Finding 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.

What Makes Christmas

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

"What makes Christmas?"

I asked my soul,

And this answer came back to me:

"It is the Glory of heaven

Come down in the hearts of humanity---

Come in the spirit and heart of a Child,

And it matters not what we share

At Christmas; it isn't Christmas at all

Unless the Christ child be there."

A Shakespearean Christmas

Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes, 

Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,

The bird of dawning singeth all night long;

And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; 

The nights are wholesome;

then no planets strike

No fairy takes,

nor witch hath power to charm,

So hallowed, and so gracious is the time.

~William Shakespeare

(Hamlet: Act 1, Scene 1)

Christmas Blessings

What a blessing Christmas is! What it does for friendship! Why, if there were no Christmas...we'd have to invent on, for it is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weihnachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveler for the oasis. ~D.D. Monroe

Christmas Memories

Memories are the key not to the past, 

but to the future. ~Corrie Ten Boom

It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help keep a family together over the long haul. ~Caroline Kennedy

Christmas Feelings

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. ~Edna Ferber

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. ~Aaron Siskind

Christmas Charity

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire 

for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame 

of charity in the heart. ~Washington Irving

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope

Christmas Giving

The excellence of a gift lies in its

appropriateness rather than in its

value. ~Charles Dudley Warner

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us

to think of others rather than ourselves. 

It directs our thoughts to giving. ~B.C. Forbes

Christmas Joy

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner 

joy of light and peace. ~Pope Francis

Christmas is doing a little something 

extra for someone. ~Charles M. Schulz

The Christmas Season

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing

but of reflection. ~Winston Churchill

It is a fine seasoning for joy to think 

of those we love. ~Moliere

Spirit of Christmas

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love

and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things. ~Thomas S. Monson

Christmas Magic

Christmas waves a magic wand over this

world, and behold, everything is softer and

more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale