Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no matter what. Then, if you’re like me, when you just sit quietly, just...

My specialty is actually creating an environment for people to enjoy the holidays. That’s what I love to do, … Generally there’s the technical aspect of it. ‘Do you want it to match your furniture?...

I have always thought of Christmastime, when it has come round…as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men...

I had never before been a special fan of that great comedian Phyllis Diller, but she utterly won my heart this week by sending me an envelope that, when opened, contained a torn-off square of...

One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.

The rest of the year, I wondered if the point of Christmas was just spending money and getting fat and opening gifts. Indulging.But when Christmas finally comes, and that warm, tingly, mints-and-sweaters-and-fireplace-fires feeling gathers in...

They were playing in two tournaments over the Christmas break, so they had a split squad. I’d say they had about half of their varsity players and had some players from their j.v. team.

The yearly tradition of Christmas is bountifully supported – without the need to ever fade.

•Zuzu Bailey: Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. •George Bailey: That’s right, that’s right. •George Bailey: Attaboy, Clarence.

I won’t even eat my Christmas dinner. I’m going to be the most miserable person you’ve ever seen.

you only talk to yourself when you pray without believing and having faith in your prayers

As long as we keep loving, it will always be Christmas.

Unto us Saviour is born at Christmas.The love and light of the World.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

At Christmas, all roads lead home.

I actually hate Christmas,” says Eileen. “Everybody has this idea you have to have a good time, like happiness comes in a ruddy packet.” Her face is flushed with heat. “One time, I stayed in...

I was that kind of tired you feel when you’ve spent a day in a hospital while a loved one undergoes surgery and comes through all right, the loved one, of course, being myself, and...

The city centre was still crawling with Christmas shoppers looking to add to their already burgeoning piles of gifts. To Scott they were like ants at a picnic, teeming from store to store, trailing oversized...

The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of...

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I may plan to make Christ the center of Christmas, but when I wait until December to focus on celebrating His birthday, I become entangled in Christmas lights, holiday baking, and festive engagements, often wondering...

You’re thinking that if the North Pole has little elves and shape-shifting reindeer that maybe werewolves aren’t quite so farfetched. Am I right? Well, you’re wrong. There’s no such thing as werewolves. That would just...

Absently, Quinn reached for the sheet to replace it over the aged mirror, but the back of his hand brushed against the cold surface and a strange shiver ran up his arm and down his...

To strategize a rescue mission irrefutably capable of saving every human being is leagues beyond our ability to comprehend, and enormous beyond any resource we possess to execute. And to embark upon just such a...

It is a tradition during the Christmas and New Year holidays and we found it necessary because of the inner feelings of our people,

The strengthening of both the retail sector over Christmas and the housing market over recent months should limit the opposition to keeping rates on hold next week.

And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without him...

Uncover your life’s purpose, not just armed with your faith — but, in the company of your Soul.

As Christmas draws near, let the words resonate — not just within your heart & mind, but Soul.

Go back to that night when Divine Light, in order to illumine the darkness of men, tabernacled Himself in the world He had made… The angels and a star caught up in the reflection of...

Without the door let sorrow lie,And if for cold it hap to die,We’ll bury ‘t in a Christmas pie,And evermore be merry.

The Christmas Price Index reflects the economic trends that we have witnessed during the past year,

May the love at Christmas be with us throughout coming year.

I look at my snow boots, counting the grommets while I try to name what I’m feeling. This has been a problem lately. It’s never been a problem before—I’ve been happy, and sad, and frustrated.I’ve...

On Christmas. “Santa Claus represents God on assistance,” said Clyde.”Santa Claus is a negative-idealed god, the pagan god of material worship,” Leon stated. “Christmas means the rebirth, regeneration. Some people have Christmas every day. The...

I am a bomb but I mean you no harm. That I still am here to tell this, is a miracle: I was deployed on May 15, 1957, but I didn’t go off because a...

There are stories told to him only at this time of year. Fantastic, magical stories, the old Hollier in the woods finding only three red berries, which peel back in the night to reveal gifts...

The whole concept of some stranger making his way down our chimney – not that we had one – suggested burglary more readily than generosity. Any Santa who tried it would have gotten a bullet...

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my...

The family is the key of Christmas.

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale…

Our people’s standard of living has gone way up. People have been able to buy washers and dryers and cars. They’ve put new roofs on their homes. We’ve been able to buy more Christmas gifts...

As the year comes to an end, don’t look back at yesterday’s disappointment. Look ahead to God’s promises yet to unfold.

In the spirit of the Christmas season I’m delivering a gift to the mining industry,

Christmas is God being relentless to the point that He would die in that relentlessness.

The town is mobbed out with Saturday shoppers looking for Christmas bargains. You can almost breathe in the raw greed which hangs in the air like vapour. As the late afternoon darkness falls, the lights...

if psychoanalysis was late-19th-century secular Judaism’s way of constructing spiritual meaning in a post-religious world and retail is the late 20th century’s way of constructing meaning in a postreligious world, what does it mean that...

This is positive news leading up to the Christmas sales, suggesting what could be better-than-expected sales and consumer confidence. The Nasdaq could be hurt today as fall-out over Dell continues.

Through joy, the Soul finds its greatest – physical expression.

Whether you are with those you love or alone, you are contributing to Christmas, in your own way.