(1538 quotes found)
“Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”
Phyllis Diller
“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
“Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.”
George Bernard Shaw
“A Merry Christmas this December - To a lot of folks I don't remember”
Anonymous Toast
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser
“The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.”
John Cleese
“Karen- Grace. It's Christmas, for goodness sake. Think about the baby Jesus: up in that tower, letting his hair down... so that the three wise men can climb up and spin the dradel and see if there are six more weeks of winter.”
Will & Grace
“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, / Just like the ones I used to know.”
Irving Berlin
“It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart”
Marjorie Holmes
“Christmas... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart...”
Freya Stark
