Holiday Traditions Quotes

• The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

  Bill Vaughan

  Inspirational, Family, Happy

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• Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.

  George Matthew Adams

  Christmas, Heart, Thinking

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• And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

  Dr. Seuss

  Christmas, Holiday, Mean

  Dr. Seuss (1995). “Six by Seuss”, Prop Pub Juv

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• Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

  Bill Murray

  Christmas, Couple, Cheer

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• the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Christmas, Famous Inspirational, Giving

  John Greenleaf Whittier, “Somehow not only for Christmas”

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• Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

  Hamilton Wright Mabie

  Love, Christmas, Xmas

  Hamilton Wright Mabie (1900). “My study fire: first series”

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• And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

  Charles Dickens

  Christmas, Men, Alive

  Charles Dickens (2012). “A Christmas Carol”, p.99, Courier Corporation

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• Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

  Christina Rossetti

  Christmas, Xmas, Stars

  1893 Verses,'Love Came Down at Christmas'.

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  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.

  Bill McKibben

  Christmas, Holiday, Reflection

  "Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For a More Joyful Christmas". Book by Bill McKibben, 1998.

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• Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

  Peg Bracken

  Love, Christmas, Time

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• I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Christmas, Sweet, Xmas

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, J. D. McClatchy (2000). “Poems and Other Writings”, p.475, Library of America

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• Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again.

  Grace Noll Crowell

  Love, Christmas, Xmas

  Grace Noll Crowell, “Whatever else”

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• Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Love, Positive, Christmas

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• Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts.

  Joan Winmill Brown

  Christmas, Xmas, Heart

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• Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Christmas, Xmas, Holiday

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• Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Christmas, Xmas

  "The Pickwick Papers". Book by Charles Dickens, 1836.

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• Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

  Dale Evans

  Love, Marriage, Christmas

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• And the more you spend in blessing
  The poor and lonely and sad,
  The more of your heart's possessing
  Returns to you glad.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Christmas, Lonely, Heart

  Attributed to John Greenleaf Whittier in The Educational Monthly of Canada, Volume 24‎, p. 29, 1901.

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• Heap on more wood! - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.

  Walter Scott

  Christmas, Wind, Woods

  Walter Scott (1810). “Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field”, p.133

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• Things must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Long Distance Relationship, Valentine, Heart

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• A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a person.

  Halford Luccock

  Christmas, Ideas, Way

  "Whoops! It's Christmas". "The Abbott Christmas Book". Book edited by Herbert W. Luthin, 1960.

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• Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

  Eric Sevareid

  Christmas, Xmas, Holiday

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• For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (...) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal.

  Burton Hill

  Christmas, Rushing, Race

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• Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.

  Freya Stark

  Christmas, Home, Heart

  Freya Stark (2014). “The Zodiac Arch”, p.61, I.B.Tauris

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