50. "The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist." — Alfred, Lord Tennyson
51. "At Christmas, all roads lead home." — Marjorie Holmes
52. "Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." — Calvin Coolidge, 1927
53. "Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself." — Francis C. Farley
54. "Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique and too soon gone." — Deborah Whipp
55. "For the spirit of Christmas fulfils the greatest hunger of mankind." — Loring A. Schuler
56. "When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, we hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, and etched on vacant places are half-forgotten faces of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know." — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
57. "It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!...Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!" — Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
58. "I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that — as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time." — Charles Dickens
59. "Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts." — Janice Maeditere
60. "At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land, And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own." — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
61. "A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away." — Eva Logue
62. "The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young...." — Phillips Brooks
63. "Remember This December, That love weighs more than gold!" — Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
64. "Let Christmas not become a thing Merely of merchant's trafficking, Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath And surface pleasure, but beneath The childish glamour, let us find Nourishment for soul and mind. Let us follow kinder ways Through our teeming human maze, And help the age of peace to come From a Dreamer's martyrdom." — Madeline Morse
65. "Christmas is the day that holds all time together." — Alexander Smith
66. "Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included." — Author Unknown
67. "I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month." — Harlan Miller
68. "Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit." — Kin Hubbard
69. "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." — Author unknown
70. "Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space." — Dave Barry
71. "For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home." — W.J. Ronald Tucker
72. "Wouldn't life be worth the living Wouldn't dreams be coming true If we kept the Christmas spirit All the whole year through?" — Author Unknown
73. "Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it." — Richard Lamm
74. "Keep your Christmas-heart open all the year round." — Jessica Archmint
75. "It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air." — W.T. Elli
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