"At Christmas, All Roads Lead Home" ~Marjorie Holmes

“I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!” 
~Charles Dickens

“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” 
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.” ~ Christina G. Rossetti

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."  ~Charles Dickens

“Let’s dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.”

~Sir George Alexander Macfarren

“I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ~ Henry Longfellow

"Christmas is a necessity.  There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves."  ~Eric Sevareid

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” 

~ Alexander Smith

“Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.”

~Joan Mills

'“Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” ~ Carol Nelso

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

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."~Roy L. Smith

"Christmas, children, is not a date.  It is a state of mind." ~Mary Ellen Chase

"Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year – and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority."~W.J. Cameron

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

"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

"The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung." ~ Phillips Brooks (1835-93), American Episcopal bishop, wrote 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'.

Merry Christmas. God bless us everyone!