Christmas Quotes
|
|
Christmas hath a beauty .. lovelier than the world can show. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under the tree. (Quote by - Charlotte Carpenter)
You've heard of 12 days of Christmas. This was 12 years of Christmas for Ryan, Ryan's friends and his family. In short, Ryan sold his office. He might as well have put a for sale sign on his office. (Quote by - Joel Levin)
We want to bid it now, in order to open up by Thanksgiving or Christmas time, because golf courses here make most of their money from Thanksgiving to Easter. That's the game plan. (Quote by - Bill Wilsher)
This much change in this period of time -- especially given how little we've seen previously -- suggests there have probably been a lot of conversations over Christmas dinner. Something is going on: some form of intellectualizing or rumination. (Quote by - Allan Gregg)
We should get the internal plaza done first, .. I have been pushing for that as both mayor and as head of the Mayoral Task Force. I want it opened up and to see people use it again. It's probably the easiest part of the work to do. Let's get it open and let's decorate it in time for Christmas, get a large Christmas tree in there, and say Galway city centre is open for business again. (Quote by - Brian Walsh)
Christmas is the time to say "I love you"(Quote by - Christmas is the time to say "I love you")
Next Christmas will be the HSDPA Christmas. We'll be launching a full portfolio of 3.6Mbps HSDPA handsets -- low, middle and high-tier -- in the second half of this year. (Quote by - Ron Garriques)
Christians awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Saviour of the world was born. (Quote by - John Byrom)
The president wished them a Merry Christmas and thanked them for their service to our country. (Quote by - Allen Abney)
We would like nothing better than to do it, because it enables us to give back so much money all year long to the community. But can we do it? Is the economy going to be such that people will want to come out? You've got Christmas coming up, the holidays. There is a lot of things that we have to think about. (Quote by - Don Thompson Jr)
For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Why would someone on Christmas night come into your yard and want to thoroughly destroy Christmas for a family, I don't understand that. (Quote by - Lisa Delbridge)
We like our food fried, greasy and sweet. My people in the audience know we go to a funeral to eat, not to cry. We can have a throw-down meal at a funeral. But we can't continue to eat like every day is Christmas. (Quote by - Roniece Weaver)
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. (Quote by - Stephen Fry)
The state told us they were taking the baby away on Dec. 21, so we brought our relatives in and had our Christmas together a few days early. (Quote by - Theresa Nicholson)
House prices tend to move seasonally, driven up by higher demand and activity in the warmer months and falling off towards Christmas. Just as the trading period over Christmas is crucial for the retail sector, the spring and summer are crucial for the housing market. (Quote by - Greg Fuzesi)
It is not even the beginning of Christmas unless it is Christmas in the heart. (Quote by - Richard Roberts)
The Christmas spirit is not what you drink. (Quote by - Jethro Tull)
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. (Quote by - Roy L. Smith)
Let Us Keep Christmas Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing; Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering It's poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. (Quote by - Grace Noll Crowell)
At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows; But like of each thing that in season grows. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. (Quote by - Mary Ellen Chase)
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
First of all, they're going to bring 40 people with them .. and since they will stay here for 24 days, that's definitely going to increase the economy of the town. Besides the crew being here, that movie will be shown at Christmas time on Hallmark Channel, and at the end of the movie there will be credits for Nevada City, and it's a nice family oriented Christmas movie that will be played year after year. (Quote by - Cathy Whittlesey)
With the energy bill having increased recently, the risk is that consumers will tighten their belts over Christmas. The euro-zone economy is still at risk of a disappointing Christmas. (Quote by - Lorenzo Codogno)
I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree. (Quote by - Thomas Menino)
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
I love Christmas music and there's nothing like getting together with friends at Christmas time to celebrate with music the incredible reality of the Savior's birth. (Quote by - Steven Curtis Chapman)
It's a bad Christmas if you're a retailer. It's not a material Christmas. You can't forget this. I don't think the country can forget it. (Quote by - Delos Smith)
As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries? Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies. Oh, see the air is shaken with white and heavenly wings-- This is the Lord of all the earth, this is the King of Kings. (Quote by - Richard Watson Gilder)
I don't have a problem with playing on Christmas Day because I think that people are starting to lose what the real meaning of Christmas is anyway. And it's really the celebration of the birthday of Jesus Christ. I celebrate his birth every day, and it's a great thing to celebrate. (Quote by - Muhsin Muhammad)
We played way bad on the power play. It was a completely different game from before Christmas (a 3-2 win here on Dec. 23). The game before Christmas everybody was finishing checks. Tonight it was a big difference. (Quote by - Jiri Novotny)
A possible explanation is that the data correction is overcorrecting the impact of the five Saturdays in December, which would explain why the data is poor when the retailers reported strong Christmas sales. (Quote by - Dominique Barbet)
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit. (Quote by - Kin Hubbard)
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. And thus I drift along into the holidays--let them overtake me unexpectedly--waking up some fine morning and suddenly saying to myself: Why this is Christmas Day!. (Quote by - DAVID GRAYSON)
That will be a Christmas gift for my little brother and my little nephews. I don't really get into video games and stuff like that. Every year when we go to a bowl game it's a cheap way for me to get Christmas gifts for my family. (Quote by - Leon Washington)
No trumpet-blast profound The hour in which the Prince of Peace was born; No bloody streamlet stained Earth's silver rivers on the sacred morn. (Quote by - William Cullen Bryant)
When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know. (Quote by - Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
The club rooms at Mansfield Park are not looking the best at the moment. We are waiting on a structural engineer coming in, but all the functions from now until after Christmas have been cancelled. (Quote by - Billy Murray)
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's Christmas, there are other people who want to strangle you just because its Christmas. (Quote by - Robert Lynd)
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas carols until morn. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
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. (Quote by - Bess Streeter Aldrich)
Free throw shooting was really bad. Since Christmas, we've improved a lot. We have been around 70 percent since Christmas, but tonight we were not very good from the free throw line. (Quote by - Jeff VanArsdel)
'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day!. (Quote by - Carolyn Wells)
The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. (Quote by - Helen Keller)
Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need, That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you. (Quote by - Ann Schultz)
Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don't quite know how to put our love into words. (Quote by - Harlan Miller)
She actually looked us in the eye and responded. That was our Christmas present. (Quote by - Cathy Moeller)
An investment in the true cost of Christmas would have yielded a better return than the stock market over the past year. However, the true cost of Christmas hedge fund has yet to be created. (Quote by - Jeff Kleintop)
I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It's one thing to have the national runner-up on your schedule, but to have them coming off of the Christmas break didn't make for a truly enjoyable Christmas. They're balanced, intelligent in their attack and play at a high level for 40 minutes. (Quote by - Pokey Chatman)
We wanted to give everyone a magical evening. Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year, and everyone needed a chance to get into the Christmas spirit. (Quote by - Ann Burgo)
If they want to put Christ back in Christmas, they should skip the mall and give that money to the poor. (Quote by - Bill Leonard)
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. (Quote by - Harlan Miller)
Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign. (Quote by - Christina G. Rossetti)
Hark the herald angels sing, Glory to the new-born king. Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled.! (Quote by - Charles Wesley)
Right now, many thousands of our fellow countrymen and women are serving in faraway and often hostile lands. We'll see television coverage of them enjoying the company of their fellow service members and a special Christmas dinner in a chow hall. What they wouldn't give to be where you and your neighbors will likely be this week, sharing this season of giving at home with loved ones. Especially for them, we wish,--no, pray, "Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Green Acres)
They're on the right track for subscriber growth, .. But more importantly, they're starting to focus now on getting more money out of each subscriber. So one of the tricky things will be to get people to stop focusing purely on subscriber growth and start thinking more about revenue per subscriber. They've got their own sort of gathering area for shopping for e-commerce, for Christmas time. Remember e-commerce season starts now with back-to-school and peaks with Christmas. This is going to be a time of a lot of excitement in the Internet space and we think AOL is well positioned to take advantage of that. (Quote by - Ron Hill)
Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. (Quote by - Carol Nelson)
He was supposed to be coming home to celebrate Christmas and his son's birthday. Instead, he's coming home to this. (Quote by - Donna Lamkin)
An early Christmas wish from Marisa Tompkins of Tega Cay, S.C.: Why don't we sacrifice our own gift-giving during the holidays and adopt a hurricane victim family? .. Wouldn't our blessings do more good if invested in the future of the people of Louisiana. .. Where do we start?. (Quote by - Charlotte Observer)
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. (Quote by - W. T. Ellis)
For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake. (Quote by - Phoebe Cary)
That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what we're programmed to love. (Quote by - Chuck Palahniuk)
A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. (Quote by - Edna Ferber)
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?". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace; East, west, north, and south let the long quarrel cease; Sing the song of great joy that the angels began, Sing the glory to God and of good-will to man! (Quote by - John Greenleaf Whittier)
In November, I played four times over Thanksgiving. Over Christmas, I played seven or eight more. So, first of all, I may be the reason they changed the rule that once you qualify for the tournament you can play. I may be the reason that rule gets revoked for everybody. (Quote by - Charles Howell III)
People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. (Quote by - Alan Simpson)
And so, this Christmas season may our hearts with gladness glow, As we read the blessed story That took place so long ago. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Now, they have invented a new war to fire our passion and capture imagination…The War on Christmas. It's a poorly staged rendition of Wag the Dog interpreted for the morbidly stupid and performed by the criminally insane. (Quote by - Jules Carlysle)
Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself.. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas tree farmers, like virtually all other professional farmers, use agricultural chemicals in a careful and prudent manner and Christmas tree recycling has become the norm in virtually all American communities. (Quote by - David Rothbard)
As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning I spied three ships come sailing in. (Quote by - Washington Irving)
The earth has grown old with its burden of care but at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. (Quote by - Phillip Brooks)
Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Even in nuclear families, Christmas varies every year. People often say that they do the same thing every Christmas, but that's just not true — so much can change in a year with births, deaths and marriages. Remember that every Christmas can succeed in its own way. (Quote by - Kathleen Cox)
People are coming earlier and earlier for their trees. Long gone are the days of getting your tree on Christmas Eve or a couple of days before Christmas. (Quote by - Richard Lowe)
I think the one thing you can say about Christmas is that it always comes, .. We think it will be a good Christmas. (Quote by - Tom Williams)
Although some discounting may have slowed the early pace of sales, the industry can expect to see much healthier sales patterns as we move into December and closer to both Christmas and the annually strong Saturday before Christmas retail boom. (Quote by - Michael Niemira)
I went from having a terrible Christmas ? going through a divorce ? to having a really nice Christmas. I really had the guts to do something I've never done. (Quote by - Susan Peele)
Anything my sister cooked was good. On Christmas morning, she always served ham and fried apples, with the most delicious seasoning. (Quote by - Charles Cousins)
I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song. (Quote by - Clint Black)
For four of our six decades, we've played Christmas Day. I remember as a kid going to Madison Square Garden with my dad in the snow on Christmas Day in the '70s. It was exciting. It was special. (Quote by - Gregg Winik)
Many consumers take advantage of the post-Christmas discounts and stock-up on seasonal decor for next year. Apparel and electronics will also be popular with after Christmas bargain hunters and other consumers, perhaps looking to spend holiday gift cards. (Quote by - Garry Butcher)
With nothing hot to buy in decorations this Christmas, many stores started selling two weeks earlier than ever before, beginning in mid-September. Many stores skipped Thanksgiving altogether and went from Halloween to Christmas. (Quote by - Britt Beemer)
Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy. (Quote by - Alistair Cooke)
A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
Besides the crew being here, the movie will be shown at Christmas time on Hallmark Channel, and at the end of the movie there will be credits for Nevada City. It's a nice family oriented movie that will be played year after year. (Quote by - Cathy Whittlesey)
Roses are reddish/ Violets are bluish/ If it weren't for Christmas/ We'd all be Jewish. (Quote by - Benny Hill)
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. (Quote by - Jimmy Cannon)
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness." ~. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
It would be great to get the Christmas number one. I suppose we could even write something special for Christmas. I think Santa Loves Franz Ferdinand sounds pretty good. (Quote by - Alex Kapranos)
At Christmas time I believe the things that children do. I believe with English children that holly placed in windows will protect our homes from evil. I believe with Swiss children that the touch of edelweiss will charm a person with love. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It was a German tradition to hand out holy cards at funerals. The Belgians and the French distributed them on feast days and also passed them out at first Holy Communion services. The Irish and British loved Marian and Christmas-themed holy cards. (Quote by - Ann Brown)
High noon behind the tamarisks, the sun is hot above us-- As at home the Christmas Day is breaking wan, They will drink our healths at dinner, those who tell us how they love us, And forget us till another year be gone! (Quote by - Rudyard Kipling)
We want to bring them a little bit of home for Christmas. We really wanted to do something for these kids. We can pat them on the back, sign autographs and tell them we care. (Quote by - Jerry Weintraub)
Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given--when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
So how was Christmas for you guys? Did you all get lots of nice black tee shirts?. (Quote by - Gerard Way)
We planned Christmas the way Sara planned Christmas. (Quote by - Helen Espy)
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. (Quote by - Lenore Hershey)
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. (Quote by - Lucinda Franks)
What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "To-day the Prince of Peace is born." (Quote by - James Russell Lowell)
All of our services are going to be going on -- 8:15, 9:30 and two services at 11 a.m. Well, we're here. A lot of churches decided to forgo services on Christmas, but we were open. In fact, 5,200 people come through on Christmas Eve. I think that when folks know that you are open and committed that they will come. (Quote by - Joe Connelly)
I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. (Quote by - Taylor Caldwell)
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable 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, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. (Quote by - Ralph W. Sockman)
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. (Quote by - Burton Hills)
I don't care about Christmas, we are going to train on Christmas Day. (Quote by - Harry Redknapp)
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death - and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
With both Christmas and Hanukkah coming late in the week, and considering that two of last year's top four shopping days fell immediately before Christmas, it is still possible that we will see a boost in spending. (Quote by - William Ford)
I can't go anywhere until I finish this Christmas album, .. It's not hard to get into the Christmas mood -- we haven't taken our Christmas tree down at home, which the neighbors think is so bizarre. And it is. But this is a jazz Christmas album, so I don't have to be too traditional or mind too many rules. That's what's pulling me along. (Quote by - Anita Baker)
Christmas and the day before Christmas were the hardest. Then Boxing Day the freezing level started to come down the mountain a little bit. And after that, it just came down and down, and here we are. (Quote by - Sara Aldridge)
We ran into a bit of injury trouble at the beginning, the first half, and we kind of struggled to make it to Christmas. But we knew coming back from Christmas break that we'd have a stronger team and we'd have a couple of guys coming in that would help our lineup. (Quote by - Corey MacDonald)
It's not just an exclamation, but it's a rejection of everything to do with Christmas, with the spirit of Christmas, with gift-giving, with generosity. (Quote by - Patrick Stewart)
We all four haven't been together at Christmas since 2002. This will be a very special Christmas for all of us. (Quote by - Pam Schild)
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. (Quote by - W. C. Fields)
God rest ye, little children; let nothing you affright, For Jesus Christ, your Saviour, was born this happy night; Along the hills of Galilee the white flocks sleeping lay, When Christ, the Child of Nazareth, was born on Christmas Day. (Quote by - Dinah Maria Mulock)
Karen- Grace. It's Christmas, for goodness sake. Think about the baby Jesus: up in that tower, letting his hair down.. so that the three wise men can climb up and spin the dradel and see if there are six more weeks of winter. (Quote by - Will & Grace)
Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
I'll be honest, we haven't had much time off. The little bit of time we had off was the week of Christmas, and I got sick. In hindsight, it was actually pretty good. I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day by myself with my dog. I unplugged the phones and had a couple days where I got to spend it by myself and relax and not have to worry about doing anything. (Quote by - Tony Stewart)
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. (Quote by - Larry Wilde)
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall. (Quote by - Thomas Haynes Bayly)
As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have. (Quote by - Old Saying)
It seems to be that when people think about giving at Christmas time, we all want to make sure that children between the ages of two and 10 have the toys that make Christmas so magical. That is what we all want to see happen. (Quote by - Bunny Summerlin)
I don't like to get things during the year, .. I like to wait for my birthday or Christmas. I may see something that I'll say, 'I'd really like that for my birthday.' I like to have things to look forward to. (Quote by - Dakota Fanning)
We were coming off Christmas break and I knew we'd be rusty. Our defense could have been better. That's what hurt us. Usually at the end of the game is when our defense picks up, but we were having to play catch-up. (Quote by - Charlotte Jones)
No one ever told me the list had expired. I've never been officially notified. All I wanted for Christmas was to become a New York City firefighter. (Quote by - Bill Harris)
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)
Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It's always a blast. As much as we think we give people a good Christmas, the people give us a better Christmas. (Quote by - Tom McCarthy)
They're not any bigger than us. We're going to match up OK size-wise. Their game is run and gun, and that'll be a little different for us. We haven't played anybody to run and gun since before Christmas. (Quote by - Cary Shively)
The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day. (Quote by - Henry Vaughan)
It's pretty hectic. We only got back from India a couple of days before Christmas, had a quick Christmas in Sri Lanka before heading down here. (Quote by - Tom Moody)
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. (Quote by - Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
What we want to do is concentrate on coming to an agreement before Christmas. It's Christmas time. People want to celebrate. (Quote by - Lyne Lortie)
It was the calm and silent night! Seven hundred years and fifty-three Had Rome been growing up to might And now was queen of land and sea. No sound was heard of clashing wars, Peace brooded o'er the hushed domain; Apollo, Pallas, Jove and Mars, Held undisturbed their ancient reign, In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago. (Quote by - Alfred Domett)
Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. (Quote by - Richard Lamm)
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice. (Quote by - Pope Paul VI)
We will be open late on Christmas Eve as well. And.. the post office will be delivering on Christmas Day. (Quote by - Michael Miles)
They were pushing hard trying to catch that Christmas travel crowd. (Quote by - CEO Scott Van Laningham)
The true spirit of Christmas is love. (Quote by - Linda Willis)
At the same time, we saw solid sales increases in the front-end of the store, especially during the Christmas and Valentine's Day seasons. (Quote by - CEO Dave Bernauer)
Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. (Quote by - Dr. Seuss)
That was the best Christmas present I ever got. (Quote by - Charles Power)
We pointed out in the letter that the Supreme Court has never ruled that public schools have to ban the singing of religious Christmas carols or prohibit the distribution of candy canes or Christmas cards or symbols. These are all very lawful observances of a national holiday that, by the way, 96 percent of Americans celebrate. So there's no legal basis for this type of injunction. (Quote by - Mike Johnson)
The week after Christmas in our business is virtually as good as the week before Christmas. In the last couple of years, the retail business between Christmas and Jan. 15 is much greater than in previous years because of the redemption of gift cards. (Quote by - Larry Mondry)
Usually they'll pick up closer to around Christmas time, when people are giving to Christmas programs for the needy and all of that stuff, so people kind of realize it more then. But right now it's probably one of the harder times. (Quote by - Chad Taylor)
I remember when I knew she was going to have to testify in the grand jury and I felt terrible because she'd been through the loss of her sister, this horrible accident at Christmas that killed her brother, and her mother was in the hospital. I was trying to make her understand that I didn't want her to be untruthful to the grand jury and if her memory was different than mine, it was fine, just go in there and tell them what she thought. So that's all I remember. (Quote by - Charles Ruff)
They start chipping right after Christmas. If there's only a few trees there, it's because the parks department keeps it clean. (Quote by - Billeye Rabbe)
I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it. (Quote by - Christina Applegate)
We're seeing all kinds of boxes, cardboard, bags, wrapping paper and packaging materials, and soon we'll see an increase in yard waste when people start taking their Christmas trees down. We have an influx of garbage every Christmas. Our truck drivers are hauling the containers as fast as they can. (Quote by - Paula Clark)
I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. (Quote by - Washington Irving)
Once, when I got some of the songs back from him, it was around Christmas time, and it was the best Christmas present I could have wished for -- really, really exciting. (Quote by - Isobel Campbell)
We believe our guaranteed express pickup offering, which enabled customers to shop for Christmas gifts over the Web through Christmas Eve, was a competitive advantage during the month. (Quote by - W. Alan McCollough)
Needless to say, I'm out of the business. I only do it this time of year because a lot of guys don't like to go stag to Christmas parties. (Quote by - Chenoa Inman)
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. (Quote by - Gladys Taber)
Christmas just isn't as important anymore. Americans, especially baby boomers, have started realizing that they don't need more stuff. (Quote by - Carl Steidtmann)
It's Christmas in August for big energy, and consumers get lumps of coal. (Quote by - Anna Aurilio)
There were a lot of people putting us in the grave and throwing dirt on us. When I came (into the locker room) and saw all smiles, it was just like it was before Christmas. (Quote by - Tig Johnson)
The first time I held him, he was in a Christmas stocking. Brad's an angel. He came at Christmas and he left at Christmas. He's a true angel. He came to deliver a present, little Reese. (Quote by - Brian Rowe)
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. (Quote by - Phyllis Diller)
Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. (Quote by - Bart Simpson)
This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ. (Quote by - Frank McKibben)
They love our Christmas tree. And they understand all the symbolism connected to Christmas. But they all also know they are Jewish, even though Daddy isn't. (Quote by - Bob Kelly)
For most of them, Christmas is not a good day. For some of them, Christmas is the worst day, because they're not with their family. (Quote by - Gary Jones)
It's a Christmas picture of Brock & his tank, overseas that he sent up around Christmas time. (Quote by - Pam Beery)
If Christmas is to mean anything, it must reinforce in us our duty to each other. (Quote by - Bruce Golding)
Just knowing he will not be here Christmas morning when they unwrap the gifts and that type of thing and just Kristin's first Christmas that he will miss out on you know it is real sad. We talk a lot about our reunion and what that will look like and the kids talk about going to the airport and getting daddy. He misses his family. He wants to be here too, but he realizes what he is doing is important, so I just, I am very proud of him and love what he is doing. (Quote by - Annette Scarlett)
The good part of Christmas is not always Christian -- it is generally Pagan; that is to say, human, natural. (Quote by - Robert Green Ingersoll)
Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer conglomerates. Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? It's a beautiful world all right. (Quote by - Bill Watterson)
It's an amazing place. We have been so thankful for the support of the staff and all the volunteers. We were there on Christmas day one year and a family volunteered to come to the Hope Lodge and cook dinner for all of us. It was a mom, dad and their two daughters. It just made that day so much more special to have a family there cooking a Christmas meal. (Quote by - Jan Cook)
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. (Quote by - Bernard Manning)
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
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. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas is the happiness that lights our children's eyes. Christmas is a song of bells ringing through the skies. Christmas is a time of peace, of contentment deep within, A time of love and silent hope that years will never dim. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Maybe Christmas, he the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. (Quote by - Dr. Seuss)
Typically, the morning of Christmas Eve is busy and it will taper off by around three in the afternoon, that's with the exception of Santa who has long lines all day. By that time people are going home to finish last minute wrapping. The day after Christmas is very, very busy. (Quote by - Debbie Martinez)
Growth has been tremendous. We expect to do about 20 times what we did last Christmas this Christmas. (Quote by - Toby Lenk)
Certainly President and Mrs. Bush, because of their faith, celebrate Christmas. Their cards in recent years have included best wishes for a holiday season, rather than Christmas wishes, because they are sent to people of all faiths. (Quote by - Susan Whitson)
Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity. (Quote by - Don Cupitt)
May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace, The gladness of Christmas give you hope, The warmth of Christmas grant you love. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
But he proved them wrong. He woke up around Christmas, and that gave us the Christmas miracle we had been hoping for. (Quote by - Amy Stockton)
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. (Quote by - Garrison Keillor)
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. (Quote by - Francis Pharcellus Church)
I told the kids the house is going to be our Christmas. We didn't want them to think Christmas is just about gifts you're going to receive, but it's about Christ coming to Earth. (Quote by - Jim Bob)
If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, wouldn't it be a Merry Christmas?. (Quote by - Don Meredith)
He really had good skills. I thought about how to bring him along slowly, yet capitalize on those skills. But by Christmas, his play made it clear that he just needed to be thrown in there. He was going to be fine. (Quote by - Bill Whitehead)
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. (Quote by - Alexander Smith)
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,(Quote by - It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.)
Enthusiasm for his life, enthusiasm for his job, enthusiasm to get to his family for Christmas. (Quote by - John Schultz)
How bless'd, how envied, were our life, Could we but scape the poulterer's knife! But man, curs'd man, on Turkeys preys, And Christmas shortens all our days: Sometimes with oysters we combine, Sometimes assist the savory chine; From the low peasant to the lord, The Turkey smokes on every board. (Quote by - John Gay)
Let's dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. (Quote by - Sir George Alexander Macfarren)
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. (Quote by - Helen Rice)
The Skillman family members have Thanksgiving and Christmas get-togethers every year. There are probably about 40 of us. Up until Becky became lieutenant governor, she had the Christmas celebration at her house and she prepared the chili. Now that she lives in Greenwood, she doesn't have room for the get-together. (Quote by - Theresa Rhoden)
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. (Quote by - Dale Evans Rogers)
We invite our Christian brothers and sisters to say prayers on Christmas Eve and to celebrate Christmas in our schools and other buildings. (Quote by - Din Syamsuddin)
Clooney starred in 1954's White Christmas .. Come On-a My House. (Quote by - Bing Crosby)
I would only spend a week or two in the Philippines, most probably the week during my birthday because I am planning to give away Christmas gifts to the poor people of General Santos just like what I did last year. (Quote by - Manny Pacquiao)
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
My partner and I, we were talking about Christmas. And it's a holiday of the heart, and you know, like we listened to 'Silent Night' and 'In the Bleak Midwinter,' and that to me was like a lullaby, .. And after all, this holiday's about a baby. So I wanted to put a human face on this, and I said, 'Well, what would you say if you were singing to your baby, telling your baby about Christmas? What would you say?' And so I came up with this song. (Quote by - Cyndi Lauper)
We had a 10-day layoff during Christmas. Mars was our first match after Christmas and we were a little flat. But that's no excuse. (Quote by - Rick Chaussard)
I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the big energy companies, and the consumers get lumps of coal. There's really nothing to cheer about by anyone who gets a utility bill or has to fill up a gas tank. The energy lobbyists are the big winners, and the rest of us are left in the dust choking. (Quote by - Anna Aurilio)
Well I looked in my moms closet and saw what I was getting for Christmas, an ultravibe pleasure 2000. (Quote by - Eric Cartman)
We were a little concerned. It was a tough Christmas holiday and you never get Christmas back. Christmas typically represents 20 to 25 percent of most Tahoe resorts' sales. (Quote by - Greg Murtha)
It could be a messy holiday weekend. We're watching a storm out of the eastern Pacific moving inland, and that could mean more snow and colder temperatures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. (Quote by - Brian Montgomery)
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
Ring out ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time, And let the bass of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony. (Quote by - John Milton)
We want to make people question what's behind Christmas, to think about who Jesus was. (Quote by - John Carter)
Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
'Twas the night before Christman, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring,--not even a mouse: The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. (Quote by - Clement C. Moore, LL.D.)
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. (Quote by - Erma Bombeck)
I've been getting rid of some clutter — anything that doesn't serve a positive purpose in my life — and making room for things that feel happy to me. Because I get to make my life whatever I want it to be. I get to make the room feel however I want it to feel. I get to make the closet as full or as spacious as I want it. And, if I have more clutter to get rid of after Christmas, I'm not going to wait a year, or two or three to do it. (Quote by - Jan Denise)
Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ. (Quote by - Nancy Cartwright)
We gave the kids Christmas off, and they hopefully had a great Christmas. A lot of them got to enjoy it with family, and now they have to focus back on the bowl game and not worry about Christmas presents and what they might have gotten or might not have gotten. (Quote by - Mike Bellotti)
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. (Quote by - Dag Hammarskjold)
I already started on a diet. I think it was brought on by overeating at Christmas. (Quote by - Chad Severson)
I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life. (Quote by - Andrew McMahon)
At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Let Christmas not become a thing Merely of merchant's trafficking, Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath And surface pleasure, but beneath The childish glamour, let us find Nourishment for soul and mind. Let us follow kinder ways Through our teeming human maze, And help the age of peace to come From a Dreamer's martyrdom. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart. (Quote by - Washington Irving)
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. (Quote by - Ruth Carter Stapleton)
Christmas is a time to expand our giving encompassing the friendless and needy .. near and far. Christmas is sharing. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
I think of those weavers working through the damp Christmas months to get the tapestry done in six months per the contract in Florence, and clinging to every minute of daylight. Probably they had the artist breathing down their neck. (Quote by - Thomas Campbell)
It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart. (Quote by - Marjorie Holmes)
Phase one at least met very modest expectations. It came late and it was uneven. Now, we are in phase two, which is taking on a different character. It could make a modest Christmas into a much better Christmas. (Quote by - Michael Niemira)
Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas. (Quote by - John Cleese)
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
To start with, we were advised not to sue. That was the week before Christmas, but shortly after that we were advised to get an attorney. (Quote by - Bill Webb)
I hope everyone has a wonderful time this Christmas, and comes back refreshed and excited about the coming season. (Quote by - Adam Simpson)
We had someone who called just a couple of weeks before Christmas. A dog ate part of a Christmas ornament. (Quote by - Chris Jones)
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. (Quote by - Phyllis Diller)
The obvious solution is not to spend a lot of money. But Christmas is Christmas. It's important to a lot of people. (Quote by - Ray McAlister)
Also, most big retail chains placed their Christmas orders months ago and the Christmas inventory was already in the pipeline before (the) SARS (outbreak). (Quote by - Howard Davidowitz)
It is the personal thoughtfulness, the warm human awareness, the reaching out of the self to one's fellow man that makes giving worthy of the Christmas spirit.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Christmas proved to be less difficult than people were expecting. Retailers expected a dull Christmas, so they didn't overstock and have had less discounting to do. (Quote by - Andrew Bell)
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. (Quote by - Louisa May Alcott)
But I fail to see how that (not buying gifts) would bring back the essence of Christmas. And I don't think it would affect retailers. Besides, that's part of the joy of Christmas ? to give someone a gift to show your appreciation for them. (Quote by - Mathew Staver)
A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
It was Christmas, and on Christmas gentile Hungarians tend to stay home with their families. I'd say that 80 percent of the crowd was Jewish. (Quote by - Bob Cohen)
The conference officials found out that nearby school kids had nothing for Christmas, so they organized Christmas parties for them and sent in presents. (Quote by - Rev. Gary Arndt)
We thought they'd had a worse Christmas than most people expected. They had a better Christmas, and they're talking about UK GAAP at the upper end of the range. (Quote by - Richard Ratner)
O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
On Christmas Eve, we had 22 funerals. On Christmas Day, there were 19. Everybody I know took down their tree and forgot Christmas. (Quote by - Jack McReynolds)
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. (Quote by - Helen Rice)
Malls were packed on Christmas Eve. It will go down as one of the biggest days before Christmas on record. Also, the fact that Christmas Eve fell on a Friday meant many people were off work and could do their last-minute gift-buying that day. (Quote by - Ellen Tolley)
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)
People might say 'oh its too dark and scary' for children but you could say that about 'Nightmare before Christmas' also. People say their dog even liked watching 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. So this is for animals, children, whoever. (Quote by - Tim Burton)
I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. (Quote by - Edward Rowland Sill)
I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness. (Quote by - Carrie Fisher)
It essentially sleeps 364 days out of the year and then wakes up on Christmas Day trying to destroy your systems. It can affect a machine any day of the year, and you are not going to notice a problem. You won't know you are infected until Christmas. (Quote by - Patrick Martin)
Despite the weak yen, technology issues suffered because of the lack of their main buyers -- foreign investors -- due to the Christmas holiday season. (Quote by - Tokio Furuta)
England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. (Quote by - Sir Walter Scott)
Traditionally, Christmas Day is the busiest day of the year at 7-Eleven. A majority of our customers are men, and many have come to depend on another holiday tradition -- 7-Eleven being open round the clock on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. (Quote by - Cindy Davis)
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. (Quote by - Maya Angelou)
One thing that has been constant is our defense. It has carried us early. I hope it continues to carry us until at least Christmas. Motion coaches tell you that you won't be good until after Christmas. I'm crossing my fingers on that one. (Quote by - Bruce Weber)
How do you survive Christmas? You drink a lot. And drink a lot, right. Drink a lot and drink a lot. (Quote by - Christina Applegate)
At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. (Quote by - Thomas Tusser)
It's not very romantic to shop for Christmas in July but it will save you money. Shop the after-Christmas sales for next Christmas. (Quote by - Ray McAlister)
Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. (Quote by - Johnny Carson)
Midnight, and the clock strikes. It is Christmas Day, the werewolves birthday, the door of the solstice still wide enough open to let them all slink through. (Quote by - Angela Carter)
One of us walks in here with a new knife and .. everybody thinks Christmas (happened) and everybody comes and has got to see it. (Quote by - Bill Grant)
He died of cancer on Christmas Eve when I was in my second year of law school. I know what that pain is like. (Quote by - Charles Duncan)
We did eight gift baskets last week one day, and we have three more to do today. We do Christmas cards, thank-you notes, wedding invitations, shower invitations -- and we also offer gift certificates. If you want to buy your wife some of our time, you can do that. (Quote by - Janet Fallen)
Yet another birthday, yet another Christmas. They've stolen this time from us. (Quote by - Melanie Delloye)
During our annual Christmas dinner, we put together eight Christmas food baskets. We donated them to the Church of God Shalom on Chad Brown to be distributed in the surrounding community. (Quote by - Kerri Coletta)
Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and a nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chilled hidebound hearts. (Quote by - Henry Vaughan)
I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the Gift Wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. (Quote by - Stephen Wright)
You got to think about Thanksgiving, Christmas . . . we're going to be in a new environment, .. We're used to going over to each other's house and eating. That's going to be the hard part. (Quote by - Charles Grant)
Both Sue and I love Christmas, and I thought it would be cool to try a proposal with Christmas lights. But she had told me if you're gonna propose .. 'I'll know. (Quote by - Richard Youngs)
Retail sales have gone up and down all year, but we won't fully understand what's going on in the minds of American shoppers until the last Christmas gift has been unwrapped. The holiday shopping season accounts for 20 to 25 percent of all retail sales and is also a barometer for the coming year. We're not out of the woods yet, .. Forty percent of holiday sales are wrapped up in the week before Christmas. (Quote by - Bill Dreher)
Ask your children two questions this Christmas. First: "What do you want to give to others for Christmas?" Second: "What do you want for Christmas?" The first fosters generosity of heart and an outward focus. The second can breed selfishness if not tempered by the first. -. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
I'm super excited. I got a video camera for Christmas just for this. (Quote by - Angela Jackson)
We make it for ourselves and give it away for Christmas and as presents. (Quote by - Sandy Whitmyer)
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.". (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)
This week, in terms of the Christmas season, is probably the least important week, .. The last two weeks are probably going to be the most important. You have the widest spread between Christmas and New Year's that you can possibly have this year, so after this week, things really start to get interesting. (Quote by - Eric Beder)
Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we: Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany-Tree. (Quote by - William Makepeace Thackeray)
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. (Quote by - Calvin Coolidge)
Christmas.. is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.. (Quote by - Freya Stark)
It's almost like having somebody come and steal the gifts out from under your Christmas tree because that was the next step. They were headed to go underneath my Christmas tree. (Quote by - Mary Quinlan)
This day is celebrated 40 days after Christmas and marks the end of the Christmas season for us. It celebrates the day baby Jesus was presented at the temple by Mary and Joseph. (Quote by - Jose Gonzalez)
I think the market is tired of Christmas. We've already seen the Christmas reports. As far as the market is concerned, that's old news. (Quote by - Diane Swonk)
Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision. (Quote by - William Arthur Ward)
Hail to the King of Bethlehem, Who weareth in his diadem The yellow crocus for the gem Of his authority! (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision. (Quote by - William Arthur Ward)
Even in this business, it is customer service that's important. It might be Christmas, New Year's, Christmas Eve -- times you don't want to go, but you've gotta. (Quote by - Heather Bishop)
I didn't think much would happen for Christmas, but we were pleasantly surprised. (Quote by - Chaz Fontentot)
This is the first time since I've been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas. (Quote by - Louis Orr)
He doesn't celebrate Christmas like we do. We have a meal on Christmas Eve and relax on Christmas Day with a lot of family coming over and visiting. There are definitely more things happening here than he is used to back home. (Quote by - Roy DeFio)
Ever since Christmas the kids said they were sick of getting pushed around and the least we can do is go and fight. I can't say enough about our kids' effort. It was unbelievable. (Quote by - Chad Vollmecke)
I don't know if we'll be able to move in by Christmas, but we're at least going to be able to put up a Christmas tree in here. (Quote by - John White)
More Americans are waiting to the end to shop for Christmas than any other time in the last 10 years. The consumer was never excited about anything that they saw this Christmas. (Quote by - Britt Beemer)
Before Christmas I thought he was hitting a little bit of a wall, but after Christmas I thought he really started to understand things a little bit better and run things a little bit better. And his shot is getting a little bit better. (Quote by - Tom Izzo)
We worked hard over the break, practicing every day including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, on coming out with more intensity in those quarters. The third quarter has been our nemesis all year long and we played well in the third quarter tonight. I think that made the difference in the ballgame. (Quote by - Josh Mills)
We had guests and hotel owners asking us about offering a gift card. We're excited that now we can respond to that customer demand. Be it graduation or Mother's Day, a birthday or Valentine's Day, Christmas or Hanukkah--or if you're looking for a corporate incentive--we've got the perfect answer: a Choice Hotels gift card. (Quote by - Bill Carlson)
Though a large percentage of shopping has been completed, many sales have not been recorded due to heavy purchasing of gift cards, which are not recorded until merchandise is redeemed. Most consumers will have their shopping completed by Christmas Day, but will head out after Christmas to take advantage of discounted merchandise and spend gift cards. (Quote by - Phil Rist)
I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)
A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome. (Quote by - Jean Baudrillard)
Of course I thought about leaving. I asked myself a lot of questions at Christmas time. (Quote by - Thierry Henry)
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. (Quote by - Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad. (Quote by - John Greenleaf Whittier)
The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack. (Quote by - John Cleese)
We have the hope that it will be before Christmas. (Quote by - Don Lindburg)
It's not my worst Christmas. I had Christmases where I never got presents, when I was little — where we wrapped up anything just (to have something) to open up. But to lose on Christmas, it's pretty (expletive). (Quote by - Nick Barnett)
