Imagine this: as the chilly winter winds blow and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air, the holiday season arrives, bringing with it a magical sense of light, love, and hope. It’s a time when families gather, hearts unite, and acts of kindness flourish. Just like the cherished stories in “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” this holiday article with short Christmas quotes by some names you may recognize aims to warm your heart and remind you of the true spirit of the season.
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. – Benjamin Franklin
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling. – Edna Ferber
Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. – Ralph Sockman
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg Bracken
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. – Larry Wilde
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner Rice
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. Schulz
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. Smith
Every gift which is given, even though it may be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. – Pindar
The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! – Charles N. Barnard
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 Wilder
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. – Andy Rooney
Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. – Richelle E. Goodrich
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today’s Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday. – Gladys Taber
When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled. – Joel Osteen
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? – Bob Hope
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves. – Eric Sevareid
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it “white.” – Bing Crosby
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans Rogers
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness. – Bob Hope
So when the New Year does arrive, keep the spirit of Christmas alive, show your love and kindness too, to everyone and all you do. – Catherine Pulsifer,
Warriors…may this holiday season inspire us all to embrace the magic, extend a helping hand, and spread love to those around us. Remember, even the smallest act of kindness can ignite a flame of hope and create a world where the spirit of the season lives on throughout the year.
Spiritual Meditation: “Love is the original ceremony.” – Daily Medicine