Feel The Spirit of Christmas !

Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display–so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again.

 

- Unknown

Let Every Day Be Christmas !

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.

 

~Norman W. Brooks,

"Let Every Day Be Christmas"

Christmas Time - Fun Time !

The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling,

remind me that most people are that way all year round--

kind, generous, friendly and with an occasional moment of ecstasy.

But Christmas is the only time they dare reveal themselves.

 

~ Harlan Miller (Better Homes and Gardens)

Christmas Eve - Everlasting ...!!!

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.

 

~ Bess Streeter Aldrich (Song of Years)

Christmas - A Family Gathering !

The merry family gatherings--
The old, the very young;
The strangely lovely way they
Harmonize in carols sung.

For Christmas is tradition time--
Traditions that recall
The precious memories down the years,
The sameness of them all.

 

~ Helen Lowrie Marshall

Christmas Fever !

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

 

~ W. T. Ellis

Christmas of Children !

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

Gather Things for Christmas !

Have you any old grudges you would like to pay,
Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day?
Gather them now and lay them away
When Christmas comes.

Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend,
And life is short from beginning to end;
Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend
When Christmas comes.

 

 

~ William Lytle ("When Christmas Comes")

Glow of Christmas Season !

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")

Think Christmas In All Things !

"So remember while December Brings the only Christmas day, In the year let there be Christmas In the things you do and say."

~ Anonymous

Christmas - A Glorious Dream

"Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man."

~  Wilfred A. Peterson (The Art of Living)

Spirit of Christmas !

For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind. 

 

~ Loring A. Schuler

Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

~ Dale Evans

 

Christmas - Good for All !

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.

 

 

~Norman W. Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas"

Christmas - A Magical Season !

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

~ Bill McKibben Author, Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For a More Joyful Christmas

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

~ Norman Vincent Peale

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

~ Hamilton Wright Mabi

Christmas - A Time to Enjoy !

For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas.  Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. 

 

~ W.J. Ronald Tucker

Christmas bring us close !!

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 is Sharing !!!

Christmas is a time to expand our giving encompassing the friendless and needy ... near and far. Christmas is sharing.

 

 

~ Patricia Clafford

Enjoy Christmas All the Time !

Heap on the wood!

the wind is chill;

But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep our Christmas merry still.

 

~ Sir Walter Scott

Christmas - Shining Forever !

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

Christmas - A Great Festival !

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

 

~Eva Logue