Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

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?

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly let him rejoice.

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.