129 Greatest
Quotes About Christmas
Could what artists, actors and world leaders say about the magic of Christmas inspire you throughout the season and year?
Absolutely!
Christine J. Collins
Copyright 2011
Preface
Nine is considered a good number in Chinese culture because it sounds the same as the word "long-lasting.” Nine is strongly associated with the Chinese dragon, a symbol of magic and power.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 4
Chapter 1 – What Artists Say About Christmas 6
Chapter 2 – What Leaders Say About Christmas 10
Chapter 3 – What Scholars Say About Christmas 11
Chapter 4 – What Writers Say About Christmas 22
Chapter 5 – What Unknown Authors Say 40
About Christmas
Conclusion 46
Introduction
Christmas.
Can there be a more soul-stirring word in the English language?
It is something that resonates on all the continents of the earth. And Christmas brings with it powerfully intense feelings about the day, the event and the season no matter where you live.
In “129 Great Quotes About Christmas,” you will find some of the most powerful words ever said about Christmas. From the earliest of mankind to the 21st century, these thoughts will inspire you like nothing else.
Because plain and simple, there is nothing like Christmas. And even more than 2000 years later, this magical event still brings hope and inspiration to anyone who stops long
enough to think about the true meaning of Christmas. I’m hopeful these 129 nuggets will bring more joy and happiness into your life not just during the season, but throughout the year.
One footnote: Every attempt has been made to identify the author and author’s biography as accurate as possible. In light of that, you will find a few quotes with attribution but not the author’s bio.
Chapter 1 – What Artists Say About Christmas
"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."
-Dale Evans (1912 - 2001) American singer & songwriter
"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."
-Charles Schulz (1922 - 2000) American cartoonist
"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 (1917 - ) American actress & comedian
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."
-Erma Bombeck (1927 - 1996) American humorist
"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'."
-Bing Crosby (1903 - 1977) American singer & actor
"My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still."
-Charlton Heston (1923 - 2008) American actor
"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?"
-Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) American comedian
"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body."
-Garry Moore (1915 - 1993) American entertainer
"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."
-Larry Wilde (1928 - ) Comedian & actor
"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness."
-Bob Hope (1903 - 2003) American comedian
"The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other."
-Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005) American entertainer
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the Yuletide gay."
-Ralph Blane (1914 - 1995) American songwriter
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know,
Where the tree tops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow..."
-Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989) American composer and lyricist
"Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas."
-Joanne Woodward (1930 - ) American actress
"Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget."
-Hugh Downs (1921 - ) American broadcaster
Chapter 2 – What Leaders Say About Christmas
"Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."
-Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933) American president
"Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas."
-Pope John XXIII (1881 - 1963)
"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
-Margaret Thatcher (1925 - ) United Kingdom Prime Minister