EDITORIAL
The many faces of Christmas
Christmas. Is it a state of mind? A feeling? Writers, poets, historians, statesmen, dreamers and other people famous and notorious have through the years embraced their own interpretation of the meaning of what we are celebrating today. Many of their thoughts are profound or inspirational, others are private musings, a sprinkling are witty and irreverent.
Today, we present quotations that we hope could weave together a tapestry that captures the myriad meanings of Christmas.
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving
This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven’s eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring. – John Milton
Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. –Larry Wilde
There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck
This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. – Taylor Caldwell
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.” – Agnes M. Pahro
The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. – Andy Rooney
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. –Shirley Temple
There has been only one Christmas—the rest are anniversaries. – W.J. Cameron
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. – Charles Dickens
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. – Author unknown
Christmas is a time when you get homesick—even when you’re home. – Carol Nelson
Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard
The many faces of Christmas
The Manila Times
Christmas. Is it a state of mind? A feeling? Writers, poets, historians, statesmen, dreamers and other people famous and notorious have through the years embraced their own interpretation of the meaning of what we are celebrating today. Many of their thoughts are profound or inspirational, others are private musings, a sprinkling are witty and irreverent.
Today, we present quotations that we hope could weave together a tapestry that captures the myriad meanings of Christmas.
Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving
This is the month, and this the happy morn, wherein the Son of heaven’s eternal King, of wedded Maid and Virgin Mother born, our great redemption from above did bring. – John Milton
Christmas is the season when people run out of money before they run out of friends. –Larry Wilde
There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. – Erma Bombeck
This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone. – Taylor Caldwell
My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” – Bob Hope
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.” – Agnes M. Pahro
The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. – Andy Rooney
Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. – Mary Ellen Chase
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. –Shirley Temple
There has been only one Christmas—the rest are anniversaries. – W.J. Cameron
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. – Charles Dickens
Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. – Author unknown
Christmas is a time when you get homesick—even when you’re home. – Carol Nelson
Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard
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