Christmas Eve will find me, where the lovelight gleams. I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams. – Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

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We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all. – Joanna Gaines

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Christmas, to me, is as many people as possible happy. – Tupac Shakur

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The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood. – Richard Paul Evans

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I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. – Shirley Temple

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May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.

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The way you spend Christmas is far more important than how much. – Henry David Thoreau

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Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. – Freya Stark

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Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. — Edna Ferber

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It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to keep a family together over the long haul. – Caroline Kennedy

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