"Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way, To say 'Merry Christmas' to you." ~ R. Alex Anderson
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. ~ Robert Lynd
Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year! ~ Washington Irving
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, come forth from deep within me with Christmas luminous beauty. ~ Edward M. Hays
Christmas is not an external event at all but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. ~ Freya Stark
Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...Filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. ~ Bess Streeter Aldrich
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. ~ Irving Berlin, 1942
Feathery flakes are falling, falling from the skies in the softest way, And between are voices calling, "Soon it will be Christmas day!" ~ Mary B. Dodge
Christmas, weddings, funerals, graduations, retirements, and births are like speed bumps in life; we slow down, look around, think about our lives, and then once over the bump, we speed up to our usual pace. ~ Allen Lagarbo
Opened Christmas cards hum to me the hymn of love and teach me the sacrament of correspondence. ~ Edward M. Hays, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim
Christmas has a way of bringing out the best in everyone. ~ Bing Crosby