The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young.
- Phillips Brooks

Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.
- Joan Mills

For the spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind.
- Loring A. Schuler

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