There is more to life than making a living. Do not work more than you live.

NOEL: You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.

I’m not one for sightseeing or going around the shops when I’m on holiday. I do enough shopping when I’m at home, and like to have a complete break when I’m away.

Judging by the photograph it seemed like I hadn’t been there at all. As if it was my camera that had been on holiday, and not me.

I’m a holiday Christian at best and I’d never given much thought to demons. They were an adult version of the boogieman hiding in every kid’s closet.

With more time spent in their mother’s presence, Maggie kept topics of conversation to small stuff, seldom ever wanted to dig below the surface, learned from her mother: just be polite, which makes Callie’s own...

Ultimately, the roast turkey must be regarded as a monument to Boomer’s love.Look at it now, plump and glossy, floating across Idaho as if it were a mammoth, mutated seed pod. Hear how it backfires...

MOTHER TIME: Life goes by so very fast, my dears, and taking the time to reflect, even once a year, slows things down. We zoom past so many seconds, minutes, hours, killing them with the...

Can we have breakfast now? No matter how sweet it is, a man can’t live on pussy alone.

My birthday is on a holiday. I just have to wait until I die and they commemorate me.

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and jazz of Billie Holiday. Other influences for me include Bjork, Nick...

Most people made comments on how I was the strongest woman they knew.That was before the title wave of disaster hit my charmed life.

MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.

Jarod Kintz Day—it’s not just my birthday, but it should be a holiday that’s mandatory to celebrate, punishable by death if you don’t. It’ll be a holiday that honors freedom.

Trisha! Being mean is my job! June, you’re so predictable, like, it’s not a shock for us if you’re gonna ask a good looking dude to be with you for the rest of your holiday...

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

The strange thing is, this truly horrifying experience planted a seed deep within my heart that germinated and grew into a desire that, I have to admit, I’ve never completely overcome.

MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They’re just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of each other.

For their holidays: the rich go see the world; the poor go see their parents.

I’m one of these people that if I have a nice holiday – like I have had in Turkey repeatedly – I go back a lot.

Keeping Christ in Christmas” is like showing up at someone’s house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.

One day, I’ll take a holiday and manage to do no work on it at all and just enjoy being away – however that won’t be for some time.

She’d been trained as a child no to trust anyone, but he’d just saved her life, and she was freezing. He could be a yeti for all she cared.

MURRY: Why do we even celebrate the New Year? It’s just this arbitrary quirk of how we measure time in years, right? Midnight tonight is the very same transition from day to day that we...

For their holidays: the rich’s kids travel the world; the poor’s kids roam around their grandparents’ yard.

Thoughts turn to other’s just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow longer. Families and friends gather in celebration or hope. Giving is a reflection of our love and...

Bach felt the beauty and sadness of the moment. These men who defied the power of the Russian heavy artillery, these coarse, hardened soldiers who were dispirited by their lack of ammunition and tormented by...

With the China market on holiday, Hong Kong is tracking trends in the Japanese market.

Oh my God, you’re huge.” She struggled to get her hands to the ends of the long sleeves. The garment hung to her knees. She glanced up to see his lips pressed together, like he...

MOTHER TIME: Every New Year is the same. Every day, every second is too for that matter. But when we deliver them in secret, when another year just begins as a matter of fact, it’s...

Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.

We’re going to do something that’s really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It’s never been done before.

Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream.Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks.There’s a steaming...

Go out with me tomorow night,” Perry went on. “Let me prove to you that I’m the guy you want.””I…I guess I coul go out tomorrow night,” Miranda sounded shocked and a little swept off...

I do read on holiday, but it tends to be very lowbrow. I’m into really camp biographies, and I’m a shameless fan of Jilly Cooper.

NOEL: And even when I don’t stay up until midnight, I still enjoy the tradition of New Year’s resolutions. What can I say? I like setting personal goals and challenging myself to improve. I suppose...

I love her like a major holiday. You know, not enough people celebrate the joy that is Tax Season, with the High Holy Day coming on April 15th.

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

I read a lot of heavy literature when I’m on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.

It was then I thought of Corsica, the place we had discovered together. I craved the wind, the sun and salt, the simplicity of the island.

MURRY: It’s not that, it’s just… I don’t really get it. I usually find myself staring at the midnight deadline filled with regrets both for opportunities and loved ones missed. It’s another day closer to...

We are so used to working that not working is the new hard work.

I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes.

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...

My mother used to play nothing but Billie Holiday.

However, although you might think this is the time of year to take some time off, you must never transgress one of the allotment rules: ‘Thou shan’t go on holiday in summer!

MOLLY: You don’t like New Years Eve? Are you insane? It’s literally the best holiday ever. You just party all night and it doesn’t matter what stupid stuff you do because the year’s over and...

The more civilized people are, the more honorable working hard is to them. As a result, the more civilized we get, the less we live.

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