Makepeace Thackeray (1870). “Catherine. Titmarsch among pictures and books. Fraser miscellanies. Christmas books. Ballads”, p.424

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• Therefore with idle hands and head I sit
  In late December before the fire's daze
  Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.

  Allen Tate

  Hands, Fire, Guilt

  Allen Tate (2014). “Collected Poems, 1919-1976”, p.103, Macmillan

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• Windows are as essential to office prestige as Christmas is to retailing.

  Enid Nemy

  Office, Essentials, Window

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• Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions.

  Orson Welles

  Fall, Roots, Tree

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• We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

  Calvin Miller

  Simple, Example, Looks

  Calvin Miller (2006). “The Christ of Christmas”, p.53, B&H Publishing Group

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• As I wrote 'The Christmas Lamp' I realized that tradition is priceless, whether you have a small family, a large family, or no family.
  Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.

  Lori Copeland

  Light, Lamps, Priceless

  Lori Copeland (2009). “The Christmas Lamp: A Novella”, p.60, Zondervan

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• Santa is having a tough time this year. Last year he deducted eight billion for gifts, and the IRS wants an itemized list

  Milton Berle

  Years, Eight, Tough Times

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• Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.

  Alan Bradley

  Holiday, Thinking, Special

  Alan Bradley (2016). “The Flavia de Luce Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.1150, Delacorte Press

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• With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing artist. So I wanted to bring my flavor to the song so when people over the age of 45 or 50 hear it they'll be like 'OK, he did his thing with that record.' It's like I can appeal to everybody and not just a younger demographic.

  Chris Brown

  Song, Mean, Artist

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• Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.

  Sandra Lee

  Thanksgiving, Stressed, Buying

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• Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children around the Christmas tree has culminated in a woman unwrapping six shrimp forks from her dog, who drew her name.

  Erma Bombeck

  Dog, Children, Holiday

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• For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed.

  Chris Evans

  Book, Class, Long

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• My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?

  Milton Berle

  Funny, Money, Father

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• A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard.

  Inez Haynes Irwin

  Weather, Green, Fats

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• O most illustrious of the days of time!
  Day full of joy and benison to earth
  When Thou wast born, sweet Babe of Bethlehem!
  With dazzling pomp descending angels sung
  Good will and peace to men, to God due praise,
  Who on the errand of salvation sent
  Thee, Son Beloved! of plural Unity
  Essential part, made flesh that mad'st all worlds.

  Abraham Coles

  Sweet, Angel, Son

  Abraham Coles (1892). “Abraham Coles: Biographical Sketch, Memorial Tributes, Selections from His Works, (some Hitherto Unpublished.)”

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• Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give.

  MC Frontalot

  Giving, Want, Needs

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• My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

  Katharine McPhee

  Thanksgiving, Memories, Decorating

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• Did you know? Did the cross cast a shadow on your cradle? Did you shudder each time your hammer struck a nail? How much heaven and how much earth were in this baby at his birth? Did you know, or did you wonder?

  Todd Agnew

  Meaningful, Baby, Heaven

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• Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart

  Hannah Szenes

  Blessed, Heart, Flames

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• Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.

  Dennis Franz

  White, Chicago, White Christmas

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