#christmas

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

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#christmas #louse #story #such #up

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

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

In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#alone #another #fortunate #give #giving

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. ↗

— Clement Clarke Moore

#before #creature #even #house #mouse

Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body. ↗

— Garry Moore

#body #course #heart #home #time