"There is only one Christmas. The rest have been
anniversaries."
~Unknown
Good morning!
This morning, I thought I
would keep things simple and just share a
handful of Christmas thoughts and and quotes to
inspire your day. Merry Christmas!
"It is the one season of
the year when we can lay aside all gnawing
worry, indulge in sentiment without censure,
assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just
plain "have fun." Whether they call it
Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people
around the earth thirst for its refreshment as
the desert traveler for the oasis."
~D.D. Monroe
"I am not alone at all, I
thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of
course, is the message of Christmas. We are
never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the
wind coldest, the word seemingly most
indifferent. For this is still the time God
chooses."
~Taylor Caldwell
"Christmas - that magic
blanket that wraps itself about us, that
something so intangible that it is like a
fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia.
Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of
prayer, but always it will be a day of
remembrance - a day in which we think of
everything we have ever loved."
~Augusta E. Rundel
"I sometimes think we
expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to
crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and
humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like
to take my Christmas a little at a time, all
through the year. And thus I drift along into
the
holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly -
waking up some find morning and suddenly saying
to myself: "Why, this is Christmas Day!"
~David Grayson
"We hear the beating of
wings over Bethlehem and a light that is not of
the sun or of the stars shines in the midnight
sky. Let the beauty of the story take away all
narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let
it be remembered as a story that has happened
again and again, to men of many different races,
that has been expressed through many religions,
that has been called by many different names.
Time and space and language lay no limitations
upon human brotherhood."
~New York Times, 25
December 1937, quoted in Quotations for Special
Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938, published by
The H.W. Wilson Company, New York
"Christmas is most truly
Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the
light of love to those who need it most."
~Ruth Carter Stapleton
"The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that
led the wise men to the fulfillment of their
expectations, the success of their expedition.
Nothing in this world is more fundamental for
success in life than hope, and this star pointed
to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ."
~D. James Kennedy ("Following the Star" in
Christmas Stories for the Heart)
"Late on a sleepy, star-spangled night, those
angels peeled back the sky just like you would
tear open a sparkling Christmas present. Then,
with light and joy pouring out of Heaven like
water through a broken dam, they began to shout
and sing the message that baby Jesus had been
born. The world had a Savior! The angels called
it "Good News," and it was."
~Larry Libby ("The Angels Called it Good News"
in Christmas Stories for the Heart)
Your affirmation:
I enjoy all the magic of today.
