“If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
Christmas carries a weight of meaning that goes beyond decorations and gift wrap. These quotes touch on generosity, family, faith, nostalgia, and the particular magic of a season that asks us to slow down and pay attention to what matters.
“One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'”
“If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.”
“Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.”
“That's the true spirit of Christmas people being helped by people other than me.”
“I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.”
“Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'”
“I've been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play.”
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
“The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other.”
“I'm bad on Valentine's Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine o'clock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. I'm in Toys'R'Us all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing.”
“Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.”
“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.”
“Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.”
“To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.”
“There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.”