Christmas Quotes - Page 33

• Everyone wants to feel loved, but when all you feel is alone it's tough to accomplish anything else.

  Glenn Beck

  Want, Tough, Accomplish

  Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright (2008). “The Christmas Sweater”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers. There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart. There is mystery unfolding.

  Vera Nazarian

  Dream, Healing, Heart

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• Christians have created a holiday that has become a beast that cannot be fed. Christmas gets longer and longer and longer, and you don't care, do you? You just take more and more of the calendar for yourself. It's unbelievable. How long does it take you people to shop? It's beyond belief. It's insane. When I was a kid, Halloween was Halloween, and Santa wasn't poking his ass into it.

  Lewis Black

  Funny, Christian, Halloween

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• I forget the derivation of Boxing Day, but the feeling of wanting to invite your loved ones outside one at a time and punch them in the face, does that come into it somewhere?

  Allison Pearson

  Boxing, Feelings, Faces

  Allison Pearson (2004). “I don't know how she does it: the life of Kate Reddy, working mother”

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• My son, Rob....said the only time he ever wraps a gift is, quote, "if it's such a poor gift that I don't want to be there when the person opens it."

  Dave Barry

  Son, Want, Poor

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• Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible.

  Gregg Easterbrook

  Earth, Mercy, Stills

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• Bells are musics laughter.

  Thomas Hood

  Laughter, Bells

  Thomas Hood, Thomas Hood (Jr.) (1867). “The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood”, p.72

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• Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Bustle, Bother, Knows

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• What shall I give Thee, Master?
  Thou who didst die for me!
  How can I give less than give of my best,
  When Thou hast given all to me!
  What shall I give Thee, Master?
  Thou who didst die for me!
  How can I give less than all of my best,
  I must give all to Thee!

  David Berg

  Giving, Masters, Given

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• In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

  William Randolph Hearst

  Money, Size, Fit

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• As popular as Christmas is, it would be even bigger if it had vampires.

  Andy Borowitz

  Vampire, Would Be, Bigger

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Dec 23, 2011

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• You can return all the Christmas gifts you want, but you will never get back the time spent with your relatives.

  Andy Borowitz

  Want, Return, Time Spent

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• Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays, so there is a plural, which in the English language necessitates the use of the letter "S." Now, I suppose you could say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" but you probably have sh*t to do.

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, New Year, Holiday

  "The Daily Show's Stewart responds to O'Reilly's misleading attack". "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, www.mediamatters.org. December 7, 2005.

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• Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am I, German?

  Jim Gaffigan

  Dying, Thanks, Sin

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• I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

  David O. Selznick

  Depressing, Holiday, Sunday

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• Christmas may not bring a single thing; still, it gives me a song to sing.

  Charles Dickens

  Meaningful, Song, Giving

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• But the Promise showed their wildest dreams had simply not been wild enough.

  Michael Card

  Meaningful, Dream, Promise

  Song: The Promise, Album: The Final Word

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• I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing.

  Muddy Waters

  Morning, Cake, Apples

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• In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.

  Jeff Miller

  Home, Holiday, Giving

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• But it's true, kingdoms and crowns, a God who came down to find you. It's true, angels on high sing through the night, Alleluia.

  Sara Groves

  Meaningful, Angel, Night

  Song: It's True, Album: O Holy Night, 2008

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• But Tammy Faye calls me, and Ron Jeremy calls me, Erik Estrada sends me a Christmas card every year.

  Trishelle Cannatella

  Years, Cards, Faye

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• We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving.

  Victoria Osteen

  Believe, Thinking, Years

  "Interview With Joel and Victoria Osteen". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 22, 2006.

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• Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

  Whitley Strieber

  Holiday, Years, Childhood

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• I put the copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk, and I began to write. The result, for better or for worse, is the 'Christmas Spirits.' I plan to read it to my grandson.

  Whitley Strieber

  Writing, Years, Grandfather

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• The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I became an agnostic. Christmas was a pro-forma affair, basically a chore. Buy mother a book, dad a new tie, my brother and sister small gifts. Pretend thanks for the fountain pens and shirts I received.

  Whitley Strieber

  Mother, Brother, Atheist

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