QUOTES FROM CHRISTMAS BOOKS

“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” – Edna Ferber, “Roast Beef, Medium”

“One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol”

“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Seuss, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Elfin, “Elf”

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale, “The Power of Positive Thinking”

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – Calvin Coolidge, “Christmas Greetings to the American People”

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith, “Christmas Eve”

“Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past.” – Gladys Taber, “Stillmeadow Christmas”

“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill, “Christmas Broadcast to the United States and Canada”

“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year—and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” – W.J. Cameron, “Our Christmas in a Balloon”

“Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even if you’re home.” – Carol Nelson Douglas, “A Christmas Wedding”

“He who does not have Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” – Roy L. Smith, “Christmas in My Heart”

“Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more!” – Dr. Seuss, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” MOM DAUGHTER FRIENDSHIP QUOTES

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.” – Dale Evans Rogers, “The Gift of Love”

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – Bill Vaughn, “Sunday Magazine”

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder, “Little House in the Big Woods”

“It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s who’s around it.” – Charlie Brown, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Madeleine L’Engle, “The Irrational Season”

“Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” – Phyllis McGinley, “Merry Christmas, Happy New Year; And Now, the Happy Month of May”

“Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” – Freya Stark, “Perseus in the Wind”

“The Christmas tree is a symbol of love, not money. There’s a kind of glory to them when they’re all lit up that exceeds anything all the money in the world could buy.” – Andy Rooney, “Sincerely, Andy Rooney”

“Christmas is a time for remembering the Son of God and renewing our determination to take upon us His name. It is a time to reassess our lives and examine our thoughts, feelings, and actions.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Best Christmas Ever”

“Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.” – Pope Francis, “Christmas Message, Urbi et Orbi”

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving, “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.”

“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” – Mary Ellen Chase, “A Goodly Fellowship”