The real spirit of Christmas

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 Coolidge

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.” ― B.C. Forbes

I don’t want Christmas season to end, because it’s the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter. – Eloisa James, Paris in Love

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. – Margaret Thatcher

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. — Alexander Smith

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabie

Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. Suess

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice

The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young. – Phillips Brooks

Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon. – Deborah Whipp

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. – Andy Rooney

I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another. — Carrie Fisher

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 Sevareid

Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. It’s A Wonderful Life. – Zuzu Bailey,

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart. — The Polar Express

Christmas, my child, is love in action. – Dale Evans

Christmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air. – Shirley Sallay

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. – Agnes M. Pahro

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. ― Peg Bracken

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” – Theodor Seuss Geisel, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. — Burton Hills

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 Christmastime. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. — Edna Ferber

Mankind is a great, an immense family… This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. ― Pope John XXIII

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. – Will Ferrell, Elf

Love the giver more than the gift. – Brigham Young

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. – Winston Churchill

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. Ellis

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz

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

Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. – Phyllis Diller

Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance—a day.

Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. – Richelle E. Goodrich

Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” – Norman Wesley Brooks

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. Smith

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality. — Washington Irving

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. – Benjamin Franklin

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