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" Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. "

Washington Irving

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" Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. "

" I'm not a fan of musicals at all, but I do think 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a very good. I always thought 'Walk the Line' was very good, too. "

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" God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world. "

" In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out. "

" I feel like I've got a pretty relatively extensive Christmas sweatshirt collection. "

" The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs. "

" Now, a lot of what we are doing right now, quite frankly, is because of what happened on Christmas. Many of the things were kind of in the works. We were already planning, for example, the purchase and deployment of advanced imaging technology. You call them body scanners. We call them AITs (Advanced Imaging Technologies). "

Janet Napolitano

" Lyndon B. Johnson thought he'd have the boys home from Vietnam by Christmas - for four Christmases in a row (he never shifted course, and lost his presidency for it). "

" The theme of 'A Christmas Story' is that you can count on Christmas - that everybody has a Christmas story. Everybody has that time in the holiday season that they remember. "

" I'm not romantic, and I don't like Christmas. "

" The Christian faith can never be separated from the soil of sacred events, from the choice made by God, who wanted to speak to us, to become man, to die and rise again, in a particular place and at a particular time. "

Pope Benedict XVI

" I love Halloween. I love Thanksgiving. I love Christmas. I love New Year's. "

Madelaine Petsch

" Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up. "

" I'm in an age bracket now where I can play the father of an adult daughter whose going through her life issues, and she'll come to me for advice while I'm wearing my Christmas sweater and swirling a cup of hot cocoa. "

" I used to sing in church, too. Not like in the choir or anything, but for people around the church... on the church bus going home and Christmas plays. "

" Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. "

Washington Irving

" So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie. "

" Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. "

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" I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas. "

" The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life,' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year. "

" I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. "

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" I started wearing Ugg when I was, like, 13 or 14, in high school, and my mom got me a pair for Christmas one year. "

" I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them. "

" I'm well-travelled so I can see places coming up. I went to St. Croix in the West Indies at Christmas and it had been hit by a really bad tornado. Values there have gone down but I guarantee they will be up again in eight years. So I'll get in now while it's cheap as chips. "

" As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving. "

Gordon B. Hinckley

" Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. "

" My mom always makes the whole family pile into the car and drive around to look at the Christmas lights. My brother and I never want to do it, but my mom just loves it! "

" Christmas means a great deal to me. I was reared in a family that celebrated Christmas to some extent, but I married into a family that celebrated Christmas in a big way. And my wife always made a big thing of Christmas for the children. We have five children, and we had a terrific time at Christmas. "

" For it is in giving that we receive. "

Francis of Assisi