PinWhat is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. – Agnes M. PahroPinChristmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. – Winston ChurchillPinChristmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. – Dr. SeussPinHe who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. – Roy L. SmithPinI will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles DickensPinChristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. – Norman Vincent PealePinWhen we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness. – Bob HopePinChristmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. – Dale Evans RogersPinEvery gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection. – PindarPinJust remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart. – ‘The Polar Express’
20 Inspirational Christmas Quotes (SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS)
PinChristmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. – Ruth Carter StapletonPinNothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room. – Nora RobertsPinFrom home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. – Emily MatthewsPinPeace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. – Helen Steiner RicePinChristmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever. – Richelle E. GoodrichPinSome Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago. – Tom BakerPinChristmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away. – Norman Wesley BrooksPinAnd that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. – Taylor CaldwellPinThe best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. – Will FerrellPinI truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world. – Norman Vincent PealePinSanta Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows. – Edwin Osgood GroverPinI love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, but how I love the gifts I give! – Carolyn WellsPinChristmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington IrvingPinSeeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see. – ‘The Polar Express’PinUnless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it white. – Bing CrosbyPinChristmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air. – Shirley SallayPinLike snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon. – Deborah WhippPinOne 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 RooneyPinChristmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance—a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. – Augusta E. RandelPinI wish we could put some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. – Harlan Miller
22 Short Christmas Quotes and Sayings (MOTIVATE)
PinChristmas is not a story of hope. It is hope. – Craig D. LounsbroughPinChristmas is the day that holds all time together. – Alexander SmithPinAs for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year. – David GraysonPinA good conscience is a continual Christmas. – Benjamin FranklinPinChristmas gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us. – David CameronPinChristmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind. – Valentine DaviesPinI don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another. – Carrie FisherPinThe Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving. – James Cash PenneyPinChristmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts. – Janice MaediterePinIt’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. – Mother TeresaPinLove the giver more than the gift. – Brigham YoungPinAt Christmas, all roads lead home. – Marjorie HolmesPinMay you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.PinChristmas is doing a little something extra for someone. – Charles M. SchulzPinLet us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed. – Ann Garnett SchultzPinThe joy of brightening other lives becomes for us the magic of the holidays. – W.C. JonesPinRemember this December, that love weighs more than gold. – Josephine Daskam BaconPinThe world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young. – Phillips BrooksPinAt Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. – Thomas TusserPinIt is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. EllisPinChristmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. – Freya StarkPinMy idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. – Bob Hope
7 Funny Christmas Quotes to Brighten Up Your Holiday (JOYOUS)
PinNever worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. – Larry WildePinLet’s be naughty and save Santa the trip. – Gary AllanPinA lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison KeillorPinSome people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. – Stephen Graham JonesPinChristmas: the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree eating candy out of socks.PinChristmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. – Phyllis DillerPinDo give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. – Lenore Hershey
7 Religious Christmas Quotes (SPIRITUAL)
PinAll the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ. – David JeremiahPinGod goes to those who have time to hear him — and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds. – Max LucadoPinGod never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. – Pope FrancisPinOnce in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world. – C.S. LewisPinJesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again. – George WhitefieldPinPeace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart. – Rick WarrenPinYou can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift. – John R. Rice
PinGifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. – Peg BrackenPinChristmas is the season of joy, of gift-giving, and of families united. – Norman Vincent PealePinMankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas. – Pope John XXIIIPinThe best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Burton HillsPinChristmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together. – Rosie ThomasPinChristmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. – W.J. TuckerPinChristmas 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 SevareidPinChristmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. – Margaret ThatcherPinChristmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you, and to forget past mistakes.
Conclusion: Christmas Meaning and Tradition
Christmas, popularly known as the festival celebrating Jesus’ birth, is a worldwide celebration that most people look forward to at the end of the year.
December 25th was believed not to be the original date of Jesus’ birth but was instead a Roman holiday that celebrated the winter solstice and the revival of the sun. In time, Christians appropriated this pagan holiday as the celebration of the birth of the Son.
The first recorded observance of placing a tree indoors during the Christmas holiday was in 1494. The first decorated Christmas tree was decorated with apples in Strasbourg in 1605.
At the end of the 18th century, gift-giving became a practice and a norm during the Christmas season thought to be inspired by the Three Wise men visiting the baby Jesus and offering him gifts as well.
This practice evolved into the stories of St. Nicholas appearing on his feast day, December 6, and offering toys and candy to children, which developed into the story of Santa Claus.
In countries such as Mexico and the Philippines, the travel of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem is re-enacted for a live audience on the days leading up to December 25.
Several non-predominantly Catholic countries also celebrate a few Christmas traditions of their own.
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