Christmas

Christmas Jesus birthday precepts

“How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!”

— Benjamin Franklin​ (1706-1790)​

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“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”

― Steve Maraboli

winter christmas

“Always winter but never Christmas.”

― C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

valentine christmas tree

“If my Valentine you won't be,

I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree.”

― Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

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“And in despair I bowed my head;

"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep!

The Wrong shall fail,

the Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men!”

― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

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“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”

― G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

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“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”

― Garrison Keillor