Other Christmas fanatics, people looking for a little Christmas cheer or who need cheering up during the season, people interested in the historical, literary, or entertainment aspects of Christmas, and just people who love to be kind and have fun!....This is the essence of the Christmas story: a spirit of giving; giving not from a sense of duty, not as a return for receiving, but from an awareness that in a world where so much is given to man, man too should himself give gifts.
~Anne Bryan McCall..
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..Somehow not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart’s possessing
Returns to make you glad.~John Greenleaf Whittier....Grace for a Christmas CelebrationCandles glow in triumph over winter’s dark.
Pine and fir scent the house
With the soft promise of life ever green.
The gifts and games of the season give us pleasure
And the bounty of the table before us
Humbles us with reminders of the richness of our lives.
For these blessings,
And for the blessings of family and friends
gathered here,
We are grateful.
And for this season which we celebrate together
We are truly thankful.~Peggy Bird....Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ~Washington Irving....For the spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind. ~Loring A. Schuler....In the bleak mid-winter,
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter,
Long ago.
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Our God, heaven cannot hold Him,
Nor earth sustain;
Heaven and earth shall flee away
When He comes to reign:
In the bleak mid-winter
A stable-place sufficed
The Lord God Almighty,
Jesus Christ.
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~Christina Georgina Rosetti, 1830-1894..*************************************************
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*******You Are the Furthest Thing From A Grinch
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You love and live for the holidays. You even love the Grinch!
You're in the holiday spirit year round... because you're all about celebrating and giving.
Are You a Grinch?
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