2,024 Quotes About Christmas

  • Author Garrison Keillor
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    A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

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  • Author Eric Severeid
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    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.

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  • Author Bess Streeter Aldrich
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    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.

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  • Author Markus Zusak
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    It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.

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  • Author John Irving
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    Ever since the Christmas of '53, I have felt that the yuletide is a special hell for those families who have suffered any loss or who must admit to any imperfection; the so-called spirit of giving can be as greedy as receiving--Christmas is our time to be aware of what we lack, of who's not home.

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  • Author Cassandra Clare
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    You know the stories of my grandfather, I am sure?” Jesse asked.Lucie raised an eyebrow. “The one who turned into a great worm because of demon pox, and was slain by my father and uncles?”“I feared your parents would not have considered it the kind of tale suitable for a young lady’s ears,” said Jesse. “I see that was an idle concern.”“They tell it every Christmas,” said Lucie smugly.

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