I heard the bells on Christmas Day.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas is a time when you get homesick,
even if you’re home.”
- Carol Nelson
Christmas magic is silent.
You don’t hear it…
you feel it. You know it.
You believe it.
- Kevin Alan Milne
I like to compare the holiday season
with the way a child listens to a
favorite story.
- Fred Rogers
Christmas is like candy;
it slowly melts in your mouth
sweetening every taste bud,
making you wish it could last forever.
- Richelle E. Goodrich
When we recall Christmas past,
we usually find that the simplest things…
not the great occasions…
give off the greatest glow of happiness.
- Bob Hope
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
is a Christmas song recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby.
Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who
longed to be home at Christmastime,
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” has since gone on to
become a Christmas standard.
The song is sung from the point of view of a soldier
stationed overseas during World War II,
writing a letter to his family.
In the message, he tells the family he will be coming
home and to prepare the holiday for him,
and requests snow, mistletoe, and presents under the tree.
The song ends on a melancholy note, with the soldier saying,
“I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams”.
And the Grinch,
with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling,
how could it be so?
It came without ribbons. It came without tags.
It came without packages, boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before.
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store?
What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?
- Dr. Seuss from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
Christmas In Dixie
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