Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all. – Joanna Gaines

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Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams. – Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

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I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. – Charles Dickens

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The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood. – Richard Paul Evans

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May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.

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It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. – Caroline Kennedy

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The kind of filmmaking excitement that director Peter Weir brings to movies is bone deep. - Elvis Mitchell

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The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in, or what kind of year you've had–it's a fresh start. – Kelly Clarkson

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

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