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I love Thanksgiving. It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
Arnold Schwarzeneggerborn 1947
- Clever Jabs
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it ‘Christmas’ and went to church; the Jews called it ‘Hanukkah’ and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say ‘Merry Christmas!’ or ‘Happy Hanukkah!’ or (to the atheists) ‘Look out for the wall!’
Dave Barryborn 1947“Christmas Shopping: A Survivor’s Guide”
- Christmas
- Dave Barry
How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ‘tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
- Christianity
- Christmas
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ‘till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?
Dr. Seuss1904–1991
- Christmas
A University of Chicago professor said the greatest day in the world was when a water puppy crawled out on land and decided to stay. The water puppy, he said, went on to become a man. If he proves that, I am willing to give up Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s Day, and to celebrate Water Puppy Day.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925
- Science
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 Wilder1867–1957
- Christmas
I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Christmas Bells, Stanza 1In context
- Christmas
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
Mark Twain1835–1910As quoted in Quick and Fun Activities for Every Day of the Year (2001) by Tim Tuck and Karen Froloff, p. 1.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), “Ebeneezer Scrooge”, in A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensIn context
- Christmas
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790
- Christmas
- Morality
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Reported in
- Christmas
I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time. A kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. The only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843)
- Christmas
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
William Jennings Bryan1860–1925
- Thanksgiving
Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004
- Christmas
What ought to be done to the man who invented the celebrating of anniversaries? Mere killing would be too light.
Mark Twain1835–1910