Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. Votes: 6
Dale EvansTo celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others. Votes: 5
Henry C. LinkWhat I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Votes: 5
Phyllis DillerWe should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365. Votes: 5
Mary MartinSometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got. Votes: 4
Cathy GuisewiteThe love we extend to one another at Christmas, should blossom all year. Votes: 4
Lailah Gifty AkitaWhen did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect? Votes: 3
Suzanne Woods FisherTruth out of season was sourer than strawberries at Christmas time. Votes: 3
Eleanor Hallowell AbbottFarmers' markets are one of my favourite sources for Christmas goodies. Votes: 3
Sheherazade GoldsmithChristmas day is the children's, but the holidays are youth's dancing-time. Votes: 3
Booth TarkingtonChristmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. Votes: 3
Oren ArnoldTo perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. Votes: 3
E. B. WhiteThe thoughtfulness and goodwill messages from loved ones brighten my Christmas day. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaFor me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery. Votes: 3
Anthony MackieBeing half Jewish, we grew up with Christmas trees but had Jewish ornaments. Votes: 3
Gina RodriguezAt Christmas time we couldn't afford tinsel, so we'd wait till grandpa sneezed. Votes: 3
Rodney DangerfieldChristmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Votes: 3
Jimmy CannonAnyone who thinks Christmas doesn't last all year just doesn't have a Mastercard. Votes: 3
Kirk KirkpatrickA hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. Votes: 3
Terry PratchettIf one isn't parsimonious before Christmas one can't be munificent when it arrives. Votes: 3
Grace S. RichmondFresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas. Votes: 3
Criss JamiIt's always consoling to know that today's Christmas gifts are tomorrow's garage sales. Votes: 3
Milton BerleChristmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. Votes: 3
John ClaytonI send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home. Votes: 3
Edward Rowland SillChristmas is a box of tree ornaments that have become part of the family. Votes: 3
Charles M. SchulzBlessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. Votes: 3
Hamilton Wright MabieA Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. Votes: 3
Walter ScottI remember when I switched from Christmas to sex as the secret of happiness ... Votes: 3
Garrison KeillorAren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa. Votes: 3
Matt GroeningEvery day is Christmas. Everyday Christ embrace us with His love, peace and joy. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaThat's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. Votes: 3
Jerry SeinfeldLast Christmas someone stole my present. I've spent this year living in the past. Votes: 3
Terry AldertonEveryday should be Christmas. Christ first loved us, we ought to love one another. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaChristmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries. Votes: 3
Timothy KellerI write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas. Votes: 3
Dan BrownChristmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. Votes: 3
Phyllis DillerI love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. Votes: 3
Zooey DeschanelA Christian's celebration of Christmas should be a lot different from that of nonbelievers. Votes: 3
Monica JohnsonSome enterprising youth should go from door to door on Christmas morning peddling batteries. Votes: 3
Jean KerrThe Nightmare Before Christmas is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way. Votes: 3
Amy Lee'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is my number one biggest influence artistically in every way. Votes: 3
Amy LeeMay you find love, joy and hope at Christmas and every day of your life. Votes: 3
Lailah Gifty AkitaChristmas it too large to be tucked away in the toe of a child's stocking. Votes: 3
Gerald Stanley LeeIt was two weeks before Christmas. A slow time of year for raising the dead. Votes: 3
Laurell K. HamiltonOne thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth. Votes: 3
Zooey DeschanelI've never had a cold Christmas, as I always spend it back home in Australia. Votes: 3
Mallory JansenMy grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points. Votes: 3
Margot KidderI don't know what I believe. I guess that makes me a Christmas Tree Agnostic. Votes: 3
Stephanie PerkinsGeorge Brett could roll out of bed on Christmas morning and hit a line drive. Votes: 3
John SchuerholzPray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm. Votes: 3
William Makepeace ThackerayI hate feeling full, so Christmas is about the only time I really stuff myself. Votes: 3
Rupert Penry-JonesMail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. Votes: 3
Johnny CarsonYou can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face Votes: 3
John R. RiceI love Christmas. I receive a lot of wonderful presents I can't wait to exchange. Votes: 3
Henny YoungmanI admit I have Mental Illness so please no more 'Fruit Cakes' for Christmas Please Votes: 3
Stanley Victor PaskavichPfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me. Votes: 3
Karl LagerfeldI went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them! Votes: 3
Vince ClarkeGifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. Votes: 3
Peg BrackenChristmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God's work, and not mine. Votes: 3
Henri NouwenFrom someone whose dad buys him a spade for Christmas, I thought you'd be grateful! Votes: 3
Karl PilkingtonWhen there's no more room under the Christmas tree, Ken Foree will have a birthday. Votes: 3
Ken ForeeRoses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish. Votes: 3
Benny HillOur whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer. Votes: 3
James CroninSo many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush. Votes: 3
Bonnie TylerThe only time I even entertain the tiniest element of religion is for Christmas carols. Votes: 3
Ian WatsonO Come, O Come, Emmanuel, come forth from deep within me with Christmas luminous beauty. Votes: 3
Edward M HaysAll the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ. Votes: 3
David JeremiahChristmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. Votes: 3
William SaroyanThey've got plastic Christmas trees now. They're hard to tell from the real aluminum ones. Votes: 3
Milton BerleWe always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. Votes: 3
Peter AgreContemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain. Votes: 3
Amanda LindhoutThis Christmas, every Christmas, Santa Claus is everywhere and Jesus is nowhere to be found. Votes: 3
Paul ParkThose worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That's highly unusual. Votes: 3
John TeshFor Christmas the just came out with a battery-operated battery. But the batteries aren't included. Votes: 3
Milton BerleBest of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God Votes: 3
George McDougallNo matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas. Votes: 3
Malaika Arora KhanYou can mess with a lot of things, but you can't mess with kids on Christmas. Votes: 3
Kevin McAllisterI long to look at my holiday season with eyes that see the Christ in Christmas. Votes: 3
Ann Marie StewartChristmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality. Votes: 3
Billy GrahamWhen we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas' Votes: 3
Paul MersonI'm a foot soldier in the war on Christmas. And the war on puppies and sunshine. Votes: 3
Tucker CarlsonI got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there. Votes: 3
Robin TrowerChristmas is never over,unless you want it to be... Christmas is a state of mind. Votes: 3
Lauren MyracleThe two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. Votes: 3
Alice CooperOne of the things that Christmas reminds us is that Jesus Christ was once a child. Votes: 3
Hark Herald SarmientoI like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. Votes: 3
Bill GatesI give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it. Votes: 3
Paul RyanChristmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. Votes: 3
Larry WildeI'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful. Votes: 3
Monica JohnsonThree words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock. Votes: 3
Christopher HitchensI'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful. Votes: 3
Monica Mcgowan JohnsonThere's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. Votes: 3
Erma BombeckBesides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on. Votes: 3
Chris FrantzYou fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? You'd make a fortune. Votes: 3
Ilona AndrewsIt's the first day of spring. That means this weekend I'll take down my Christmas lights. Votes: 3
David LettermanYou might be a redneck if your favorite Christmas present was a painting on black velvet. Votes: 3
Jeff FoxworthyWhat does Christmas mean if we can't encourage small children to sit on a stranger's lap? Votes: 3
Ian O'DohertyI think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. Votes: 3
TobyMacI love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine. Votes: 3
Amy SmartI felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas. Votes: 3
Sylvia PlathI don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas. Votes: 3
James McAvoyPeace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible. Votes: 3
Gregg EasterbrookStarting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas. Votes: 3
Albert BrooksChristmas never would have caught on if it had been called Celebrate a Little Jew's Birthday. Votes: 3
Andy BorowitzThere is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas. Votes: 3
Henry Van DykeMy mother cooked her last Christmas standing rib roast in 1987 and died a few weeks afterward. Votes: 3
Michelle HunevenChristmas moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves & directs our thoughts to giving. Votes: 3
B. C. ForbesChristmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year. Like, this time, it's on December 25th. Votes: 3
Emo PhilipsChristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Votes: 3
Norman Vincent PealeIt's Christmas! Ah, Christmas, the time when all good people go about not decapitating each other. Votes: 3
Christopher MooreIt's pretty difficult to promote something the week after Christmas and the week before New Year's. Votes: 3
Joel McHaleJesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose. Votes: 3
Timothy KellerYule"Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner"of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner. Votes: 3
Marianne MooreChristmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. Votes: 3
Phillips BrooksO Christmas Sun! What holy task is thine! To fold a world in the embrace of God! Votes: 3
Guy Wetmore CarrylThe wonder of Christmas is that the God Who lived with us can now live within us. Votes: 3
Roy LessinThe best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted. Votes: 3
Olivia WilliamsThe dog that I was given on The Hills for Christmas is with my best friend's family. Votes: 3
Heidi MontagThe only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. Votes: 3
Helen KellerPlease to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! Votes: 3
Phyllis McGinleyChristmas: the one time of year when you canât avoid the nuts in your family muesli. Votes: 3
Charles StrossA new star, the Christ child, God's gift to mankind; these are what Christmas is made of. Votes: 3
Richelle E. GoodrichThe earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.... Votes: 3
Phillips BrooksKenny G has a Christmas album out this year. Hey, happy birthday Jesus! Hope you like crap! Votes: 3
Norm MacDonaldI bought my mother-in-law a beautiful chair for Christmas, but she won't let me plug it in. Votes: 3
Milton BerleDon't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Votes: 3
Taylor CaldwellWithout Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY Votes: 3
Ezra Taft BensonGod pays twice as much attention on Christmas, like the media when a white kid goes missing. Votes: 3
Stan SmithOpened Christmas cards hum to me the hymn of love and teach me the sacrament of correspondence. Votes: 3
Edward M HaysTaking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical. Votes: 3
Greg FitzsimmonsThere's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world. Votes: 3
Bob NewhartFor many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. Votes: 3
Queen Elizabeth IIThere is probably no greater anxiety in life than going home to visit your mother for Christmas. Votes: 3
Suzanne Falter-BarnsWhen it comes to kindness, paying it forward, and good deeds, every day should be like Christmas. Votes: 3
Brenda PriddyGod put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time. Votes: 3
Bil KeaneEven though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother. Votes: 3
Lady Bird JohnsonA very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear. Votes: 3
John LennonI might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas. Votes: 3
Gary BarlowIn France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. Votes: 3
Alain DucasseI was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas. Votes: 3
Myrna LoyI'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame. Votes: 3
Brad PaisleyI have a sort of Christmas-morning sense of the library as a big box full of beautiful books. Votes: 3
Audrey NiffeneggerI had a nice time over Christmas. I watched EastEnders - blimey, that makes my job look easy! Votes: 3
Mick McCarthyA typical Christmas is me shucking oysters. I love them and I always get them in at Christmas. Votes: 3
Hugh BonnevilleCongress may be going home for the holidays soon. How can you beat a Christmas gift like that? Votes: 3
Bob HopeI love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Votes: 3
Mallory JansenFrom a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. Votes: 3
Katharine WhitehornNext to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Votes: 3
Kin HubbardLike kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa. Votes: 3
Barbara KingsolverChrist comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord. Votes: 3
Pope FrancisChristmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. Votes: 3
Stephen FryIt's my new single - please buy it so we can get Christmas gifts for the kids this year. Votes: 3
Stevie WonderOne Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. Votes: 3
Mo RoccaTanith has a sword.' said Valkyrie. 'I want a stick.' 'I'll get you a stick for Christmas Votes: 3
Derek LandyI say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin Votes: 3
Bill WattersonAt Christmas time I sat on Santa's lap. His fly was open ! Boy what a present he gave me ! Votes: 3
Rodney DangerfieldAll I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, see my two front teeth! Votes: 3
Donald Yetter GardnerI gave my wife a gift certificate for Christmas. She ran out to exchange it for a bigger size. Votes: 3
Milton BerleWhat is the message of Christmas? It is the birth of the One who promised peace, joy and love. Votes: 3
Ravi ZachariasI don't go back home to Sardinia as much as I would like, just for Christmas and family events. Votes: 3
Caterina MurinoAs a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas. Votes: 3
Robert WilsonAt Christmas you can get real bargains. I saw one item marked down ten dollars. It was a yacht. Votes: 3
Milton BerleI always like to serve the people some good soul music, and Christmas was just the cherry on top. Votes: 3
V. BozemanWe never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. Votes: 3
Frank McCourtMankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. Votes: 3
Pope John XXIIIGrief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in. Votes: 3
Simon Van BooyChristmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family. Votes: 3
Ronald ReaganA born terror, a rebel without a pause... Ain't never had a good Christmas, so who is Santa Claus? Votes: 3
ShyheimBut Tammy Faye calls me, and Ron Jeremy calls me, Erik Estrada sends me a Christmas card every year. Votes: 3
Trishelle CannatellaMankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas." Votes: 3
Pope John XXIIIBless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. Votes: 3
Helen Steiner RiceMy father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away. Votes: 3
Rodney DangerfieldChristmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you. Votes: 3
Timothy KellerI've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me. Votes: 3
Brian PosehnOne of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk. Votes: 3
Tess GerritsenThe cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year. Votes: 3
Johnny VegasI once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included. Votes: 3
Bernard ManningThe title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it. Votes: 3
Patti PageHow do you survive Christmas? You drink a lot. And drink a lot, right. Drink a lot and drink a lot. Votes: 3
Christina ApplegateIf God is all powerful, and Jesus is the son of God, why did He make His birthday fall on Christmas? Votes: 3
Dana GouldI grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life. Votes: 3
Kevin SystromI think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I had wrapped photography in Romania at two in the morning as the Ghost Rider. The invitation had a Christmas ornament on it with Ghost Rider's face on it as a tree. Votes: 2 Nicolas Cage
The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi. Votes: 1 Beth Henley
Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief. Votes: 1 Carol Ann Duffy
Dear Aunt Loretta, Thank you so much for the awesome pants! How did you know I wanted that for Christmas? I love the way the pants look on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants. Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever! Sincerely, Greg Votes: 3 Jeff Kinney
Celebrating Christmas without Christ is like celebrating George Washington's birthday without mentioning the first president. Votes: 3 James N. Watkins
Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth. Votes: 1 May-Britt Moser
Everyone knows that there are some odors that send you directly back to memories of your childhood - odors from Christmas time and so forth. Votes: 1 May-Britt Moser
The most classic French dessert around the holidays is the Christmas log, with butter cream. Two flavors. Chocolate and coconut. My first job in the kitchen when I was a boy was to make these Christmas logs. Votes: 1 Alain Ducasse
In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. Votes: 1 Alain Ducasse
I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album. Votes: 1 Tanya Tucker
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing. Votes: 3 George Kotsiopoulos
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing. Votes: 1 George Kotsiopoulos
We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving. Votes: 2 Victoria Osteen
Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year. Votes: 1 Joel Osteen
I think we've taken the meaning of Christmas out. People don't stop and think about Jesus or the birth of Jesus. When they think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus and - for the children, and they think of giving gifts and out-giving the next person of spending their time looking for the right thing for somebody who has everything. Votes: 1 Billy Graham
Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
New Year's Eve to Valentine's Day is our peak season, and in many ways, Valentine's Day is our Christmas. Everybody in the world makes the same three New Year's resolutions: health, career and money, and love. Votes: 3 Sam Yagan
I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good. Votes: 1 James McAvoy
New Year's Eve to Valentine's Day is our peak season, and in many ways, Valentine's Day is our Christmas. Everybody in the world makes the same three New Year's resolutions: health, career and money, and love. Votes: 1 Sam Yagan
I have a love/hate relationship with Amy Grant, but I do go back to her Christmas albums once in a while. They're dated and sentimental and the production is nearly unlistenable, but there's something about her vocal performance that just feels really true. I would take her Christmas albums over Mariah Carey's or Destiny's Child's any day. Votes: 3 Sufjan Stevens
I love 'White Christmas.' That's one of my favorites just because I love the music. I love the story, Bing Crosby. It's just one of my all time favorites. And it's hard to have a Christmas without seeing a little bit of Jimmy Stewart and angels running around town. Votes: 1 Scott Bakula
Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe. Votes: 1 Zooey Deschanel
I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves. Votes: 2 Drake Bell
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'. Votes: 2 Bing Crosby
During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour that rocks in many musical directions but always points to Christ. Votes: 1 TobyMac
I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards. Votes: 2 Paul O'Grady
A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up. Votes: 5 Leonard Maltin
Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year. Votes: 3 Marlo Thomas
I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance. Votes: 1 TobyMac
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy. Votes: 1 Jonathan Kozol
At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. Votes: 1 Thomas Tusser
A lot of sequins for New Year's! Red, green, white - I fail at all of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots. Votes: 1 Ashley Benson
I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he? Votes: 1 Ian St. John
Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament. Votes: 4 Monica Seles
I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season. Votes: 1 Ashley Tisdale
The South has a way of worshipping appearances - the suburbs are all about presentation and amazing flowers and a beautiful yard and dinner parties that impress people and having the Christmas lights just right. Votes: 2 Paul Downs Colaizzo
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. Votes: 1 Lucinda Franks
For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry. Votes: 1 Malaika Arora Khan
I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have Christmas every day! Votes: 1 Adriana Lima
If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!' Votes: 1 Janet Montgomery
Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there. Votes: 6 Amy Grant
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family. Votes: 1 Samantha Isler
I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas. Votes: 1 Hillary Scott
I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing. Votes: 1 George Kotsiopoulos
On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don't celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, in that we do not actually celebrate Christmas. Votes: 1 Eden Sher
For Christmas I do gift bags for my friends and the cast, and I put 'treat yo self' key chains in there. And people send me pictures of 'treat yo self' all the time. Votes: 3 Retta
I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater. Votes: 2 Lana Parrilla
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. Votes: 1 Peter Agre
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. Votes: 1 Dr. Seuss
I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie. Votes: 1 Robert Osborne
I'm bad on Valentine's Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine o'clock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. I'm in Toys'R'Us all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing. Votes: 3 Jamie Foxx
You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. Votes: 3 John R. Rice
Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ. Votes: 3 Monica Johnson
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah. Votes: 2 William Tecumseh Sherman
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. Votes: 1 Oprah Winfrey
Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted. Votes: 3 Gisele Bundchen
What will you and I give for Christmas this year? Let us in our lives give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. Votes: 1 Thomas S. Monson
Don't send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed. Votes: 1 P. J. O'Rourke
Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store. Votes: 1 Dr. Seuss
Christmas really is about all the cliches: health, happiness and love. A future with my family is the important thing... to stay alive for them. Votes: 1 Sylvie Meis
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Votes: 2 Washington Irving
Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. Votes: 2 John Clayton
Somehow we just don't make the same boisterous fun of Holy Week that we do of Christmas. No one plans to have a holly, jolly Easter. Votes: 1 Frederica Mathewes-Green
In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. Votes: 3 Alain Ducasse
I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song called 'Christmas in Heaven' about missing someone that you love that's passed on, and wondering what's going on up there on Christmas. Votes: 3 Scotty McCreery
Every July, I look forward to taping a Christmas show - in July in Nashville. In 98-degree weather. I love it. Votes: 3 Larry the Cable Guy
Certainly, nothing would stop me coming home for Christmas, if I can. But I've worked a lot in theatre, and in theatre in New York, we work Christmas Day a lot of the time as well. Votes: 1 Brian F. O'Byrne
I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down. Votes: 3 Mo Rocca
We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are. Votes: 1 Faith Hill
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. Votes: 3 Queen Elizabeth II
Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense. Votes: 5 Matisyahu
If I'm getting on an airplane or anywhere, really, I have a lunch box and stuff. It's a running joke with my friends and family - everyone gives me lunch boxes for Christmas. Votes: 1 Nikki Reed
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
At school, there was an annual school disco and I'd be standing in my bedroom wondering what to wear for hours on end. Eventually I'd arrive at a decision that was just the most ridiculous costume you could have ever devised - I think it was probably knitted Christmas jumpers on top of buttoned-up white shirts. Votes: 1 Guy Berryman
When it comes to kindness, paying it forward, and good deeds, every day should be like Christmas. Votes: 2 Brenda Priddy
I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.' I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd. Votes: 1 Peter Dinklage
The outdoor Christmas lights, green and red and gold and blue and twinkling, remind me that most people are that way all year round--kind, generous, friendly and with an occasional moment of ecstasy. But Christmas is the only time they dare reveal themselves. Votes: 3 Harland Miller
Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Votes: 1 Jimmy Cannon
I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it. Votes: 3 Christina Applegate
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check. Votes: 1 Mahalia Jackson
My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. Votes: 1 Katharine McPhee
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Votes: 1 Taylor Caldwell
I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song called 'Christmas in Heaven' about missing someone that you love that's passed on, and wondering what's going on up there on Christmas. Votes: 4 Scotty McCreery
As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation. Votes: 1 Rosecrans Baldwin
Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared Votes: 3 Cecelia Ahern
I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge. Votes: 1 Leonard Maltin
The Christmas market at the Barcelona Cathedral sells all kinds of things for your Nativity scene. It will also give you a good idea of Catalan culture. Votes: 1 Jose Andres Puerta
Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago Votes: 2 Tom Baker
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Votes: 4 Phyllis Diller
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. Votes: 1 Taylor Caldwell
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
For Christmas I do gift bags for my friends and the cast, and I put 'treat yo self' key chains in there. And people send me pictures of 'treat yo self' all the time. Votes: 1 Retta
Come in, -- come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before! Votes: 5 Charles Dickens
People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents. Votes: 2 Bryce Courtenay
A Christmas Carol' is an extravagantly symbolic thing - as rich in symbols as Christmas pudding is rich in raisins. Votes: 2 Michel Faber
I'm a strong nonbeliever in the Christmas letter where you don't really read it because it's just full of kind of meaningless information. It doesn't really resonate to the person reading it, but it means so much to the person that wrote it. Votes: 1 BD Wong
So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush. Votes: 1 Bonnie Tyler
The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns. Votes: 5 Richard Roeper
I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. Votes: 1 Bill Gates
During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour that rocks in many musical directions but always points to Christ. Votes: 4 TobyMac
Christmas in L.A. is weird. There's no snow. It's not even cold. Votes: 2 Ellie Goulding
I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. Votes: 5 Zooey Deschanel
I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song. Votes: 2 Zooey Deschanel
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things. Votes: 6 Thomas S. Monson
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. Votes: 3 Lucinda Franks
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? Votes: 2 Gilbert K. Chesterton
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. Votes: 1 Thomas S. Monson
There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh. Votes: 1 Kristen Wiig
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy. Votes: 3 Jonathan Kozol
Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas. Votes: 1 Billy Graham
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. Votes: 1 Stephen Fry
Now I'm an old Christmas tree, the roots of which have died. They just come along and while the little needles fall off me replace them with medallions. Votes: 6 Orson Welles
Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little. Votes: 3 Malaika Arora Khan
Being half Jewish, we grew up with Christmas trees but had Jewish ornaments. Votes: 3 Gina Rodriguez
I love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Votes: 2 Mallory Jansen
Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. Votes: 1 Frank McCourt
I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. Votes: 1 Bill Gates
I like the idea of putting your Christmas wish list up and letting people share it. Votes: 1 Bill Gates
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family. Votes: 3 Samantha Isler
If I'm getting on an airplane or anywhere, really, I have a lunch box and stuff. It's a running joke with my friends and family - everyone gives me lunch boxes for Christmas. Votes: 4 Nikki Reed
I love the smell of a real Christmas tree - also, my mum's Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Votes: 3 Mallory Jansen
Christmas morning, I'm going to open presents with my kids. I'm going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I'm going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work. Votes: 3 Kobe Bryant
Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read. Votes: 3 Wayne Swan
Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts. Votes: 1 Kate Christensen
My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. Votes: 1 Katharine McPhee
Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. Votes: 1 Robert Englund
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition. Votes: 1 Fred Melamed
I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas. Votes: 1 Hillary Scott
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. Votes: 1 Oprah Winfrey
My father died when I was really young, on Christmas Day. Votes: 2 David Ayer
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. Votes: 1 Queen Elizabeth II
Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun. Votes: 1 Chris Hardwick
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. Votes: 2 Jay Leno
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family. Votes: 1 Samantha Isler
When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree. Votes: 1 Bill Cosby
Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Votes: 2 Kin Hubbard
Without social networks, you're not the coolest thing on the Christmas list, and you're not getting any bite. Votes: 1 Joe Green
The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything - just the family presents was every Christmas Eve. Votes: 1 Blake Shelton
In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in Christmas, and I would go off and wander in the streets of Melbourne. Votes: 1 Michael Leunig
I love Christmas tree bulbs, and I started putting them in my paintings. You've got to plug this painting in, and it's got a rig in the back, so that each one can be replaced if it burns out. Votes: 1 David Lynch
You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it. Votes: 3 Caroline Kennedy
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. Votes: 5 Ben Stein
I have a love/hate relationship with Amy Grant, but I do go back to her Christmas albums once in a while. They're dated and sentimental and the production is nearly unlistenable, but there's something about her vocal performance that just feels really true. I would take her Christmas albums over Mariah Carey's or Destiny's Child's any day. Votes: 1 Sufjan Stevens
New Year's Eve to Valentine's Day is our peak season, and in many ways, Valentine's Day is our Christmas. Everybody in the world makes the same three New Year's resolutions: health, career and money, and love. Votes: 1 Sam Yagan
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. Votes: 1 Phyllis Diller
Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. Votes: 1 Wendy Cope
Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little. Votes: 1 Malaika Arora Khan
My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe! Votes: 1 Mallory Jansen
Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package. Votes: 1 Jon Katz
I remember as a child, my mother loved Dean Martin. Every Christmas, about the only Christmas album that we were able to listen to was the Dean Martin Christmas album. Votes: 2 Michael Spradlin
Windows are as essential to office prestige as Christmas is to retailing. Votes: 1 Enid Nemy
I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college. Votes: 1 Imelda May
Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left. Votes: 1 John Waters
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me. Votes: 1 Jerry Seinfeld
Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Votes: 3 Richard Roeper
I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster. Votes: 1 Andrea Arnold
Well, the album 'Intuition' is out and just went platinum officially. So I think to have the music doing what it's doing right now, man, it's the ultimate. Nobody is really selling records out there but we are at a million records and we dropped it at Christmas, so we are just trying to get that thing to like two million, you know. Votes: 1 Jamie Foxx
I'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater. Votes: 6 Lana Parrilla
There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back. Votes: 1 Said Sayrafiezadeh