December 31, 2010

All for one and one for all
My brother and my friend
What fun we have
The time we share
Brothers 'til the end.

- Author Unknown

December 30, 2010

After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile.

- English Saying

December 29, 2010

"Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are wearily sighing:
Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For the old year lies a-dying.
Old year you must not die;
You came to us so readily,
You lived with us so steadily,
Old year you shall not die.

- Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year

December 28, 2010

Our whole life is solving puzzles.

- Erno Rubik

December 27, 2010

The hiss was now becoming a roar - the whole world was a vast moving screen of snow - but even now it said peace, it said remoteness, it said cold, it said sleep.

- Conrad Aiken

December 26, 2010

Up on the rooftop reindeer pause
Out jumps good old Santa Clause
Down thru the chimney with lots of toys
All for the little ones
Christmas joys.

- Up on the Rooftop

December 25, 2010

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darlin from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue...

- Kenny Chesney, "Pretty Paper"

December 24, 2010

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

- Margaret Thatcher

December 23, 2010

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.

- Dave Barry

December 22, 2010

Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display--so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again.

- Unknown

December 21, 2010

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home.

- Carol Nelson

December 20, 2010

Christmas is a time of little time.
How we get there is a mystery.
Racing madly mall-to-mall, we climb
Into fields of sunlit harmony.
Shopping, cooking, clearing walks and yards,
Trimming house and tree while working, too;
Making phone calls, wrapping, writing cards,
As all worn out we do what we must do
So that this day of joy might joy renew.

- Nicholas Gordon

December 19, 2010

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

- Quentin Crisp

December 18, 2010

Trim up the tree with Christmas stuff
Like bingle balls, and whofoo fluff
Trim up the town with goowho gums and bizilbix and wums
Trim every blessed window and trim every blessed door
Hang up whoboohoo bricks
Then run out and get some more!

- The Grinch, "Who Trimming"

December 17, 2010

Michael Scott: [checking out at a liquor store] Hey, you're the expert; Is this enough to get twenty people plastered?

Clerk: [Seriously considers] Fifteen bottles of vodka?... Yeah, that should do it.

- The Office

December 16, 2010

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

- Ogden Nash

December 15, 2010

Holly and mistletoe
Candles and bells,
I know the message
That each of you tells.

- Leland B. Jacobs

December 14, 2010

That quest for something pretty. A cheat. A cliche. Flowers and Christmas lights, it's what we're programmed to love.

- Chuck Palahniuk

December 13, 2010

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.

- Irish Blessing

December 12, 2010

Of winter's lifeless world each tree
Now seems a perfect part;
Yet each one holds summer's secret
Deep down within its heart.

- Charles G. Stater

December 11, 2010

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep counting my blessings
When my bankroll is getting small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep counting my blessings...

- Bing Crosby, "Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)"

December 10, 2010

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.

- Oren Arnold

December 09, 2010

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

- Rosabeth Mass Kanter

December 08, 2010

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?

- Paracelsus

December 07, 2010

Wouldn't life be worth the living
Wouldn't dreams be coming true
If we kept the Christmas spirit
All the whole year through?

- Author Unknown