Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful
 ~ Norman Vincent Peale ~



Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! 
 ~ Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836 ~



Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time
 ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder ~

There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries.
 ~ W.J. Cameron ~