Stephen Fry:

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.

Carrie Fisher:

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

Dale Evans:

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

John Doolittle:

The endangered species list has grown this year to include both religious and secular symbols cherished by Americans

including the nativity, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, candy canes, and Christmas carols.

Charles Dickens:

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Grazia Deledda:

According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.

Calvin Coolidge:

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Gilbert K. Chesterton:

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

Phillips Brooks:

The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung.