#christmas

A man wrapped up in himself always suffocates. But his loved ones will forever hold in their hearts the memory of that Christmas. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #love #suffocation #funny

At Christmas, 'It's a Wonderful Life' makes me cry in exactly the same places every time, even though I know it's coming. ↗

— Nicholas Lea

#coming #cry #even #every #every time

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. ↗

— Stephen Leacock

#believe #essence #first #make #make believe

I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#christmas #difficult #every #first #gets

Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#alfie #back #because #came #christmas

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#christmas time #dime #how #nickel #petitions

Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came. ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#child #christmas #eventually #fall #godot

I've also just finished filming the role of Robert Brown in 'Just William,' which is due to transmit on BBC One at Christmas. ↗

— Harry Melling

#bbc #brown #christmas #due #filming

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#also #always #brought #christmas #couple

I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#bell #christmas #cookies #earth #i