Christmas Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 8

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.

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

A goose never voted for an early Christmas.

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

Christmas! ''Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.

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.

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.

Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They''re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.

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.

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

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.

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

And in despair I bow''d my head:
There is no peace on earth, I said,
For hate is strong, and mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

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.

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

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

I thought how as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had roll''d along th'' unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good will to men.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A white Christmas fills the churchyard.

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

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 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.

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.

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