Christmas Quotes - Page 4

December used to be very difficult for me. For many years, I fought the transition to the new year, was generally exhausted at the end of the year, and just wanted to hide. I described myself as a 'cranky Jewish kid who felt left out by Christmas.'

I think Father Christmas is real because the belie... -Matt Haig

I think Father Christmas is real because the belief is real. The belief becomes the reality.

The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.

The coolest Christmas present I've ever received is probably socks. My grandma always gets me socks - every year - and that's something that I've probably never bought for myself. If Christmas wasn't around and my grandma didn't get me socks, I wouldn't own any, probably.

Christmas is a Christian holiday, and any self-respecting person of another religion should not celebrate a holiday that they don't believe in. Clearly, Christ is in the name of the holiday, so there should be a belief in Him.

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today's standards, it is heavy and slow, but was my pride and joy at the time.

Christmas coming means one thing for comedians: of... -Katherine Ryan

Christmas coming means one thing for comedians: office party gigs!

Discovering the context

Highlights the professional perspective of comedians, who often have a busy schedule of office party performances during the holiday season.

What I found out on Christmas Day 1984, through biochemical evidence, was that telomeres could be lengthened by the enzyme we called telomerase, which keeps the telomeres from wearing down. After I found that out, I went home and put on Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA,' which was just out, and I danced and danced and danced.

I've always loved watches. It's been the one thing that I've asked for, whether it was every Christmas or a birthday.

I like animals. I like people who like animals. I hate people who love animals to the point they lose their sense of reason. I'm talking the 'my computer wallpaper is my dog,' 'I hang a Christmas stocking for my cat' crowd.

In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.

My family, as you can probably guess, was more int... -Christina Tosi

My family, as you can probably guess, was more into Christmas cookies and not so much the fruitcake.

I owe my life to my father. I remember that my first Christmas present was a ball. In the district where we lived, there weren't many kids who had one.

Don't give me books for Christmas; I already have ... -Jean Harlow

Don't give me books for Christmas; I already have a book.

My brothers and sisters, may the spirit of love which comes at Christmastime fill our homes and our lives and linger there long after the tree is down and the lights are put away for another year.

My Christmases have always just been very simple a... -Julie Roberts

My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family.

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriatene... -Charles Dudley Warner

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

My dad was a proper old English gentleman, even though he was from the Caribbean. He used to stand up and salute during the Queen's Christmas speech.

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

I was practically raised with Christmas music.... -Brian Stokes Mitchell

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

Discovering the context

Indicates a strong connection to Christmas music from childhood, suggesting that it played a significant role in the narrator's upbringing.

For me, the two weeks between Christmas and Twelfth Night have come to be reserved for desultory reading. The pressure of the holiday is over, the weather outside is frightful, there are lots of leftovers to munch on, vacation hours are being used up.

When 'I'm Sorry' came out and became such a huge hit, that made 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree' start selling. Then that became a huge, huge hit.

I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you don't want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellen's house on the first movie and then I didn't see him again until the premiere.

There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.

Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies.

I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.'

Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas.

I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing.

The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.

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