Festive Quotes:

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

- Peg Bracken

topic: Christmas, Time And Love, Ingredients, Family Holiday, Christmas Time

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

topic: Christmas, Years, One Day, Humorous Christmas, Gifts Of The Spirit

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.

- Ruth Carter Stapleton

topic: Christmas, Light, Giving, Christmas Time, Meaningful Christmas

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

topic: Christmas, Blessed, World, Humorous Christmas, Gifts Of The Spirit

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day.

- Helen Steiner Rice

topic: Christmas, Funny Christmas, Earth, Humorous Christmas, Jesus Christmas

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 Coolidge

topic: Christmas, Real, Mind, Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Christmas

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

- Charles Dickens

topic: Funny, Christmas, Home, Inspirational Holiday, Christmas Eve

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

topic: Christmas, Holiday, Simple, Loving Others, Joy Of Giving

Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God.

- George McDougall

topic: Christmas, Mean, Men, Christmas Time, Meaningful Christmas

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

- Will Ferrell

topic: Cheer, Singing, Way, Meaningful Christmas, Memorable 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 Longfellow

topic: Christmas, Sweet, Men, Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Christmas

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

topic: Christmas, Memories, Children, Christmas Time, Meaningful Christmas

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

- Oren Arnold

topic: Tolerance, Enemy, Opponents, Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Christmas

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

- William Thomas Ellis

topic: Christmas, Heart, Air, Gifts Of The Spirit, Family Holiday

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." ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist.

- Andy Rooney

topic: Christmas, World, Rooms, Humorous Christmas, Meaningful Christmas

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

- Dale Evans

topic: Love, Marriage, Christmas, Gifts Of The Spirit, Christmas Time

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

- Garrison Keillor

topic: Love, Funny, Christmas, Humorous Christmas, Meaningful Christmas

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

- Phyllis Diller

topic: Christmas, Jobs, Clever, Humorous Christmas, Merry Christmas Cards

At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 105

topic: Christmas, Time, Xmas, Christmas Tree, Winter Christmas

I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.

- Ray Stannard Baker

source: Ray Stannard Baker (1910). “Adventures in Friendship”

topic: Healing, Thinking, Years, Christmas Time, Inspirational Holiday

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

- Charles Dickens

topic: Love, Christmas, Heart, Humorous Christmas, Family Holiday

At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.

- Thomas Tusser

source: Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie (1580)

topic: Christmas, Cheer, Holiday, Humorous Christmas, Inspirational Holiday

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

- Norman Vincent Peale

topic: Love, Positive, Christmas, Humorous Christmas, Gifts Of The Spirit

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.

- Bill Vaughan

topic: Inspirational, Family, Happy, Humorous Christmas, Gifts Of The Spirit

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.

- Bernard Manning

topic: Christmas, Kids, Batteries, Humorous Christmas, Inspirational Holiday

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

- Shirley Temple

source: Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1984)

topic: Funny, Christmas, Mother, Humorous Christmas, Inspirational Holiday

Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, Love Divine; Love was born at Christmas; Star and angels gave the sign.

- Christina Rossetti

topic: Christmas, Stars, Angel, Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Christmas

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

- George Carlin

topic: Christmas, Girl, Cheesy, Memorable Christmas, Merry Christmas Greeting Card

But like of each thing that in season grows.

- William Shakespeare

source: 'Love's Labour's Lost' (1595) act 1, sc. 1, l. 105

topic: Christmas, Xmas, Mirth, Christmas Tree, Christmas Gift

To the American People: 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. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).

- Calvin Coolidge

topic: Jesus And Christmas, Jesus Christmas, Christmas Time, Meaningful Christmas, Christmas Eve

Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night's festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies.

- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

topic: Night, Agony, Remembrance, Festive

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

- Hildegard of Bingen

topic: Peace, Offering, Lazy, Lax, Festive

Be merry all, be merry all, With holly dress the festive hall; Prepare the song, the feast, the ball, To welcome merry Christmas.

- William Spencer

source: William Robert Spencer (1835). “Poems”, p.203

topic: Christmas, Song, Hollies, Positive Holiday, Festive

Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe.

- Christopher Moore

topic: Bells, Ribbons, Cold, Mistletoe, Festive

November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.

- F. Sionil José

topic: Christmas, Country, Weather, Festive

Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.

- John Donne

topic: Truth, Honesty, Alcohol, Festive

Let this be the criterion always: anything that makes you festive, anything that gives you celebration, anything that makes you dance and sing to such an extent that you disappear in your dancing, in your singing, in your celebration... is the only true religion I know of.

- Rajneesh

topic: Positivity, Giving, Dancing, Festive

I was driving down a familiar road one fall day when I almost drove off the road, the beauty was so intense. It looked as if God had sent in a team of the world's finest artists overnight-and I was privy to the opening day of his spectacle. As I slowly drove along this festive row, leaves danced in the air and brushed against my windshield. It seemed as if I had landed in Oz. I was strongly tempted to get out and clap at God's imagination.

- Sheila Walsh

topic: Beauty, Team, Fall, Opening Day, Festive

My field-mouse had made a set of brand-new tracks; here and there they etched themselves, following the brown flowers. It seemed as if uncommon spirits had seized their little maker, for sometimes he had leaped a yard, the festive mite! There was no other track pursuing; the leaps must have been mere joy.

- Anne Bosworth Greene

topic: Flower, Track, Joy, Festive

The highest wisdom and the highest genius have been invariably accompanied with cheerfulness. We have sufficient proofs on record that Shakespeare and Socrates were the most festive companions.

- Thomas Love Peacock

source: Thomas Love Peacock (1818). “Nightmare Abbey”, p.164

topic: Genius, Records, Proof, Festive

When a woman wants to look festive, she should add some shine, sheen or sparkle to her outfit, like a metallic clutch, an embellished shoe, or a blingy statement necklace.

- Clinton Kelly

topic: Shoes, Shining, Add, Metallic, Festive

A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.

- Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul

topic: Moving, Office, Political, Festive

The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale scholar.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.479, Рипол Классик

topic: Class, Friendly, Action, Festive

Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?

- Anton Chekhov

source: "The Bishop". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1902.

topic: Sweet, Childhood, Forever, Irrevocable, Festive

My television teaches me that everything was wonderful in the Soviet Union. According to the programs I watch, the KGB and apparatchiks were angels, and the Stalin era was so festive that the heroes of the day must still be celebrated today.

- Vladimir Sorokin

topic: Hero, Angel, Kgb, Festive

It's no secret that I am not afraid to shine bright and be festive, and I like to encourage that in others.

- Cam Newton

source: "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

topic: Shine Bright, Shining, Secret, Festive

I'm a festive guy to begin with and Halloween is my favorite holiday. I went all out on this one costume. It's a ghoul that makes me approximately 10 feet tall when I wear it. I actually got an offer to work at a haunted house because the costume is so great, and I did it for about an hour and a half before I got too cold and had to quit to go inside. Michigan winters are no joke.

- Andre Dirrell

topic: Halloween, Holiday, Winter, Festive, Haunted Houses

What most people find festive-a weekend at a beach shack with friends, a boat trip down a river, a crackling bonfire on a summer night-I see as a bleak nightmare to be grimly endured. I would sooner put lit cigarettes in my eyes than share a vacation house with a crowd.

- Jancee Dunn

source: Jancee Dunn (2006). “But Enough about Me: From Eighties Geek to Rock 'n' Roll Chic - Adventures in Celebsville”, Headline Review

topic: Summer, Beach, Eye, Bonfire, Festive

It will never be the case that people won't eat meat. I think it could conceivably be the case one day that people eat very small amounts of it. That it's a special thing, rather than reach for it because it's cheap or reach for it because it's convenient, that it becomes something festive or something celebratory, once a week, and that could actually be achieved on small farms if we really changed our habits.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

source: "Extremely Dead and Incredibly Gross". Interview with Kiera Butler, www.motherjones.com. November 25, 2009.

topic: Thinking, People, One Day, Special Things, Festive