I cannot describe the beautiful scene that met our eyes when we marched into a large parlor with lots of other boys and girls. They had got a sleigh into the room and a great St. Bernard was harnessed to it with strings of evergreen. In the sleigh among the fur robes and presents was […]
Christmas Quotes
Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.
Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.
The Christmas tree has taken the place of the altar in too much of our modern Christmas observance.
When Jesus was born, midnight turned to midday; and when he died, midday turned to midnight. When he was born, heaven was lit up with splendor, and from angelic choirs the Bethlehem song was heard. But when he died, heaven put out her brightest light.
It is not even the beginning of Christmas unless it is Christmas in the heart.
We do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas. First, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it. And second, because we find no scriptural warrant for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior. Consequently, its observance is a superstition.
People say that Christmas today is too commercialized. If you spend money to give people joy, you are not being commercial. It is only when you feel obliged to do something about Christmas that the spirit is spoiled.
