In the old days,

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it Christmas and went to church; the Jews called it Hanukka and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say Merry Christmas! or Happy Hanukka! or (to the atheists) Look … Read more

I have always thought

I have always thought of Christmas time… as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. Charles Dickens

But I am sure

But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant 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. Charles Dickens

I will honor Christmas

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens

Oh look, yet another

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer… Who’d have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? Bill Watterson

The best of all

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. Bill Vaughan

I once bought my

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. Bernard Manning

One of the most

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. ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. Andy Rooney

I sometimes think we

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. Ray Stannard Baker