
Monsonįor many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things. The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. It warmed your heart and filled it too with a melody that would last forever. – Freya StarkĬhristmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. Steve MaraboloĬhristmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. 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. I believe in Father Christmas, and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. – Pope FrancisĬhristmas is taken very seriously in this household.

If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it. God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas!Ĭhristmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. Religious Christmas Messages Inspiring Christmas QuotesĪ lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
