The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time.

The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts.

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.