Health, Peace, and sweet content be yours.
~ Shakespeare
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind;
Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.
~ Helen Steiner Rice
Peace on earth will come to stay,
When we live Christmas every day.
~ Helen Steiner Rice
Whatever else be lost among the years,
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.
~ Grace Noll Crowell
Christmas!
The very word brings joy to our hearts.
No matter how we may dread the rush,
the long Christmas lists
for gifts and cards to be bought and given--
when Christmas Day comes
there is still the same warm feeling we had as children,
the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.
~ Joan Winmill Brown
Christmas Eve was a night of song
that wrapped itself about you like a shawl.
But it warmed more than your body.
It warmed your heart...
filled it, too, with a melody
that would last forever.
~ Bess Streeter Aldrich
And the angel said unto them,
"Fear not!
For, behold, I bring you
tidings of great joy,
Which shall be to all people.
"For unto you is born
this day in the city of David
A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
Lying in a manger.
~ St. Luke 2:10-12
From home to home,
and heart to heart,
from one place to another.
The warmth and joy of Christmas,
brings us closer to each other.
~ Emily Matthews
Heap on the wood! - the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
~ Sir Walter Scott
Christmas is not a time nor a season,
but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
~Calvin Coolidge
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