Christmas quotations

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◆ Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

- Karl Rahner99

◆ Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

- Lucinda Franks99

◆ Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

- Charles Dickens99

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

- Freya Stark99

◆ I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

- Shirley Temple99

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

- Thomas Tusser99

◆ I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.

- Henny Youngman99

◆ Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

- Gary Allan99

◆ 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 Martin99

◆ When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

- Gilbert K. Chesterton99

◆ Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

- Washington Irving99

◆ Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.

- Ellen DeGeneres99

◆ A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

- Benjamin Franklin99

◆ I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.

- Bernard Manning99

◆ Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

- Bing Crosby99