Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.
- William Saroyan

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

Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance. We must prepare for an experience.
- Handel H. Brown

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
- Mary Ellen Chase