Christmas proverbs

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◆ He took the Who's feast, he took the Who pudding, he took the roast beast. He cleaned out that ice box as quick as a flash. Why, the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash.

- Dr. Seuss99

◆ Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

- Hamilton Wright Mabie99

◆ Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.

- Janice Maeditere99

◆ Always winter but never Christmas.

- C.S. Lewis99

◆ 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 Coolidge99

◆ 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.

- Eric Sevareid99

◆ They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.

- Charles Dickens99

◆ Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

- Philip Yancey99

◆ 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 melody that would last forever.

- Bess Streeter Aldrich99

◆ On a busy day twenty-two thousand people come to visit Santa, and I was told that it is an elf's lot to remain merry in the face of torment and adversity. I promised to keep that in mind.

- David Sedaris99

◆ Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

- Edwin Louis Cole99

◆ It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul.

- Caroline Kennedy99

◆ Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

- Dr. Seuss99

◆ Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

- Pindar99

◆ If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

- Bob Hope99