“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser
“Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth;it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles.Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy;it is a season of dedication and decision.”
William Arthur Ward
“Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances”
William Powell
“Chavez's antics are a form of merriment for him. He's part buffoon, part visionary and part deadly effective strategist.”
Larry Birns
“A source of innocent merriment.”
William S. Gilbert
“Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment”
Samuel Johnson
“This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive.”