Best Christmas Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 23

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.”

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Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that this promised baby is the omnipotent Creator of the heavens and the earth!”

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Book:Truth for Today: A Daily Touch of God's Grace

Source: Truth for Today: A Daily Touch of God's Grace

“The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.”

World Facts Christ Records Birth Christmas World History World Records Christian Christmas

Author:Charles Spurgeon

“You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.”

“The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.”

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Author:Ralph Washington Sockman

“We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks.”

Giving Poor Birth Christmas Celebrate Ties Racks

Author:Bill McKibben

“There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.”

Source: Modern manners

“There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in heaven, The name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given.”

Earth Names Given Heaven Christ Sweet Birth Christmas Savior Wondrous Christmas Day Best Christmas Christmas Giving

Author:George Washington Bethune

“What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.”

Ifs Men Giving Heart Poor Wise My Heart Christmas Lambs Shepherds Christmas Day Christmas Joy Christmas Giving Midwinter

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

“A joy that is shared is a joy made double.”

Made Joy Christmas Twins Christmas Gift Best Christmas Christmas Love

Author:John Roy

“Born in a stable, Cradled in a manger, In the world His hands have made, Born a stranger.”

World Made Hands Born Stranger Christmas Stable

Author:Christina Rossetti

“Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child's heart creates the magic of Christmas.”

Heart Children Joy Magic Delight Burden Christmas Selfishness

Author:William Carey Jones

“The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas.”

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Author:Billy Graham

“It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.”

“Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth a thousand times as fair Beset with gold and jewels rare She yet were far too poor to be A narrow cradle, Lord, for Thee.”

Heart Earth Enjoy Poor Lord Thousand Fairs Gold Christmas Thee Each Day Holiday Jewels Cradle Ribbons Open Your Heart

Author:Martin Luther

“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. Perhaps the best Yuletide decorations are to be wreathed in smiles and wrapped in hugs. The miracle of Christmas is that a baby can be so decisive. It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty founder was a child himself.”

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Author:Charles Dickens

“Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives.”

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Author:William Parks

“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, Just like the ones I used to know, Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow.”

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the Yuletide gay.”

Littles Gay Christmas Merry Christmas Holiday Xmas Merry Christmas Greetings

Author:Ralph Blane

“Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family.”

“God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy! For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born on Christmas Day.”

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Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“Now, 'Dasher!' now, 'Dancer!' now, 'Prancer' and 'Vixen!' On, 'Comet!' on, 'Cupid!' on, 'Donner' and 'Blitzen!'”

Christmas Dancer Cupid Comets Christmas Eve Vixens St Nicholas

Book:The night before Christmas in signed English

Source: The night before Christmas in signed English

“Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year.”

Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People

“At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.”

“The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.”

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Book:Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

Source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

“Be careful with drinking this Christmas. I got so drunk last night I found myself dancing in a cheesy bar... Or, as you like to call it, delicatessen.”

Lasts Night Found Dancing Drinking Careful Bars Christmas Drunk Be Careful Last Night Cheesy

Author:Sean Hughes

“Two thousand years ago, the Holy family had a ramble from Nazareth to Bethlehem - in much the same way as I'm having a ramble from Norwich to Swaffham. Although I'm not comparing myself to Jesus - I don't want to get bogged down in that whole controversy again.”

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Author:Steve Coogan

“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.”

Source: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas

“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.”

“Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving,and of families united.”

“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”

“Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away When Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes.”

Kind Ends Hard Life Is Pay One Day My Friends Lays Heavy Christmas Be Kind Life Is Short Grudge Christmas Holiday Best Christmas Be Kind To Yourself Bygone Days

Author:William Haines Lytle

“I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.”

Source: Journal of a Solitude

“Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish.”

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Author:Benny Hill

“The Christmas spirit - love - changes hearts and lives.”

Heart Spirit Christmas Christmas Spirit Best Christmas Spirit Love

Author:Pat Boone

“Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.”

Christmas

Author:Peter Kreeft

“Christmas is a kindling of new fires.”

Fire Christmas Kindling

Author:Gladys Taber

“Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.”

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Author:William Saroyan

“For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.”

“One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.”

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Author:Maya Angelou

“But like of each thing that in season grows.”

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Author:William Shakespeare

“Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection”

Ifs Reality Given Affection Christmas Christmas Gift Christmas Season Christmas Peace Christmas Shopping

Author:Pindar

“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value”

Giving Lying Values Excellence Christmas Generosity Stewardship Christmas Gift Christmas Wishes Merry Christmas Inspirational Gift Giving Christmas Present Merry Christmas Wishes Appropriateness Gifts And Giving

Book:My Summer in a Garden

Source: My Summer in a Garden

“Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.”

Men Believe God Christmas Believe In Me Life And Love Jupiter

Author:Ovid

“What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever”

Giving Loses Wealth Forever Christmas Giving Money

Author:Axel Munthe

“Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give.”

Want Needs Giving Christmas

Author:MC Frontalot

“Let me see if I've got this Santa business straight. You say he wears a beard, has no discernible source of income and flies to cities all over the world under cover of darkness? You sure this guy isn't laundering illegal drug money?”

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Author:Tom Armstrong

“Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?”

Ifs Made Care Green Christmas Branches Hollies Vendors Mistletoe

Book:The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

Source: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

“My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?”

Problem Bigs Funny Father Money Son Christmas My Son Funny Money

Author:Milton Berle

“Santa is having a tough time this year. Last year he deducted eight billion for gifts, and the IRS wants an itemized list”

Want Years Lasts Tough Eight Lists Billions Christmas Last Year Santa Tough Times Irs Funny Money

Author:Milton Berle

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