“Let’s approach Christmas with an expectant hush, rather than a last-minute rush.” —Unknown

“It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.” —Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English author

“For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.” —Eric Sevareid (1912-1992), American newscaster

“The holidays remind us of what we’ve lost, but also what we’ve loved.” —Unknown

“Sometimes the most wonderful time of the year is also the hardest.” —Unknown

“It’s beginning to cost a lot like Christmas.” —Catherine Ryan Hyde (born 1955), American novelist and short story writer

“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” —Mother Teresa (1910-1997), Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and founder of the Missionaries of Charity

“Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you’ve already got.” —Cathy Guisewite (born 1950), American cartoonist, created the comic strip “Cathy”

“It’s not what’s under the Christmas tree that matters, it’s who’s around it.” —Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000), American cartoonist, created the comic strip “Peanuts”

“Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.” ―Philip Yancey (born 1949), American author

“If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: ‘God with us.’” —John MacArthur (1939-2025), American pastor, theologian, author, and broadcaster

“Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.” —Irenaeus (born 130 AD—probably martyred around 202 AD), Greek Bishop of Lyon, theologian, and writer

“May your Christmas be filled with laughter, love, and leftover pie for breakfast.” —Jenny Holiday, American author

 

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