Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
Thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall save his people from their sins.
Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.
Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.
The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.
Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.
Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives.
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