At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled shows; But like of each thing that in season grows – by William Shakespeare.

Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

by Oren Arnold

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year – by Charles Dickens.

• Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.... by Sir Winston Churchill

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it "white". by Bing Crosby

• Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars & angels gave the sign – by Christina Rossetti.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men! 

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still. by Charlton Heston

The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Johnson Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. by Samuel Johnson

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts – Janice Maeditere.

Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round – Jessica Archmint.

Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold! – Josephine

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear.
War is over, if you want it
War is over now.

by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in "Happy Xmas (War is over)"

• Good news from heaven the angels bring,
  Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
  To us this day a child is given,
  To crown us with the joy of heaven. by Martin Luther King