Family Holiday Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Christmas, Xmas, Children

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• My dad owned a tiny little shop and we never had any family holidays or anything like that, so I was sent to boarding school as a means of control more than anything I think.

  Thighpaulsandra

  Dad, School, Holiday

  Source: thequietus.com

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• When I was younger, I had some close friends who always loved European football, and Real Madrid at that time were the dominant force. I remember family holidays when we used to go to Spain, and we'd bring back replica shirts of Real Madrid and pretend to be the players when we played in the park.

  Gareth Bale

  Football, Real, Holiday

  "Gareth Bale: It was a relief when world-record transfer to Real Madrid finally happened". www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2013.

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• Unless you are rich, and can con vales center in a sanatorium estate (where visitors came down a tiered, oceanside lawn to found you ato your easel) you have to keep going when you're depressed. That means phone calls, appointments errands, holidays, family, friends, and colleagues.

  Virginia Heffernan

  Holiday, Mean, Phones

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