Christmas Quotes

• "Gloria, Gloria! they cry, for their song embraces all that the Lord has begun this day: Glory to God in the highest of heavens! And peace to the people with whom he is pleased! And who are these people? With whom does the good Lord choose to take his pleasure? The shepherds. The plain and nameless--whose every name the Lord knows well. You. And me."
  By: Walter Wangerin Jr. Preparing for Jesus
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• "For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home."
  By: W. J. Tucker Pulpit Preaching
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• "A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour's birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love."
  By: Timothy Dudley-Smith A Song was Heard at Christmas
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• "At Christmas play, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year."
  By: Thomas Tusser
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• "The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall."
  By: Thomas Haynes Bayly
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• "And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday."
  By: Thomas Haynes Bayly
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• "Your friendship is a glowing ember Through the year; and each December From its warm and living spark We kindle flame against the dark And with its shining radiance light Our tree of faith on Christmas night."
  By: Thelma J. Lund
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• "England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year."
  By: Sir Walter Scott
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• "Let's dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year."
  By: Sir George Alexander Macfarren
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• "High noon behind the tamarisks, the sun is hot above us-- As at home the Christmas Day is breaking wan, They will drink our healths at dinner, those who tell us how they love us, And forget us till another year be gone!"
  By: Rudyard Kipling
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• "What babe new born is this that in a manger cries? Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies. Oh, see the air is shaken with white and heavenly wings-- This is the Lord of all the earth, this is the King of Kings."
  By: Richard Watson Gilder
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• "For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake."
  By: Phoebe Cary
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• "The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung."
  By: Phillips Brooks
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• "...God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough. ... For just an instant the sky grew luminous with angels, yet who saw the spectacle? Illiterate hirelings who watched the flocks of others, nobodies who failed to leave their names..."
  By: Philip Yancy The Glory of Humility in Christmas Stories for the Heart
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• "As many mince pies as you taste at Christmas' so many happy months will you have."
  By: Old Saying
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• "Off to one side sits a group of shepherds. They sit silently on the floor, perhaps perplexed, perhaps in awe, no doubt in amazement. Their night watch had been interrupted by an explosion of light from heaven and a symphony of angels. God goes to those who have time to hear him--and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds.--Max Lucado"
  By: Max Lucado The Arrival in Christmas Stories for the Heart
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