Great Christmas Verses For Friends

by allinspiration.com

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

“What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?”
– Salman Rushdie, Fury

“The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. ”
– Samuel Johnson

“The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God‘s peace to you.”
– Sherryl Woods

“And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused–and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.”
– Sigrid Undset

“God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our soul.”
– St. Josemaría Escrivá

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.”
– Steve Maraboli

“When did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect?”
– Suzanne Woods Fisher

“I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas, as if whatever it was the pine boughs and the candles and the silver and gilt-ribboned presents and the birch-log fires and the Christmas turkey and the carols at the piano promised never came to pass.”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.”
– Thomas Tusser

“The knowing is easy. It’s the doing that gives us trouble.”
– Vannetta Chapman

“Say what’s in your heart, Annie.’ ‘You’re in my heart, Samuel.”
– Vannetta Chapman

“Once upon a time, the Reindeer took a running leap and jumped over the Northern Lights. But he jumped too low, and the long fur of his beautiful flowing tail got singed by the rainbow fires of the aurora. To this day the reindeer has no tail to speak of. But he is too busy pulling the Important Sleigh to notice what is lost. And he certainly doesn’t complain. What’s your excuse?”
– Vera Nazarian

“Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers. There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart. There is mystery unfolding.”
– Vera Nazarian

“The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale…”
– Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“There has been only one Christmas — the rest are anniversaries.”
– W. J. Cameron

“Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.”
– W.H. Auden

“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year – and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.”
– W.J. Cameron

“For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home.”
– W.J. Ronald Tucker

“A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man’s heart through half the year.”
– Walter Scott

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”
– Washington Irving

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