1. “The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother’s hand making sure I was settled in bed.” -Paul Wengle
2. “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
3. “May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love.”-Ada V. Hendricks
4. “Christmas is hard to forget.”-Hugh Downs
5. “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
6. “There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.”-Bill McKibben
7. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” -Alexander Smith
8. “Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”-Peg Bracken
9. “Wish this christmas eve brings for you the gifts of happiness, good health & joy!”-unknown
10. “Christmas… is not an external event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.”-Freya Stark
11. “The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”-Bill Vaughan
12. “A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!”-John Greenleaf Whittier
13. “Christmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you and to forget past mistakes.”-unknown
14. “Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” -Clement Clark Moore
15. “In Norway Julenisse, the Christmas elf, gifts all children on Christmas Eve.” -Suzanne B. Cole
16. “It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.” -Mother Teresa
17. “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” -William Thomas Ellis
18. “Its Christmas Eve! Its 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.” -Bill Murray
19. “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
20. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” -Charles Dickens
21. “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
22. “What Eve is like the Christmas Eve?…In any land, A day so grand. So pure as Christmas Day.” -Louis Charles
23. “Christmas Eve ought to be a very joyful evening to us in all its associations, in all the truths which it naturally brings to the soul…. A man’s soul is to be as the heavens were on the night when the shepherds looked up and saw them full of angels as well as stars.” -Henry Ward Beecher
24. “Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.” -Tom Baker
25. “The Christmas story did not begin in Bethlehem,, instead the origin of this great act of kindness began in a Garden, called Eden after the fall of man.” -Dr. Joseph Roosevelt Rogers
26. “Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.” -Phyllis Diller
27. “There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.” -Bill McKibben
28. “Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas eve, all things are possible.” -Gregg Easterbrook
29. “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” -Eric Sevareid
30. “Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” -Charlotte Carpenter
31. “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” -Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home
32. “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
33. “He Loved spending Christmas Eve with his parents; they still fussed over the tree, and the unwrapping of the presents, making him feel like a child again, safe and innocent.” -M.J. Zagoria
34. “There was the holy hush in the gray twilight that comes only on Christmas Eve. There were the big flakes of snow that fell as they never fall except on Christmas Eve.” -John Fox Jr
35. “I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.” -Ashley Tisdale
36. “Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” -Charlotte Carpenter
37. “Christmas is a time when you get homesick – even when you’re home.” -Carol Nelson
38. “Christmas is, of course, the time to be home – in heart as well as body.” -Gary Moore
39. “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” -Norman Vincent Peale
40. “Blessed is the season, which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” -Hamilton Wright Mabi
41. “In our church`s tradition, Christmas is not confined to the weeks leading up to December 25, ending on the day itself when the stores are finally closed for a rest.” -Catherine Upchurch
42. “In our tradition, Christmas is a season that begins on Christmas Eve and, for Roman Catholics, extends through the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.” -Catherine Upchurch
43. “The Christmas season includes the feasts of St. Stephen and St. John and the Holy Innocents and the Holy Family.” -Catherine Upchurch
44. “The Christmas story did not begin in Bethlehem,, instead the origin of this great act of kindness began in a Garden, called Eden after the fall of man.” -Dr. Joseph Roosevelt Rogers
45. “Christmas is traditionally a time when many people will travel for great distances to fellowship with loved ones-giving gifts.” -Dr. Joseph Roosevelt Rogers
46. “The Christmas season is a time we many show there love toward another.” -Dr. Joseph Roosevelt Rogers
47. “Bless us Lord, this Christmas with quietness of mind. Teach us to be patient and always to be kind.” -Helen Steiner Rice
48. “May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake. Amen” -Robert Louis Stevenson
49. “Finns feast on Christmas Eve; salt fish and potatoes at midnight for the Portuguese, while Germans like their roast goose on Christmas Day.” -Suzanne B. Cole
50. “It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” -W. T. Ellis
51. “Wish this Christmas eve brings for you the gifts of happiness, good health & joy!” -unknown
52. “The principal advantage of the non-parental lifestyle is that on Christmas Eve you need not be struck dumb by the three most terrifying words that the government allows to be printed on any product: ‘Some assembly required.’” -John Leo
53. “Christmas Eve. The final crescendo in the grand approach to Christmas. In our house, no other day is like it. The excitement grows as the day goes on, passing like a virus from children to the adults and back again.” -J.H. Alexander
54. “Christmas Eve is the most special day just the way it is.” -J.H. Alexander
55. “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” -Garrison Keillor
56. “The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest gifts are family and friends. You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift.” -John R. Rice
57. “Christmas is, of course, the time to be home – in heart as well as body.” -Gary Moore
58. “In our church’s tradition, Christmas is not confined to the weeks leading up to December 25, ending on the day itself when the stores are finally closed for a rest.” -Catherine Upchurch
59. “Allow Jesus to be the center of your Christmas Celebration.” -Dr. Joseph Roosevelt Rogers
60. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” -Alexander Smith
61. “Christmas belongs to children and to the child in all of us.” -Carroll Stuhlmueller
62. “If Christmas speaks to the child in all of us, it is not because the day and the feast are childish but because they are close, as children are, to the wellsprings of life.” -Carroll Stuhlmueller
63. “What happened at our baptism happens again this Christmas. We are born. Rather, Jesus is born within us and as a result all the riches of his godhead come to rest within us.” -Carroll Stuhlmueller
64. “It’s Christmas Eve, everyone’s going home to be with their families.” -Bruce Helford