A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt siReligionChristmasJJean BaudrillardPhilosopherFrench1929 · 20th centuryShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true sEducationChristmasKarl KrausWriterAustrian1874 · 19th century102 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbours, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.ReligionChristmasRRoy LichtensteinPainterAmerican1923 · 20th century199 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.TimeChristmasDavid CameronPoliticianBritish1966 · 20th century4.9 · 60 votes · 180 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.ReligionChristmasNNorman MailerWriterAmerican1923 · 20th century4.6 · 49 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Friendship is a precious gift. To give at Christmas time. A Cherished gift, a treasured gift that lasts through all time.FriendshipChristmasAAnonymous4.9 · 60 votes · 115 readsShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeat. Of peace on earth goodwill to men.PeaceChristmasHenry Wadsworth LongfellowPoetAmerican1807 · 19th centuryShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us.FriendshipChristmasCharles DickensNovelistBritish1812 · 19th century4.0 · 47 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the ChrFamilyChristmasSusan SontagAuthorAmerican1933 · 20th century3.1 · 40 votesShare on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XCreate a card to share