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.

––Louisa May Alcott

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.

––Calvin Coolidge

Don’t expect too much of Christmas Day. You can’t crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.

––Oren Arnold

Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing. Whatever doubts assail us, or whatever fears, Let us hold close one day, Remembering its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again.

 ––Grace Noll Crowell

There is nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

––Erma Bombeck

In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it “Christmas” and went to church; the Jews called it “Hanukkah” and went to synagogue; the atheists when to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say “Merry Christmas!” or “Happy Hanukkah!” or (to the atheists) “Look out for the wall!”

––Dave Barry

Next to a circus, there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

––Kin Hubbard