C Quotes
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“Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.”
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.”
“Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.”
“Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.”
“Christmas cut history in two ages, the Age of Promise, and the Age of Fulfillment.”
“Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.”
Source: Sermons: Sermons for the principal festivals and fasts of the church year, ed. by Rev John Cotton Brooks
“Christmas day is the children's, but the holidays are youth's dancing-time.”
Source: The Magnificent Ambersons
“CHRISTMAS DAY Jesus came! - and came for me. Simple words! and yet expressing Depths of holy mystery, Depths of wondrous love and blessing. Holy Spirit, make me see All His coming means for me; Take the things of Christ, I pray, Show them to my heart today.”
Source: Poetical works
“Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.”
“Christmas does not invite you to something that happened in history. Rather, Christmas is God inviting you to something that’s already shaping your eternity.”
“Christmas doesn’t come from the store to sit under the tree;
It’s comes from the heart and is spread for free.”
“Christmas doesn't feel like a holiday anymore. It feels more like a mainstream obligation to buy things for people most likely to buy us things, so we're not embarrassed by the perception of not caring for them. It's a product marketing season that starts earlier every year, replacing Halloween candy on the store shelves with Santa Claus. It's the most insufferable time of the year.”
“Christmas dresser feeling pleasure”
“Christmas embodies everything that I need. However, everything that I need is often made up of a lot of stuff I don’t want.”
“Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare, A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care, To men He was a stranger, The safety of the world was lying there, And the world's danger.”
“CHRISTMAS EVE MENU
Foie gras with Caramelized Apples
Salmon with lemon, Cucumber, and Dill, served on Small Rounds of Toasted Bread
Escargots de Bourgogne
Oysters Three Ways
Oysters with a Mignonette Sauce
Oysters with Pimento Peppers and Apple Cider Vinegar
Oysters Rockefeller, deglazed with Pernod, served with Spinach, Pimento Pepper, and Lardons
Sophie's Spiced Langoustes (Spiny Lobster) à l'Armoricaine
AND
Crayfish and Shrimp with a Saffron-infused Aioli Dipping Sauce
AND
Moules à la Plancha with Chorizo”
Source: Sophie Valroux's Paris Stars
“CHRISTMAS EVE MENU
Foie Gras with Caramelized Apples
Salmon with Lemon, Cucumber, and Dill, served on Small Rounds of Toasted Bread
Escargots de Bourgogne
Oysters with a Mignonette Sauce
Oysters with Pimento Peppers and Apple Cider Vinegar
Oysters Rockefeller, deglazed with Pernod, served with Spinach, Pimento Peppers, and Lardons
Sophie's Spiced Langouste (Spiny Lobster) à l'Armoricaine
Crayfish, Crab, and Shrimp with a Saffron-Infused Aioli Dipping Sauce
Moules à la Plancha with Chorizo
Selection of the Château's Cheeses
Three Varieties of Bûche de Noël
The kitchen staff walked in as I threw the chalk on the counter. Phillipa snuck up behind me. "Oh my God. That menu looks wicked incredible. I'm already drooling."
Clothilde nodded her head in approval. "It's perfect. You've made your grandmother proud."
"How many bûches do you think we'll need?" asked Gustave, referring to the celebrated and traditional log cakes served in every French restaurant and household sometime during the holiday season.
"Twenty?" I answered.
"Good thing I started on them a few days ago," he said. "Pineapple and mango, chocolate and praline, and vanilla and chestnut."
"No alcohol?" I asked.
"Maybe just a pinch of Armagnac." He held up his forefinger and thumb. Looked like more than a pinch.”
Source: The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux
“Christmas Eve Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight; From the night-mare and the goblin, That is hight good fellow Robin: Keep it from all evil spirits, Fairies, weezels, rats, and ferrets: From curfew time To the next prime.”
“Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.”
Source: Journey Into Christmas and Other Stories
“Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in hearth-side ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then. So fair a fancy few would weave In these years! yet, I feel If someone said on Christmas Eve, "Come; see the oxen kneel, In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Our childhood used to know," I should go with him in the gloom, Hoping it might be so.”
Source: Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“CHRISTMAS FUSS IN BARBADOS IN THE 70’S
1.BUY A BOTTLE OF FALERNUM
2.PUT DOWN CONGOLEUM IN THE SHEDROOF, AFTER SCRUBBING/VARNISHING THE FLOOR
3.WASH DOWN THE HOUSE AND CLEANED THE WINDOWS
4.BAKE GREAT CAKE AND PUDDING
5.GRATE COCONUTS TO MAKE SWEETBREAD
6.HUNG UP CURTAIN RODS/ NEW CURTAINS ON CHRISTMAS EVE
7.TRUST CREAM SACHETS IN FANCY BOTTLES/BIG WHEEL COLOGNE, SKIN SOFTENERS FROM AVON LADY
8.BUY ENGLISH APPLES AND A SHADDOCK FROM THE MARKET
9.WEED AROUND THE HOUSE
10. A CASE OF SOFT DRINKS-JU-C, FRUTEE, BIM, BBC GINGER, COKES
11.GO TO ELLIS QUARRY AND GET SOME MARL
12.PICK GREEN PEAS
13.STEEP SORREL
14.CHANGE THE CUSHION COVERS
15.SANDPAPER THE MAHOGANY CHAIRS
16.CLEAN THE CABINET AND WASHED ALL THE FINE CHINA
17.BUY HAM IN WHITE BURLAP BAG
18.DECANTER OF PORT WINE
19.PICK UP CLOTHES FROM THE NEEDLE WORKER
20.WASH AND PRESS HAIR
21.BUY PIECE OF FRESH PORK
2016”
“CHRISTMAS FUSS IN BARBADOS IN THE 70’S
Ginger immersed in the brewed sorrel was always tempting. There was also the aroma of the red English apples on the table, and ripe golden apples smelling heavenly. The smell of the new cloth, from the curtains reminded us that it was Christmas. There was also the smell of the oil skin tablecloth on our varnished table, the smell of new sheets on our bed, and not forgetting the smell of the big shaddock which sat in the center of the table.”
Source: Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems
“Christmas garland and a rock?" he said, a smile in his voice."Why not an ornament?" "Wolves aren't fragile," I told him. "And they're... stubbon and hard to move”
Source: Silver Borne
“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.”
“Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.”
“Christmas gone now, a mere unlovely, unsettling shadow on the bathroom scales and the credit-card statement.”
Source: Speak For England
“Christmas has a certain universal appeal that gives it meaning well beyond a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but Christians have a special duty to experience its sacred and profound spiritual significance and non-Christians have a duty to treat the day with special respect.”
“Christmas has a deeper significance to followers of Jesus. It’s not all about the gifts underneath Christmas trees or the elaborate meals served in extravagantly decorated homes. Christmas is the season of Immanuel. We celebrate the good news that He is near, that He cares for us, and that He transforms lives. His presence was the greatest present God gave mankind. May we be present carriers of that presence!”
Source: Dare to Call Him Friend
“Christmas has a way of bringing out the best in everyone”
“Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter what other personal desires or crises we have faced, I've never forgotten that this is the time to celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus, and the impact of this event on the history of the world.”
Source: Christmas in Plains: Memories
“Christmas hath a beauty ... lovelier than the world can show.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)
“Christmas hath a darkness;
Brighter than the blazing noon;
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)
“Christmas Hyacinths
The air grows cleaner with each sight
Of words - silver and clear -
Without heaviness and sighs.
Winter closes in on each street,
That familiar place we haunted to keep,
While we hope to seek the dearest near.
Frozen blossoms in trembling hands,
With shadows of blue and grey,
Counting footsteps back into the heat.
The emptiness of many
Is returned in ink and choirs,
With doubt and cherish,
Crowned with blessings all around.”
“CHRISTMAS IN BARBADOS
I miss being in Barbados in December,
That is a time I always remember.
The smell of varnish on the wooden floors
and the smell of paint on the wooden doors.
The smell of cloves as the ham was baked
and the smell of the rum, in my mudda fruit cakes.
The smell of coconut as she baked de sweetbread
and the smell of the cloth as she made up de bed.
The sounds of "Moussa" as he played "Nat King Cole"
The sounds of "Lassie" as he played…"Coming in from de cold".
The hustling and the bustling of the Bajans buying Christmas gifts,
The sights of Taxis, giving Bajan Yankees a lift.
The barrels on top of the lorries and the vans,
The cases of sweet drinks and the baking pans
The young people in town buying a new Christmas dress,
The smell of hair that yuh mudda just press.
The crowds in de Supermarket buying up the rum,
And the music blasting, “Puh Rup a Pum Pum”.
I am usually glad when de New Year begins,.
A month later, "Courts and Manning come back fuh the things.”
“Christmas in Barbados
I miss being in Barbados in December,
That is a time I always remember,
The smell of varnish on the wooden floors
and the smell of paint on the wooden floors.
The smell of cloves as the ham was baked
And the smell of the rum in mother’s fruit cake
The smell of coconut as she bake de sweetbread,
And the smell of the cloth, as she made up de bed”
“Christmas in Bethlehem. The earliest dream: a cold, clear night made bright by a magnificent star, the smell of anger, marshals and clever men falling to their knees in love of the lovely baby, the avatar of faultless love...!!!”
“Christmas in Center City Philadelphia is lit up”
“Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold.”
“Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called in sick. I could've avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.”
“Christmas is ... a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Every December we can look back and marvel at the designs of God and realize how very little we are in control of the events that shaped the past year. Then, with hearts full, look to the celebration of that silent, holy night, and all its certainty. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass those of our own.”
“Christmas is a baby shower that went totally overboard.”
“Christmas is a bold act of emboldening sacrifice and the most selfless gift ever granted the rebellious lot that we are.”
Source: An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus
“Christmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family.”
“Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past.”
“Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday.”
“Christmas is a celebration of Christ love for Humankind. And the love that bind us together as sacred family.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends." ~ (1925- ), English political leader.”
“Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in spirit.”
“Christmas is a good excuse to eat everything.”
“Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings.”