Christmas Will Always Be......

 "Christmas will always be, as long as we stand, heart to heart and hand in hand." -Dr. Seuss
                                       

 "My idea of Christmas is very simple: loving others. WHy do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?" -Bob Hope

 "If I could make a wish for you, it would be peace  and happiness, not only now, but for the year." -Catherine Pulsifer

 "Christmas is not  a time or 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

 "Christmas ! The very word brings joy to our hearts. The same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and homes." -Joan Winmill Brown (actress)

 "The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of hearth and home to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you......" Sherryl Woods (An O' Brien Family Christmas)

 "I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it....I drift along into the holidays, let them overtake me...... Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946)

 "Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. There is mystery unfolding." -Vera Nazarian (1966-) (The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration)

 "One true King  knew when to step aside and give up the reigns of power.All for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown." -Vera Nazarian( The Perpetual Calendar)

 "The holy magic that filled the stable long ago, still fills the air of Christmas today."- Mary Hollingsorth (1947-)

 "I will honour Christmas in my heart and try and keep it all the year." -Charles Dickens

 "Christmas is a tonic for our souls." -B.C. Forbes (1880-1954)

 "Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles." 
                                                      -Edwin Louis Cole (1922-2002)

 "Christmas makes me happy no matter what time of year it comes around." -Bryan White (1974-) (singer)

 "The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is always young,the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung."
-Phillip Brooks (1935-1893) (Clergyman, lyricist of the carol " O little Town of Bethlehem")

 "Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids,and how addicted to Christmas I am,and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh." -Steven Tyler (Aerosmith's lead singer)

 "Christmas renews our youth by stirring  our wonder."
                                              -Ralph W. Sockman (1889-1970)

 "To accomplish great things, we must not only act,but also DREAM ;not only plan, but also BELIEVE." 
                    -Anatole France (1844-1924) (poet)

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. It warmed your heart.....filled it , too, with melody that would last forever."
                                       -Bess Streeter Aldrich "Song of the Years"

PHOTOGRAPHS: 2016, Michelle McConachie Woods