"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
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"But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely."
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"The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that He might offer up His life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. He came to die. This is the heart of Christmas."
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"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
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"Christmas is the day that holds all time together."
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"Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas."
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"No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!"
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"Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away."
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"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection"
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"When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas."
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"It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand."
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"You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it."
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"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!"
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"We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365."
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"It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul."
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"Santa Claus wears a Red Suit, he must be a communist. And a beard and long hair, must be a pacifist. What's in that pipe that he's smoking?"
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"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!"
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"Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends."
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"I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter."
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"A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent."
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