Editorial: Christmas quotes 2013 to express the spirit of the season

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Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
— Calvin Coolidge

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
— Charles Dickens

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
— Margaret Thatcher

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
— Charles Schulz

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness.
— Bob Hope

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
— Erma Bombeck

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
— Washington Irving

Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance — each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
— Deborah Whipp

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
— Benjamin Franklin

It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ‘till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?
— Dr. Seuss