Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the...

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

When you’re rearranging the furniture to make way for the decorations and the tree, make sure you rearrange your heart to make room for the Savior of Mankind.

Except the Christ be born again tonightIn dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame,The world will never see his kingdom bright.

The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary delights on the outside.But on the inside there is nothing—only the bare gingerbread...

Always winter but never Christmas.

For many people Christmas is a difficult and lonely season. May you experience the love of Jesus Christ now and always!

Based upon how we’ve seen retail stocks perform, any continued low (consumer confidence) number puts a crimp in the Christmas spending story.

Christmas is not something that sprang from the musings of some person who creatively devised caricatures of elves, spiraling candy canes, visions of a magical city whose foundation was nestled in the far reaches of...

Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling.

We desperately need a deal before Christmas, and we have to hope that President Clinton’s coming heralds the end game — because the alternative is just too terrible to contemplate.

It’s a loss. All of my kids’ Christmas presents … they didn’t get to enjoy them. We just got back from Wisconsin.

Let the Soulful will of all that exists within – gift you the knowledge to fulfill all that is, without.

As we celebrate the evolution of the life of one so special, we embrace the meaning of life, itself.

He rose and walked to the windows. The moon reflected the pristine whiteness blowing into shadowy silvery mounds beneath the stars. It spread out before him, all pure and flowing and sterling. There’d always been...

You know what? From now on, I think I’m going to call you Mister Christmas.

…dette drikker kongen av det første han gjør om morgningen og det siste han gjør om kvælden, bare idelig sjampanidrik.(Jul i sen, Stridende liv)

It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself

Ma!” she cried. “There is a Santa Claus, isn’t there?””Of course there’s a Santa Claus,” said Ma. “The older you are, the more you know about Santa Claus,” she said. “You are so big now,...

Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don’t light a candle in a room that’s already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that’s so murky that the candle, when lit,...

I don’t leave a note.There’s nothing else to do. At first, I’d wanted to write Merry Christmas on the box somewhere, but I decide against it. This isn’t about words.It’s about glowing lights and small...

Christ was born in Bethlehem asHeaven sang with joy.Roaming shepherds came to see theInfant, swaddled boy.Several wisemen sought him out,Traveling from afar.Mary wondered, looking skywardAt a bright, new star.Sacred was the Christ child’s birth.Sacred is...

Purchasing patterns have been changing for a long time. It used to be you bought for Christmas when you bought for back-to-school. Today, there’s no reason to buy ahead of your need when you can...

600Christmas is about giving from the heart more than giving from the store.

Il pastore augurò Buon Natale, il coro riprese a cantare e l’organo a suonare. Fu in quel momento che Maggie sentì che lui era vicino. Si girò appena e lo vide. Se ne stava in...

NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT’S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU’RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich...

To the American People: 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...

The three phases of Santa belief: (1) Santa is real.(2) Santa isn’t real.(3) Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

CALVIN:This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn’t make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?If the guy exists why doesn’t he ever show himself and prove it?And if he doesn’t exist what’s the...

In November, I played four times over Thanksgiving. Over Christmas, I played seven or eight more. So, first of all, I may be the reason they changed the rule that once you qualify for the...

Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.

Christmas is supposed to be this time when everyone is nice to one another and forgives one another and all that, but the true meaning of Christmas is presents. And in the real world, Santa’s...

Life’s adversity strengthens us to embrace – life’s true purpose and destiny.

Use this day to honor the memory of Christmas — whilst it remains celebrated in your life.

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.

My future, it almost looks like Christmas—red and green—stop and go.

I can’t think of a better Christmas present than this. To win this in my senior season is just fantastic.

The real Santa Claus is at the mall.

Christ birth is the beginning of love for mankind.

It’s going to come down to how sales are pre-Christmas, what we hear from the retail sector, … I would expect next week, while remaining positive, to have not as robust a move as we...

It’s almost like having somebody come and steal the gifts out from under your Christmas tree because that was the next step. They were headed to go underneath my Christmas tree.

Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out any quicker than the Christmas spirit

Wal-Mart carries a lot of electronics and Christmas was coming up, so we decided to go with it. We traded stocks once a week and would check our portfolios almost every day.

This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don’t do Christmas?

Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer...

The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood

We are soon approaching a refined holiday, “Merry Mas,” where Christ will be taken out of its context.

How you felt?” he asks, still looking like he’s trying to hide a smirk.”Oh, shut up. I’m going now. I’m sorry I bothered you, your Highness of Reindeerness,” I say, with more than a little...

As he carefully made his way back to the stairs and awkwardly turned off the light, he did not notice that the dark shadow he had assumed was his reflection remained in the mirror. He...

Christmas is everything that God would do, and nothing that we would imagine Him doing.