“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.”
O Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God!
“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 hea.”
“Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas; Stars and Angels gave the sign.”
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.
“A man wrapped up in himself always suffocates. But his loved ones will forever hold in their hearts the memory of the Christmas.”
“Before the ice is in the pools, Before the skaters go, Or any cheek at nightfall is tarnished by the snow, Before the fields have finished, Before the Christmas Tree, Wonder upon wonder will arrive to me!”
“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.”
