264 private quotes tagged christmas

“Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.” — Stephen Leacock

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“Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.” — Frances Wright

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“I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands.” — Gina Gershon

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“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” — Mary Ellen Chase

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“Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas.” — Dennis Franz

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“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.” — Charles Dudley Warner

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“Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!” — Phyllis McGinley

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“Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.” — Marcelene Cox

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“Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around.” — Bryan White

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“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” — Norman Vincent Peale

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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” — Charles Dickens

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“Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected.” — Jimmy Cannon

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“Christmas is a time of year that's so romantic.” — Katharine McPhee

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“Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.” — Kin Hubbard

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“I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.” — Carrie Fisher

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“There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each other. I'll not be parting with that, nor our bed - the four-poster - I'll be needing that to die in.” — Helen Hayes

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“I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.” — Clarence Clemons

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“Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” — Richard Roeper

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“Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time.” — Tony Visconti

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“My mom is a really good cook. I didn't get the cooking gene, but she cooks this really amazing dinner every Christmas, and that's always really fun.” — Miranda Cosgrove

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“You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it.” — Caroline Kennedy

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“It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends.” — Christopher Hitchens

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“'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.” — Harry Connick, Jr.

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“I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.” — Martin Freeman

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“The worst gift that I ever gave a girl was a suitcase for Christmas. As in, 'I can't think of anything to give you, but here's a new suitcase.' Afterward, I was like, 'What were you thinking, idiot?'” — Jensen Ackles

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