Joy Quotes

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

- Larry Wilde

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."

- Edna Ferber

"I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence, and just about everything that goes along with Christmas."

- Hillary Scott

"Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas eve."

- Carrie Latet

"It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be."

- Frank Cross

"There's nothing cozier than a Christmas tree all lit up."

- Jenny Han

"The mood is right, the spirit's up. We're here tonight, and that's enough. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time."

- Paul McCartney

"And so I'm offering this simple phrase to kids from one to 92. Although it's been said many times, many ways, merry Christmas to you."

- Robert Wells

"It's the most wonderful time of the year. There'll be much mistletoe-ing, and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near."

- George Wyle and Eddie Pola

"I sincerely hope your Christmas...may abound in the gaieties which the season generally brings…"

- Jane Austen

"At Christmas, play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year."

- Thomas Tusser

"City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style. In the air, there's a feeling of Christmas..."

- Bing Crosby

"Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given – when Christmas Day comes, there is still the same warm feeling we had as children — the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes."

- Joan Winmill Brown

"The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned, and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting."

- Louisa May Alcott

"Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room."

- Nora Roberts

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

- John J. Geddes

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart... filled it, too, with melody that would last forever."

- Bess Streeter Aldrich

"Christmas isn't a date on a calendar: It's a feeling in the heart."

- Toni Sorenson

"Even as an adult, I still find it hard to sleep on Christmas Eve."

- Carrie Latet

"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."

- Mary Ellen Chase

"The joy of brightening other lives becomes, for us, the magic of the holidays."

- W. C. Jones

"I hate the radio this time of year because they play ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You,’ like every other song, and that’s just not enough."

- Bridger Winegar

"There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus."

- Bob Phillips

"I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, ‘Toys not included.’"

- Bernard Manning

"I haven’t taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin."

- Winston Spear

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph."

- Shirley Temple

"Christmas, here again. Let us raise a loving cup; peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up."

- Wendy Cope

"Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money."

"Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and Batteries not Included."

"I left Santa gluten-free cookies and organic soy milk, and he put a solar panel in my stocking."