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> [Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/every-christmas-now-for-years-i-have-found-myself-wondering-about-the/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

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## More by Whitley Strieber

> [“Whomever or whatever the visitors are, their activities go far beyond a mere study of mankind. They are involved with us on very deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/whomever-or-whatever-the-visitors-are-their-activities-go-far-beyond/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [A real stunner. Want to get swept up on a journey you will never forget and never quite escape? Open THE RITUAL OF ILLUSION…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/a-real-stunner-want-to-get-swept-up-on-a-journey-you-will-never/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [“I think he's wonderful and strange and kind of like a poem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/i-think-he-s-wonderful-and-strange-and-kind-of-like-a-poem/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [In them was not the savage blankness of the reptile species. Instead there was something far worse - burning, unquenchable rage mixed with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/in-them-was-not-the-savage-blankness-of-the-reptile-species-instead/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [Everytime someone ends a prayer in the Western world they say Amen - that is the name of an Egyptian god associated with completion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/everytime-someone-ends-a-prayer-in-the-western-world-they-say-amen/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [I became entirely given over to extreme dread. The fear was so powerful that it seemed to make my personality completely evaporate... 'Whitley' ceased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/i-became-entirely-given-over-to-extreme-dread-the-fear-was-so/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [I put the copy of 'A Christmas Carol' that my grandfather had first read to me 60 years ago on my desk, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/i-put-the-copy-of-a-christmas-carol-that-my-grandfather-had-first/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [In a reality made of energy, thoughts may literally be things. What if it was intended that we create our own realities after death?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/in-a-reality-made-of-energy-thoughts-may-literally-be-things-what-if/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/i-wondered-if-i-might-not-be-in-the-grip-of-demons-if-they-were-not/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [Why were my visitors so secretive, hiding themselves behind my consciousness. I could only conclude that they were using me and did not want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/why-were-my-visitors-so-secretive-hiding-themselves-behind-my/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/the-upheavals-of-adolescence-silenced-a-christmas-carol-for-a-few/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [No doubt, I wont be believed, and thats all right, because, in a sense, it leaves me free in ways that belief would not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/no-doubt-i-wont-be-believed-and-thats-all-right-because-in-a-sense-it/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [“This time, there was the ghost of a reptile in Szatson's smile. 'I don't handle little problems.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/this-time-there-was-the-ghost-of-a-reptile-in-szatson-s-smile-i-don-t/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [“If I look into the wings, I can see Mom standing like a statue, Medea or Lady Macbeth, one of those tragic horrors, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/if-i-look-into-the-wings-i-can-see-mom-standing-like-a-statue-medea/)

[Whitley Strieber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitley-strieber/)

> [I'm not so sure that horror should be dismissed as something less than literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitley-strieber/i-m-not-so-sure-that-horror-should-be-dismissed-as-something-less/)

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