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Charles Dickens And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!
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Charles Dickens Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away.
christmas heart men
Charles Dickens But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.
christmas children home
Charles Dickens He went to the church, and walked about the streets, and watched the people hurrying to and for, and patted the children on the head, and questioned beggars, and looked down into the kitchens of homes, and up to the windows, and found that everything could yield him pleasure. He had never dreamed of any walk, that anything, could give him so much happiness. (p. 119)
christmas girl father
Charles Dickens They are Man's and they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance and this girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.
christmas-carol marley
Charles Dickens Marley was dead: to begin with.
christmas happy-holidays forgiving
Charles Dickens I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.
christmas names magic
Charles Dickens There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.
new-year school angel
Charles Dickens I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings. "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to every-body! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!
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Charles Dickens The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings.
new-year angel light
Charles Dickens I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy
new-year fear opportunity
Charles Stanley Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.
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Alan King That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about.
new-year holiday years
Charles Lamb Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
new-year years old-year
Charles Lamb No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
new-year years firsts
Charlaine Harris My first word for the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.
new-year coffee years
Charlaine Harris I had two cups of coffee, put Eric's jeans in the washer, read a romance for awhile, and studied my brand-new Word of the Day calendar, a Christmas gift from Arlene. My first word of the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.
holiday thinking special
Alan Bradley Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
holiday black goes-on
Al Sharpton I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan.
holiday vacation vacation-time
Earl Wilson A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.
holiday sweaters age
Denis Norden Middle age is when, whenever you go on holiday, you pack a sweater.
holiday outlook performance pleased remain season year
Bob Ulrich We are pleased with our performance during this year's holiday season and remain comfortable with our outlook for the year overall.
holiday boredom needs
Bertrand Russell I used, when I was younger, to take my holidays walking. I would cover 25 miles a day, and when the evening came I had no need of anything to keep me from boredom, since the delight of sitting amply sufficed.
holiday way pork
Aasif Mandvi I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.
holiday sleep winter
Alan Titchmarsh My wife and I always have a winter holiday that I call the "fly and flop". In January and February, you don't want culture, you just want to get your bones warm and eat, drink, sleep. We usually go to the Caribbean.
holiday summary
Alan King A summary of every Jewish holiday: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!