Christmas - 10 Days To Go....

Love came down at Christmas;
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Stars and angels gave the sign.

~  Christina Rossetti

 

 

Mankind is a great, an immense family...

This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

~  Pope John XXIII

 

 

May joy be yours today,
And radiantly abide
Within your heart until
Another Christmastide.

~  Gail Brook Burket

 ("May Joy Be Yours Today")

Christmas - 11 Days To Go ....

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 - 12 days to go....

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


Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.
~ Oren Arnold


The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.
~ Louisa May Alcott

Christmas - 13 days to go...

"Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches the heart of man."

~  Unknown

 

 

"It came without ribbons, It came without tags, It came without packages, boxes, or bags. Christmas can't be bought from a store... Maybe Christmas means a little bit more."
~  Dr.Seuss

 

 

Christmas hath a darkness; Brighter than the blazing noon,; Christmas hath a chillness Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas hath a beauty Lovelier than the world can show: For Christmas bringeth Jesus, Brought for us so low.
~  Christina Rosetti

Christmas - 14 days to go

Two things upon this changing earth can neither change nor end; the splendor of Christ's humble birth, the love of friend for friend.

~  Unknown

 

 

Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.

~  Lenore Hershey

 

 

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

~  Kin Hubbard

Christmas - 15 days to go....

Christmas is the one time of year when you can count on smiling faces and bright lights and awesome gifts and giant twinkling trees and family reunions and childish games and believing in that old man that you know doesn't exist. Christmas is the time when dreams come true.

~ Unknown

 

"Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit."       

~  Kin Hubbard

 

A Christmas Blessing
During this Christmas season,
    May you be blessed
With the spirit of the season,
    which is peace,
The gladness of the season,
    which is hope,
And the heart of the season,
    which is love.