These are tremendous quotes to scribble in blank cards or to inscribe on the inside cover of a book… they are some of our favourite…
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! – Charles Dickens
There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions. – Bill McKibben
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. – Anonymous
If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away. – Anonymous
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. – Hamilton Wright Mabi
Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart. – George Mathhew Adams
From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. – Emily Matthews
He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree. – Sunshine Magazine
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. – Agnes M. Pharo
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. – W. C. Jones
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Burton Hillis
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller
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