Christmas is a day
that holds all time together.
Alexander Smith
Christmas…
is not an external event at all,
but a piece of one’s home
that one carries in one’s heart.
Dame Freya Madeline Stark
I get a little behind during Lent,
but it comes out
even at Christmas.
Frank Butler
From a commercial point of view,
if Christmas did not exist
it would be necessary to invent it.
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn
I once bought my kids
a set of batteries for Christmas
with a note on it saying,
toys not included.
Bernard John Manning
My mother-in-law
has come round to our house
at Christmas seven years running.
This year we’re having a change.
We’re going to let her in.
Leslie “Les” Dawson, Jr.
remembered for his deadpan style)
I suppose
if you look back
to your early childhood
you accept everything
people tell you,
and that includes
a heavy dose of irrationality –
you’re told
about tooth fairies
and Father Christmas, and things.
Clinton Richard Dawkins