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Christmas Quotes to Set the Season

Christmas

So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

-John Lennon

Where does the time go? It seems like the whole year plods along like a marathon, and the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas suddenly rushes by in a sprint.

December 25th is just a few short weeks away now. I posted about being Thankful Beyond Thanksgiving and 10 Tips for Maintaining Mental Health Over the Holidays recently. Now I want to shift gears and celebrate my favorite holiday of the year.

Bing Crosby once sang, "I count my blessings instead of sheep". I don't take my blessings lightly. I've had over 40 years of storybook love with Barb, I have a son, a daughter, two granddaughters, a grandson, three brothers, a sister, an aunt, and a mom that I couldn't be prouder of or love a single ounce more. I recently lost my dad and oldest son but will still be blessed with holiday memories of them both.

I love the Christmas lights and the music (although I rebel at radio stations starting it just past Halloween). I love the joy of communicating with family and friends and continue to look forward to the Christmas list I get every year from my youngest granddaughter.

My faith makes Christmas especially moving for me, loading my blessings cart with more than enough to keep my spirits uplifted. 

In honor of the Christmas season, I have handpicked these Christmas quotes, Bible verses, and even a few songs that all have special meaning for me. I hope you enjoy them.

Christmas Quotes to Set the Season

From the Heart

"The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much."

-Henry David Thoreau

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

-Charles M. Schulz

"At Christmas, all roads lead home."

-Marjorie Holmes

"The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young."

-Phillips Brooks

"Christmas is not so much about opening our presents as opening our hearts."

-Janice Maeditere

"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

"Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under a tree."

-Charlotte Carpenter

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."

-Bill Vaughan

"Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand to hand."

-Dr. Seuss

"Christmas to me is as many people as possible happy."

-Tupac Shakur

"Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa."

-Bart Simpson

"As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is."

-Eric Sevareid

"Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever."

-Richelle E. Goodrich

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

-Dale Evans

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

-William Thomas Ellis

"The only blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart."

-Helen Keller

"Don't spoil Christmas Day by anticipating how it will be. Let it unfold as it does, and be grateful for whatever comes."

-Toni Sorenson

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

-Edna Ferber

"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness."

-Bob Hope

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

-Norman Vincent Peale

"Christmas and the holidays is the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted."

-Gisele Bundchen

"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality."

-Washington Irving

"At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year."

-Thomas Tusser

"Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most."

-Ruth Carter Stapleton

"Christmas magic is silent. You don't hear it -- you feel it. You know it. You believe it."

-Kevin Alan Milne

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

-Roy L. Smith

"The true spirit of Christmas is love."

-Linda Willis

"I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month."

-Harlan Miller

"Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed."

-Ann Garnett Schultz

"Christmas is a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart."

-Freya Stark

From the Screen

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know."

-Holiday Inn, and White Christmas

"Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings."

-It's a Wonderful Life

"There's a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. For when the first snow is Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to happen."

-Frosty the Snowman

"Christmas isn't just a day -- it's a frame of mind."

-Miracle on 34th Street

"Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. From now on your troubles will be out of sight."

-Meet me in St. Louis

 "At Christmas, you tell the truth."

-Love Actually

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."

-Elf

"Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

-The Polar Express

From the Spirit

"God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it."

-Pope Francis

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!"

-Benjamin Franklin

"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you."

-Saint Teresa of Calcutta

"The story of Christmas is the story of God's relentless love for us."

-Max Lucado

"The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial, and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas."

-Bill Crowder

"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?"

-G.K. Chesterton

"The idea that there's a force of love and logic behind the universe is overwhelming to start with, if you believe it. Actually, maybe even far-fetched to start with, but the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally. To me, as a poet, I am just in awe of that. It makes some sort of poetic sense. It's the thing that makes me a believer, though it didn't dawn on me for many years."

-Bono, lead singer of U2

"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

-Isaiah 7:14

"Thank God for his gift that words can't describe."

-2 Corinthians 9:15

"The reality of loving God is loving Him like He's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."

-Criss Jami

"Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving."

-J.C. Penney

"Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both."

-Phillips Brooks

Bonus

Here are some Christmas tunes to elevate your spirit:

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song - A True Classic

Bing Crosby - White Christmas - To this date the top-selling single of all time - 50 million +

Carrie Underwood - Mary, Did You Know

Two Upbeat Choices

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree

Ed Sheeran and Elton John - Merry Christmas

Final Thoughts on Christmas

It's hard for me to put into words how I feel about Christmas, but I hope these quotes, verses, and songs will help transfer some of my Christmas spirit to you.

I am thankful for everyone who visits my site each week. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas filled with love, laughter, joy, and meaning.

Please join me in giving out some special gifts to the people that we encounter during our scurrying here and there:

• Give love
• Give time
• Give hugs
• Give smiles
• Give encouragement
• Give forgiveness
• Give of Yourself

Remember to collect moments, not things.

Now go live your best life,

Dan