Christmas - Quotes
My 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?
The only blind person at Christmastime is he who has not Christmas in his heart.
Christmas is such a carefree, low-pressure time - that's one of the things I love about it.
Christmas wakens, whether you want it or not, that eternal desire for the wonderful. And the wonderful is not something you can possess or hold on to, it doesn`t belong to you and yet it is always there like something that is gifted to us.
There`s something about christmas that always throws us back upon ourself, on our memories and wishes, our childhood self, which is always standing wide-eyed with amazement outside the great door behind which the wonder is waiting.
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
The meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning. And it can mean whatever we want.
Christmas isn`t about presents or Santa Clause or cows, it`s about a feeling. It`s about people. It`s about us forgetting about our problems and reaching out to help other people. Christmas doesn`t have to happen in one certain place, it happens in our hearts.
I must give thanks to the good Lord above for giving us such a beautiful Christmas gift: a loving family and warm friends.
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we`d all have a wonderful Christmas.
It says here the retail industry does 50% of its business between December 1st and December 25th. That's half a year's business in one month's time. It seems to me, an intelligent country would legislate a second such gift giving holiday. Create, say, a Christmas 2, late May, early June, to further stimulate growth.