“A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward, to reset oneself by an inner compass”
-May Sarton
“This is as it should be, for Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.” -former President Ronald Reagan
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home” -Edith Sitwell