Quotes December 24 & 25, 2022

“Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.”
Dale Evans
 
 
 
 
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”
Garrison Keillor
 
 
 
 
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.”
Jesse Jackson
 
 
 
 
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.”
John J. Geddes
 
 
 
 
“For Christmas is tradition time — traditions that recall the precious memories down the years, the sameness of them all.”
Helen Lowrie Marshall
 
 
 
 
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
 
 
 
 
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”
Burton Hills
 
 
 
 
“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.”
Andy Rooney
 
 
 
 
“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