30 Quotes by Christmas

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

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

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

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

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

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.

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

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!

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.