Christmas Quotes

• My bitterness is not an abstract substance, it is as solid as a Christmas cake; I can cut it in slices and hand it round and there is still plenty left, for tomorrow.

  

  Caitlin Thomas
  • Hand
  • Hands
  • Cutting

• I really want a Christmas in New York one year, when it's snowing. Like, it's Christmas morning, and you have a fight with someone, and you run down the street, and it's snowing, and you can't find them.

  

  Courtney Barnett
  • Morning
  • Christmas

• Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.

  

  Christina Perri
  • Music
  • Song
  • Singing

• Any time I can get off is my favorite holiday. I don't pay too much attention to traditional times because we're often working on Christmas and have to celebrate in January. But I love Christmas. The old clichés are true. To watch someone's face when they're opening a present is mind-blowing really.

  

  Joe Elliott Def Leppard
  • Attention
  • Present
  • Holiday

• 'T was the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring,-not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

  

  Clement Clarke Moore
  • Night
  • Christmas

• Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.

  

  Claire Tomalin
  • Today
  • Christmas
  • Celebration

• It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

  

  Bill Nighy
  • Christmas

• Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

  

  Douglas Coupland
  • Sad
  • Christmas

• Well, you're expelling us aren't you?" said Ron. "Not today, Mr. Weasley." Snape looked as though Christmas had been canceled.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Today
  • Said
  • Wells

• Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!

  

  John Hughes
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• I don't like to get things during the year, .. I like to wait for my birthday or Christmas. I may see something that I'll say, 'I'd really like that for my birthday.' I like to have things to look forward to.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • May
  • Waiting
  • Years

• Christmas is a time for slipping into familiar patterns.

  

  David Hepworth
  • Time
  • Christmas

• The whole Christmas story was probably a later addition to the gospel narratives, presented only by the authors of Matthew and Luke. Mark and John seem never to have heard of the manger in Bethlehem, the Massacre of the Innocents, the hovering star, the three wise men, and so forth.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Men
  • Star
  • Wise

• My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!

  

  Lucy Hale
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Moon

• All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

  

  David Jeremiah
  • World
  • Christ
  • Christmas Present

• A simplified Christmas isn't about circumstances as much as it is about focus.

  

  Ann Voskamp
  • Focus
  • Christmas

• She told me if I clean all the ashes out of the grate, then I’ll be able to help my sisters get ready for the bal.” “It’s Christmas, Dashiel. Can’t you give that atitude a rest?” “Merry Christmas, Dad. And thanks for the presents.” “What presents?” “I’m sorry—those were all from Mom, weren’t they?

  

  Rachel Cohn
  • She
  • Help
  • Dad

• Christmas 1972 was a lonely time for Kissinger, as well as for his boss, and a period of serious reflection. Kissinger was then a bachelor, enamored of the tall, elegant, but elusive WASP Nancy Maginnes, but still very much a bachelor - Washington's most sought-after bachelor.

  

  Alistair Horne
  • Time
  • Serious
  • Period

• It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and just spend time with the ones you love and surround yourself with the people that you don't get to see enough throughout the year.

  

  Jay DeMarcus Rascal Flatts
  • People
  • Time
  • Enjoy

• What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble.

  

  Arthur Laffer
  • Work
  • Bad
  • Father

• Some of my favorite records growing up were Christmas albums. The ones I liked best were the albums that you could listen to from start to finish. You could put them on while you're decorating the tree or driving around looking at Christmas lights.

  

  Chris Young
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Tree

• Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Giving
  • Thoughts
  • Christmas

• Much of the beauty of Christmas lies in its challenge to look further, deeper, until we find its secret in the heart of God. But we never find that unless we look beyond the presents under the tree.

  

  Dale Evans
  • Challenge
  • Lies
  • Beauty

• I'm Jewish, so I don't really do Christmas gifts, and Hanukkah is not as big a deal as gifts are concerned, so I never actually give gifts.

  

  Leandra Medine
  • Christmas

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