Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts.
- Lenora Mattingly Weber

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

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.
- George Matthew Adams

Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
- Garry Moore