"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. Pahro
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Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year
through, The joy that you give to others, Is the joy
that comes back to you.
And more you spend in blessing,
The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's
possessing, Returns to you glad.
John Greenleaf Whittier
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"It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with
Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs.
Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart."
- Marjorie Holmes
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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
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"Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us,
that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance.
It may weave a spell of nostalgia.
Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance--a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."
- Augusta E. Rundell
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"Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when
the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail
over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and
deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God."
George F. McDougall
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I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come
round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time;
the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year,
when men and women seem by one consent to open their
shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as
if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not
another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
Charles Dickens
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"Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No
matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists
for gifts and cards to be bought and given--when Christmas
Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as
children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our
homes."
- Joan Winmill Brown
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"I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas
story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the
Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace
to this world."
- Norman Vincent Peale
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"I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We
try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and
humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my
Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.
And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake
me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly
saying to myself: 'Why this is Christmas Day!'"
- Ray Stannard Baker
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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
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Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but
always it will be a day of remembrance--a day in which we
think of everything we have ever loved.
Augusta E. Rundel
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"Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect."
- Oren Arnold
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"Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be
to all people. For there is born to you this day in the
city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this
will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in
swaddling cloths, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was
with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God and saying: Glory to God in the highest, And on earth
peace, goodwill toward men!"
(Luke 2:10 - 15)
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