#christmas

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'." ~ Bing Crosby (1904-1977), American singer and film actor. ↗

— Bing Crosby

#film

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. ↗

— Shirley Temple

#asked #autograph #believing #claus #department

So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush. ↗

— Bonnie Tyler

#before #christmas #get #lost #many

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. ↗

— David Cameron

#around #back #christmas #gives #important

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#accept #back #childhood #christmas #dose

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright. ↗

— Vachel Lindsay

#dreams

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#christmas #fashioned #father #five #good

Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#could #dad #english #experience #guitar

I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#cake #christmas #eat #got #i

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#commercial #did #exist #invent #necessary