at least one day of the year to remind us that were here for something else besides ourselves eric sevareid6 christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection winston churchill7 we are better throughout the year for having in spirit become a child again at christmastime laura ingalls wilder8 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 coolidge9 at christmas every body invites their friends about them and people think little of even the worst weather i was snowed up at a friends house once for a week nothing could be pleasanter jane austen emma10 it being christmas eve there was as i had forseen a great deal of revelry and what not pg wodehouse jeeves and the yuletide spirit11 ive learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things a rainy day lost luggage and tangled christmas tree lights maya angelou12 the rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a christmas greeting louisa may alcott little women13 fine old christmas with the snowy hair and ruddy face had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow george eliot the mill on the floss14 blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love hamilton wright mabie15 happy happy christmas that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth that can transport the sailor and the traveller thousands of miles away back to his own fireside and his quiet home charles dickens the pickwick papers