December 31, 2018

I used to have this toy, a magic slate. You wrote or drew on it and then, just by pulling up the plastic cover, everything you did disappeared and you could start new. Maybe everyone feels that on New Year's Eve: They can pull up the magic sheet and rewrite their lives.

- V.C. Andrews

December 30, 2018

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.

- Emily Matthews

December 29, 2018

Let’s be naughty and save Santa the trip.

- Gary Allan

December 28, 2018

Santa Claus is believing in something greater, believing in something magical.

- Vanessa Grimaldi, on The Bachelor

December 27, 2018

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

- Calvin Coolidge, 1927

December 26, 2018

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.

- Bob Hope

December 25, 2018

Christmas isn't just a day. It's a frame of mind.

- Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street

December 24, 2018

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

- George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

December 23, 2018

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year.

- Victor Borge

December 22, 2018

I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job, how seriously you approach your whole life.

- Martha Stewart

December 21, 2018

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

- Martin Buber

December 20, 2018

You don't have to brush your teeth — just the ones you want to keep.

- Author Unknown

December 19, 2018

It’s Christmas, we should celebrate they say, just a little get together for the employees. Have a few drinks, blow off a little steam, nothing crazy.

- Office Christmas Party

December 18, 2018

Those heart-hammering nightmares that start to lose coherence even as you're waking up from them, but that still manage to leave their moldering fingerprints all across your day.

- Mike Carey, The Naming of the Beasts

December 17, 2018

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

- Barbara Jordan

December 16, 2018

I have a DVD player and I have DVDs, and I have no time to watch any of them.

- David Morse

December 15, 2018

Alexander Hamilton;
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same.

- Lin-Manuel Miranda, "Alexander Hamilton"

December 14, 2018

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.

- David Cameron

December 13, 2018

I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.

- W. Bruce Cameron

December 12, 2018

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

- Calvin Coolidge

December 11, 2018

Christmas isn't about candy canes, holy, or lights all aglow. It's about the hearts that we touch and the care that we show.

- Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

December 10, 2018

December's wintery breath is already clouding the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer's memory...

- John Geddes A Familiar Rain

December 09, 2018

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

- Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

December 08, 2018

Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.

- John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

December 07, 2018

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.

- John C. Maxwell

December 06, 2018

I have a little dreidel. I made it out of clay.
When it's dry and ready, with dreidel I shall play.

- "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel"

December 05, 2018

Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk.

- Vincent Van Gogh

December 04, 2018

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

- Corrie Ten Boom

December 03, 2018

Sometimes you can't see the road ahead but as you keep going, it gets clearer. Stay the course as the fog of life dissipates.

- Sanjo Jendayi

December 02, 2018

It still feels weird to spend money on Christmas trees. Back when Mom was alive, we’d go out "tree hunting." That’s what she called it, anyway. I think other people might use the word "trespassing."

- Jenny Han, Fire with Fire

December 01, 2018

Bless us all, who gather here;
The loving family I hold dear;
No place on earth, compares with home;
And every path will bring me back from where I roam.

- "Bless Us All," The Muppet Christmas Carol