Christmas Quote by Gerry Bowler

“Christmas celebrations in the early colonies to the condemnations today of the commercial nature of the feast.”

— Anne Rice

“I had read that more people committed suicide on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day than at any other time. The holiday had little…

— Charles Bukowski

Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.

— Claire Tomalin

“But in 1621 the Puritan leaders decreed that Christmas would not be celebrated at all in Plymouth.”

— Jeff Guinn

During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The…

— Nancy Pearcey

“Despite what some Christians may want to believe, Christmas, as celebrated by many Americans, is a cultural, not a religious holiday. If Jesus were…

— Andreas J. Kostenberger

“We love Jesus as a baby on Christmas, and Jesus risen from the grave on Easter, but somehow we miss Jesus the man, the…

— Hugh Halter

“Did you know that Christmas means “Christ” (Jesus) and “mas” (a celebration)? The story about Jesus is found in the name of that special…

— Soraya Diase Coffelt

“And then, as if a challenge, said: ''When I were a lad, father and mother used to tell us that on Christmas Eve, at…

— Peter Maughan

“Christmas has the waiting heart, often anxious for temporal desires, yearning for Jesus' presence above all.”

— Allene vanOirschot

“reforms to Christmas behaviors were in part driven by fear of class conflict and a desire to tame customs that, despite their connection to…

— Gerry Bowler

Christmas, as a practicing Catholic child, was seen as a reward for lots and lots and lots of church.

— Jenny Colgan