by Barb Erickson

Su, 12-01:
Who gives teaches me to give.
~ Dutch proverb

Mo, 12-02:
A very important part of the joy of living is the joy of giving.
~ William Buck

Tu, 12-03:
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

We, 12-04:
At this special time of year: Follow the children. Hear the joy in their laughter. See the love in their eyes. Feel the hope in their touch.
~ Unknown

Th, 12-05:
Let Christmas come into our world and bring us warmth and cheer, bring us faith in place of doubt and strength in place of fear, Bring us hope and bring us love to guide our hearts forever . . . Let Christmas come into our world and bring us all together.
~ Unknown

Fr, 12-06:
Every time a hand reaches out to help another . . . that is Christmas.
~ Unknown

Sa, 12-07:
Every time someone puts anger aside and strives for understanding . . . that is Christmas.
~ Unknown

Su, 12-08:
Every time people forget their differences and realize their love for each other . . . that is Christmas.
~ Unknown

Mo, 12-09:
The ornaments of our house are the friends who frequent it.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tu, 12-10:
Christmas comes softly, silently, sweetly -- wrapping its loveliness about the world . . . and once again the most beautiful message on earth is repeated: Peace on Earth, Good will toward all.
~ Unknown

We, 12-11:
There is no better time than Christmas to enjoy the wonders of nature, to share with others out of our abundance, and to celebrate the presence of special people in our lives.
~ Unknown

Th, 12-12:
When shall all people’s good be each person’s rule, and universal peace lie like a shaft of light across the land.
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Fr, 12-13:
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
~ Wagner

Sa, 12-14:
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
~ Kahlil Gibran

Su, 12-15:
The gift without the giver is bare.
~ James Russell Lowell

Mo, 12-16:
However much of Christmas giving, the real Christmas must first be in the heart.
~ Unknown

Tu, 12-17:
It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmastime.
~ Charles Dickens

We, 12-18:
Let us hear one another, Let us see one another, Let us touch one another.
~ Louise Magnuson

Th, 12-19:
The things we do at Christmas are touched with a certain extravagance, as beautiful, in some of its aspects, as the extravagance of nature in June.
~ Robert Collyer

Fr, 12-20:
Christmas is the time to let your heart do the thinking.
~ Patricia Clafford

Sa, 12-21:
What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future.
~ Agnes M. Pharo

Su, 12-22:
Christmas . . . a season of special joy, the most beautiful time of the year.
~ Rachel Davies

Mo, 12-23:
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each other’s burden, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
~ W. C. Jones

Tu, 12-24:
And so we come again to Christmas, with all its color and joy, its magic and wonder, its spirit of goodwill and warmth.
~ Esther Baldwin York

We, 12-25:
Christmas is here and now for everyone who is able and willing to receive it.
~ Ida Belle McGill

Th, 12-26:
If you didn’t get all the things you wanted, you can still be grateful for all things you didn’t get that you didn’t want.
~ Michael Nolan

Fr, 12-27:
The most vivid memories of Christmases past are usually not of gifts given and received, but of the spirit of love, the cherished little habits of the home.
~ Lois Rand

Sa, 12-28:
Happy faces, glowing with love -- the Christmas decorations we should never put away!
~ Margaret Benton

Su, 12-29:
Words that do not match deeds are not important.
~ Che Guevara

Mo, 12-30:
It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tu, 12-31:
Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier.
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson