#holiday

A bell, though -- that's fucked up. ↗

— David Sedaris

#humor #humor

Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning. ↗

— Alan Bradley

#holidays #humor #poison #humor

Colored lights blink on and off, racing across the green boughs. Their reflections dance across exquisite glass globes and splinter into shards against tinsel thread and garlands of metallic filaments that disappear underneath the other ornaments and finery. Shadows follow, joyful, laughing sprites. The tree is rich with potential wonder. All it needs is a glance from you to come alive. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#holiday #lights #tree #winter #inspirational

I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit. ↗

— Gary Barlow

#bit #comes #good #good time #having

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way? ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#another #dispute #holidays #irish #person

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life. ↗

— Brian Clough

#go #had #haven #hell #holiday

When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday. ↗

— Richard Lester

#beginning #came #commercial #doing #easy

I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#billie #billie holiday #holiday #i #i do

I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a revelation. She sounded like a woman singing about herself. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#become #billie #billie holiday #desire #first

Holidays in general breed unrealistic expectations. The minute you start wondering, 'is it going to be wonderful enough?,' it never will be. ↗

— Pepper Schwartz

#enough #expectations #general #going #holidays