Christmas Quotes

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. ~Carol Nelson

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ~Mary Ellen Chase

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

There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries. ~W.J. Cameron

May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! ~Author Unknown

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ~Charles Dickens

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. ~Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby

Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
~Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away.
~Eva Logue

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown

Sing hey! Sing hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly.
For a friendship glows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly!
~Author Unknown

At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year
~Thomas Tusser

Great little One! whose all-embracing birth
Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.
~Richard Crashaw

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

The earth has grown old with its burden of care,
But at Christmas it always is young.
~Phillips Brooks

Wouldn't life be worth the living
Wouldn't dreams be coming true
If we kept the Christmas spirit
All the whole year through?
~Author Unknown

"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

Blessed is the season which engages the
whole world in a conspiracy of love."
~Hamilton Wright Mabie

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
Emily Matthews

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
Mary Ellen Chase

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.
Calvin Coolidge

Christians awake, salute the happy morn,
Whereon the Saviour of the world was born.
- John Byron 1692-1763

For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. -- Luke 2:11

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. -- Agnes M. Pharo

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.--W. T. Ellis

When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, And etched on vacant places Are half-forgotten faces Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know. --Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Then ye be glad, good people,
This night of all the year,
And light ye up your candles:
His star is shining near.
- Unknown

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

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them:
and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto
them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall
be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
host praising God, and saying,Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2:9-14

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each
others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting
empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for
us the magic of Christmas.
~W. C. Jones

And so, this Christmas season
may our hearts with gladness glow,
As we read the blessed story
That took place so long ago.--Alpha L. Buntain ("The First Christmas"

Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.--Phillips Brooks

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.--Charles Schulz

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 (Extension)

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart...--Freya Stark ("The Wise Men" Time and Tide)

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.--William Saroyan

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.--Washington Irving

Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.--Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas, my child, is love in action. ... Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.--Dale Evans Rogers

The Christmas spirit--love--changes hearts and lives.--Pat Boone

The happiness and love on this one day
Bring thoughts which warm and cheer.
May we keep Christmas in our hearts
Through every day of all the year.--Gertrude B. Holman ("The Little Things at Christmas")

Jesus, the Light of the World, as we celebrate your birth ... may we begin to see the world in the light of understanding you give us.

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!"--Charles Dickens

When the song of the angel is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost--To heal the broken--To feed the hungry--
To release the prisoner--To rebuild the nations--
To bring peace among brothers and sisters--
To make music in the heart.--Howard Thurman

Your friendship is a glowing ember
Through the year; and each December
From its warm and living spark
We kindle flame against the dark
And with its shining radiance light
Our tree of faith on Christmas night.--Thelma J. Lund