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

Coming from Chicago I like a white Christmas.

Christmas children is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Pets like their owners tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

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.

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

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

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is 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.

That's the true spirit of Christmas people being helped by people other than me.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory like a thunderstorm and we all go through it together.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall the genial flame of charity in the heart.

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying toys not included.

Maybe Christmas the Grinch thought doesn't come from a store.

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

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

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas and like those holidays beyond their meaning a factor in our economy.

My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.