Perhaps the most important holiday on the Christian calendar is Christmas. And in recent years it may have also become slightly controversial. In America there has been a debate about whether we should say “Merry Christmas” or use a phrase like “Happy Holidays.” Christmas has become the time when both theological and spiritual reflections of the Christian faith are most public.Christmas is not only the celebration of Christianity…it is a celebration of humanity. Here’s some never-out-of-season Christian Christmas quotations.
The Meaning of Christmas
“Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” C.S. Lewis
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern.” –Mother Teresa
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.”John J. Geddes
“It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Theresa
“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see. Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” The Polar Express
“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
― Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Christmas Season Charity
“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.” Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.”
Philip Yancey
“God goes to those who have time to hear him—and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds.”Max Lucado
“T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” The Night Before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore
“We must look to Mary’s example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement …”
Calvin Miller, The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent
“Let us have music for Christmas…
Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth;
Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts,
To bring peace to men on earth.” Mildred L. Jarrell
Visions of Christmas Past
“Enjoy the twinkling lights that dot your neighborhood. Take pleasure in making the sugar cookies and homemade wreaths. Have a good laugh, or a good cry, by re watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. Listen to your Bing Crosby and Mariah Carey records.” W. DAVID O. TAYLOR
“Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” Dr. Seuss
The spirit of the Christmas season has always been found in Christmas Christian quotations. In Charles Dickens 1843 classic novel, A Christmas Carol, the spirit of Christmas was embodied by two of the main characters. When his nephew wished him a Merry Christmas “Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!” And later the angelic voice of Tiny Tim called out “God Bless Us Everyone!”