The light of the Christmas star to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and good will of friends to you
The hope of a childlike heart to you
The joy of a thousand angels to you
The love of the Son and God's peace to you.
~An Irish Christmas Blessing~
“May peace and plenty be the first
To lift the latch to your door,
And happiness be guided to your home
By the candle of Christmas.”
~Irish Blessing~
“The magic of Christmas lingers on
Though childhood days have passed
Upon the common round of life
A Holy Spell is cast.”
~Old Celtic Verse~
“A turkey never voted for an early Christmas.”
~Irish Proverb~
May the new year bring
The warmth of home and hearth to you.
The cheer and goodwill of friends to you,
The hope of a childlike heart to you.
The joy of a thousand angels to you,
The love of the Son and God's peace to you.
~Irish Blessing for the New Year~
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”– Burton Hillis
“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”– Garrison Keillor
“You know you’re getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.” — Robert Paul
“Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends.”– Larry Wilde
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”– Norman Vincent Peale
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”– W. T. Ellis
"So remember while December Brings the only Christmas day, In the year let there be Christmas In the things you do and say." -- Anonymous
"Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display-so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again." -- Anonymous
"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." -- Andy Rooney
"Christmas--that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance--a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved." -- Augusta E. Rundell
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." -- Erma Bombeck
"At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge," said the gentleman, taking up a pen, "it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices." -- Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol)
