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A Quotable ‘Merry Christmas!’ To All Our Readers

Fremocentrist.com wishes all its readers, and passive lurkers, a very Merry Christmas!

The Peace sign from Deluxe Junk, during a snowstorm in November 2010.  Photo by K. Lindsay
The Peace sign from Deluxe Junk, during a snowstorm in November 2010. Photo by K. Lindsay

For your holiday enjoyment, a few thoughts on the season:

“Christmas isn’t a season.  It’s a feeling.”  – Edna Ferber

“In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it ‘Christmas’ and went to church; the Jews called it ‘Hanukkah’ and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank.  People passing each other on the street would say ‘Merry Christmas!’ or ‘Happy Hanukkah!’ or (to the atheists) ‘Look out for the wall!’”  – Dave Barry

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”  – Garrison Keillor

“Christmas is a necessity.  There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.”  – Eric Sevareid

“To the American People:  Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.  To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.  If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.”  – Calvin Coolidge from the Presidential Message, December 25, 1927

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple:  loving others.  Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”  – Bob Hope

…and Happy Kwanzaa!