There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.
Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.
One can never have enough socks
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?
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.
T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.
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.
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
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