"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together." - Garrison Keillor

"The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!" - Charles N Barnard

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

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall." - Larry Wilde

"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child." - Erma Bombeck

"Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven." - W C Fields

"From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it." - Katharine Whitehorn

"From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other." - Emily Matthews

"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

"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!" - Charles Dickens