Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. – Calvin Coolidge

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My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? – Bob Hope

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Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy. – Tupac Shakur

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

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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

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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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Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. — Edna Ferber

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City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas. – Ray Evans

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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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