"Because I’ve odd ideas about Christmas. Because I have all that money can buy. I want more people, but no more things." — E. M. Forster”
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500 FAMOUS QUOTES · CHRISTMAS
Discover 500 Christmas quotes from famous authors, leaders and stars, with inspiring, funny, family and faith sayings to share in cards and holiday posts.
"Because I’ve odd ideas about Christmas. Because I have all that money can buy. I want more people, but no more things." — E. M. Forster”
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"You may forget the toys you buy and break, but you'll remember the experiences and memories you create." — Richie Norton”
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"Christmas is a season for charity." — Lailah Gifty Akita”
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"The toys thought that all children have homes, but all children have not." — Rumer Godden For many people, Christmas means home: family around the table, favorite recipes and traditions passed down through the years.”
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"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”
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"No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!" — Dolly Parton”
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"It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul." — Caroline Kennedy”
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"Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart." — Freya Stark”
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"Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body." — Garry Moore”
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"Before we took down the tree each year, Dad would always say a prayer that we would be together the next Christmas. I cling to that prayer, which serves as a reminder that it's important to be grateful in the present for the people you love because, well, you never know." — Catherine Hicks”
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"Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies." — Blake Lively”
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"For me, the spirit of Christmas means being happy and giving freely. It's a tradition for all the kids in the family to help mom decorate the tree. Christmas is all about family, eating, drinking and making merry." — Malaika Arora Khan”
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"No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas." — Malaika Arora Khan”
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"Our family's special holiday tradition is going over to my grandparent's house on Christmas morning. My grandma cooks a big breakfast, and I love hearing her tell old funny stories." — Caroline Sunshine”
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"All families had their special Christmas food. Ours was called Dutch Bread, made from a dough halfway between bread and cake, stuffed with citron and every sort of nut from the farm - hazel, black walnut, hickory, butternut." — Paul Engle”
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"Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive." — Cameron Mathison”
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"Essentially, Christmas has always been about spending time with family. We had one big lunch filled with banter, warmth, laughter and great food. Doing up the tree with my mom was another fun exercise." — Diana Penty”
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"Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like." — Julian Baggini”
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"Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone." — Melissa Etheridge”
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"Christmas is all about festivity, family, being together, reading stories and entertaining one another." — Spencer Matthews”
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"Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious - at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if you can sing in tune." — Jessie Buckley”
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"From me growing up with a large family and everybody singing around the Christmas tree, it was a wonderful, wonderful upbringing." — Engelbert Humperdinck”
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"On Christmas morning, we always make breakfast, and everyone eats before we open any presents. I make muffins and homemade applesauce, which I don't think anyone likes as much as I do... I just love the way it makes the house smell!" — Laura Leighton”
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"One of my favorite traditions is that my sisters and I, we all wear the same pajamas. I've even still got some from when I was 6. Also, I'll always remember cooking together in the kitchen and that no matter how busy our schedules are, we are all together for Christmas." — Bailee Madison”
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"We always go to downtown Oklahoma City to look at all the Christmas lights that have been put up... We go to the Christmas Eve service at church, and we always beg my parents to open a present - just one present - on Christmas Eve. We get them to cave." — Darci Lynne Farmer”
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