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Next to a circus there ain't
nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. ~Kin
Hubbard
Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's
money. ~Author Unknown
The Supreme Court has ruled
that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for
any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
~Jay Leno
Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I
don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not
having at other times. ~Kate L. Bosher
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not
be a child. ~Erma Bombeck, I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal
Depression
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a
headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of
chill and hide-bound hearts. ~Lenora Mattingly Weber
I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is
changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is
filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to
give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the
children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all
in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts
grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness.
~Julia Peterkin, A Plantation Christmas, 1934
Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends
when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next
year. ~P.J. O'Rourke
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of
love. ~Hamilton Wright Mabie
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author
Unknown
I do like Christmas on the whole.... In its clumsy way, it does approach
Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year. ~E.M. Forster
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