Christmas Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 14

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 a melody that would last forever.

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.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

A three-year-old gave this reaction to her Christmas dinner. I don''t like the turkey, but I like the bread he ate.

A white Christmas fills the churchyard.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger.

A goose never voted for an early Christmas.

Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display--so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn''t the holly, it isn''t the snow. It isn''t the tree not the firelight''s glow. It''s the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again.

Christmas, ''my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it''s ''Christmas.

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.

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.

Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet.

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

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.

As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December''s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance. We must prepare for an experience.

A Christmas shopper''s complaint is one of long-standing.

If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we''re here for something else besides ourselves.

He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.

Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows

At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it''s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, The very best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person. That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a Person.

Christmas ... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one''s home that one carries in one''s heart.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.