Corley - An old-fashioned Christmas: favorite yuletide quotes and traditions

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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C HRISTMAS IS SUCH A magical time of year.

We take pause to reflect on our lives and determine to show our loved ones how much they mean to us. We gather with family and friends to exchange gifts and make merry, and the joy and fulfillment found in those moments in turn create lasting memories. This book collects quotes from authors, ministers, world leaders, philosophers and comedians, each pondering the meaning of Christmas. As you count down the days to Christmas every year, let this book help usher you into the season. If you know someone in need of Christmas cheer, the wisdom and kindness contained in these quotes can prove a soothing balm. And if you need a boost of goodwill and merrimentno matter the time of yearthese glimmers of Christmas spirit will certainly do the trick! WILL HONOR Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

CHARLES DICKENS EMEMBER, IF Christmas isnt found in your heart, you wont find it under a tree. CHARLOTTE CARPENTER OR CENTURIES men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER HRISTMAS 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. OREN ARNOLD HRISTMAS IS the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving yearand yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority. W.J.

CAMERON TRULY BELIEVE that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE EACE ON earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible. GREGG EASTERBROOK HRISTMAS IS a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. WINSTON CHURCHILL HE WAY you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. HENRY DAVID THOREAU HE THING about Christmas is that it almost doesnt matter what mood youre in or what kind of a year youve had; its a fresh start.

KELLY CLARKSON HEARD THE bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men! HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HRISTMAS 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 TARS OF heaven, clear and bright, shine upon this Christmas light, vaster far than midnight skies are its timeless mysteries. TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH RESHLY CUT Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resininhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night. JOHN J.

GEDDES HE GREAT majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why. G.K. CHESTERTON Y IDEA of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? BOB HOPE HRISTMAS IS here, merry old Christmas, gift-bearing Christmas, day of grand memories, king of the year! WASHINGTON IRVING OW, THE essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. STEPHEN LEACOCK ONT LET the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

TAYLOR CALDWELL AVE YOU any old grudges you would like to pay, any wrongs laid up from a bygone day? -Gather them now and lay them away when Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, and life is short from beginning to end; be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend when Christmas comes. WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE HRISTMAS IS not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. Its lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part.