The Christmas season reminds us that a demonstration of religion is always much better than a definition of it...especially in front of the kids._x000D_ _x000D_ Perhaps the best Yuletide decorations are to be wreathed in smiles and wrapped in hugs._x000D_ _x000D_ The miracle of Christmas is that a baby can be so decisive._x000D_ _x000D_ It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child himself.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of demonstrating love and kindness, particularly during Christmas, rather than merely defining religious concepts.
Charles Dickens illustrates that true expressions of faith, particularly during the Christmas season, come from actions rather than words. The quote highlights the joy and love that children bring to the holiday, reminding us that the spirit of Christmas should be embodied in acts of kindness, warmth, and family togetherness, much like the humble beginnings of its founder, who was a child.
In practice
During a holiday gathering, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of spreading joy and love through actions.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
Trapped in silence, Marco traces apologies and adorations across Celia's body with his tongue. Mutely expressing all the things he cannot speak aloud. He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. He savors every sound he elicits from her. The entire room trembles as they come together. And though there are a great many fragile objects contained within it, nothing breaks.
Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.
I have a strong will to love you for eternity.
Without constancy there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world.
I do not love thee, Sabidius, nor can I say why; I can only say this, "I do not love thee."
..still to have loved her without return would have lifted you higher than all those, be they who they may, that have ever known her to love.
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