Merry Christmas!

A friend at work gave me the gift of these words this year. One slip of paper for each day in December leading to Christmas. I'm re-gifting (Dave's words) to you.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. --Roy L. Smith

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. --Ruth Carter Stapleton

There is magic in the very name of Christmas! --Charles Dickens

A little smile, a word of cheer, a bit of love from someone near. A little gift from one held dear, best wishes for the coming year. These make a Merry Christmas. --John Greenleaf Whittier

Christmas is not a date, it is a state of mind. --Mary Ellen Chase

For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. --Luke

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the hert. Goodwill and joy a vital part. It's higher thoughts and a great plan. It's a glorious dream in the soul of man. --Wilfred A. Peterson (The Art of Living)

May Christmas peace fill all the land with Children walking hand in hand and may the joy of Christmas light sparkle in their eyes tonight. -- Cynthia Holt Cummings

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. -- Harlan Miller

Believe in the wonder and the magic that is Christmas. --Lisi Martin

Joy is not in things, it is in US. -- Benjamin Franklin

Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas. Stars and angels gave the sign. --Christina Rossetti

Christmas is a word that contains everything that makes us smile. -- Author Unknown

If you can't see Christmas in the face of a child, you haven't been looking. -- Unknown

One of the msot glorious messes in the world is the mess cretead in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly. --Andy Rooney

Christmas is not just a day, an event to be obeserved and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. --Norman Vincent Peale

All Hearts come home for Christmas--Unknown

Family traditions, especailly at Christmas, nourish the hearts of children and provide precious memories for us all.
--Larry

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched -- but are felt in the heart.
--Helen Keller

Christmas Gift Suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customers, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. -- Oren ArnoldChristmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends.
--Larry Wilde

So remember while December brings the only Christmas day, in the year let there be Christmas in the things you do and say.
-- Anonymous

One perfect star to touch the night with warmth and promise shining bright.
One perfect light to reach the earth and show mankind the Christ Child's birth.
One perfect love to lead the way to peace and hope for us today.
One perfect sign for all to see. One Savior for eternity.
--Author Unknown

Somehow, not only at Christmas, but all year long through, the joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes back to you.
--John Greenleaf Whittier

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; it makes no noise at all, but softly gives itself away; while quite unselfish it grows small.
--Eva K. Logue

When you ask God for a gift, be thankful if He sends not diamonds, pearls and riches, but the love of real true friends.
--Helen Steiner Rice

God grant us Hope and Faith and Love
Hope for a world grown cynically cold, hungry for power and geeedy for gold.
Faith to believe when within and without. There's a nameless fear in a world of doubt.
Love that is bigger than race or creed, to cover the world and fulfill each need.
God, grant these gifts to all troubled hearts as the old year ends and a new year starts.
--Helen Steiner Rice

This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ.
-- Fank McKibben

May you have the gladness of Christmas which is HOPE; The Spirit of Christmas which is PEACE; and the heart of Christmas which is LOVE.
-- Ada V. Hendrick