Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!"
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