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. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world. Calvin Coolidge

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Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'. Bing Crosby

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

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Christmas, my child, is love in action. Dale Evans

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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? Bob Hope

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Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Kin Hubbard

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Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it. Richard Lamm

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There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries. W. J. Cameron

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