Christmas Quotes - page 22

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. (Mo Rocca)
The word of God is very important to Christmas. For unto us a child was born, and we should be reminded of how Christ's amazing journey came to be. View quote
Monica Johnson
I'm not going to tell you to meditate on what Christmas really means and be thankful. View quote
Monica Johnson
Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament. View quote
Monica Seles
I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day. View quote
Monica Seles
Throughout my college years, I'd watch my sister squeal every Christmas as she unwrapped another 'Buffy' DVD set. I didn't know much about the series, but I was filled with that obnoxious self-importance that comes from having decided to be an Academic Who Reads Serious Things. View quote
Marie Rutkoski
I'm one of those people who had Christmas and my birthday always combined, and generally, my birthday was pretty much ignored. But my parents are always good about making some kind of special effort to make me feel like I also have a birthday that exists. View quote
Noel Wells
During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas. View quote
Nancy Pearcey
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas. View quote
Natalie Massenet
When I was eight, my mum found me humming to myself and scribbling on a scrap of paper. When she asked me what I was doing, I got shy. I was writing a Christmas song, and I had never shared my music with anyone before. Reluctantly, I sang it for her... and she loved it. Of course she did - she's my mum. View quote
Neil Jackson
My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board. (Nick Frost)
You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree. View quote
Padma Lakshmi
So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie. View quote
Peter Baynham
So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only. View quote
Peter Jurasik
My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible. View quote
Pico Iyer
Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin? View quote
Pippa Middleton
So in the sweltering heat of a July night, I sang a Christmas carol to a room full of fae, who had been driven out of their homelands by Christians and their cold-iron swords. View quote
Patricia Briggs
Christmas garland and a rock?" he said, a smile in his voice. "Why not an ornament?" "Wolves aren't fragile," I told him. "And they're... stubbon and hard to move. View quote
Patricia Briggs
Obstreperous, ‘huh,” said Tad. "I see you've been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.” "That is irrefragable,” I told him solemnly. View quote
Patricia Briggs
It's not just an exclamation, but it's a rejection of everything to do with Christmas, with the spirit of Christmas, with gift-giving, with generosity. View quote
Patrick Stewart
All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut. (Paul Engle)
A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed. View quote
Paul Engle
I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards. View quote
Paul O'Grady
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. View quote
Queen Elizabeth II
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Christmas story. A young mother and a dutiful father with their baby were joined by poor shepherds and visitors from afar. They came with their gifts to worship the Christ child. View quote
Queen Elizabeth II