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
But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. ~ Walter Scott
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
Remember, if Christ isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under the tree. ~ Charlotte Carpenter
As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To men of gentle will. ~ William M. Thackeray
The lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. ~ Garrison Keillor
Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. ~ George F. Mcdougall
Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. ~ Phyllis Diller
Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. ~ Helen Keller