#christmas

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#atmosphere #expectancy #miracles

Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer. ↗

— James Cronin

#chicago #christmas #family #our #summer

I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow. ↗

— Ice Cube

#get #how #i #i remember #jealous

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

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief. ↗

— Carol Ann Duffy

#belief #believe #christmas #father #household

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#alarm #arm #between #boldly #brilliance

I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#birthdays #charts #christmas #dirt #easter

I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season. ↗

— Ashley Tisdale

#because #i #i love #just #just because

I'm not going to put out a Christmas CD until it's coming out of me naturally. ↗

— TobyMac

#christmas #coming #going #i #me