Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Norman Vincent Peale on christmas
It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. Ronald Reagan on christmas
I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it. Demetri Martin on christmas
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens on christmas
We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. Ronald Reagan on christmas
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Erma Bombeck on christmas
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. Richard Lamm on christmas
It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. Caroline Kennedy on christmas
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Jimmy Cannon on christmas
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. T. S. Eliot on christmas
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Kin Hubbard on christmas
In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. Richard Bach on christmas
I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch. Jose Mourinho on christmas
There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in. Helen Hayes on christmas
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. Clarence Clemons on christmas
Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Richard Roeper on christmas
Christmas makes everything twice as sad. Doug Coupland on christmas
I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. Richard Dawkins on christmas
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. Orson Welles on christmas
My mother was a professional sick person she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time. Jim Carrey on christmas