Tuesday 9 July 2013

Christmas Quotes

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.
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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!
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One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day.  Don't clean it up too quickly.
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 This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.
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Have an ideal Christmas; an occasion that is celebrated as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.
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May all the sweet magic
Of Christmas conspire
To gladden your hearts
And fill every desire.
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When we have the spirit of Christmas, we remember Him whose birth we commemorate at this season of the year
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 Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.
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 Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!  ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836
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 “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.”
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