People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. (Quote by - Alan Simpson)

And so, this Christmas season may our hearts with gladness glow, As we read the blessed story That took place so long ago. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)

Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)

Now, they have invented a new war to fire our passion and capture imaginatio The War on Christmas. I s a poorly staged rendition of Wag the Dog interpreted for the morbidly stupid and performed by the criminally insane. (Quote by - Jules Carlysle)

Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself.. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)

Christmas tree farmers, like virtually all other professional farmers, use agricultural chemicals in a careful and prudent manner and Christmas tree recycling has become the norm in virtually all American communities. (Quote by - David Rothbard)

As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning I spied three ships come sailing in. (Quote by - Washington Irving)

The earth has grown old with its burden of care but at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung. (Quote by - Phillip Brooks)

Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)

Even in nuclear families, Christmas varies every year. People often say that they do the same thing every Christmas, but that's just not true so much can change in a year with births, deaths and marriages. Remember that every Christmas can succeed in its own way. (Quote by - Kathleen Cox)

People are coming earlier and earlier for their trees. Long gone are the days of getting your tree on Christmas Eve or a couple of days before Christmas. (Quote by - Richard Lowe)

I think the one thing you can say about Christmas is that it always comes, .. We think it will be a good Christmas. (Quote by - Tom Williams)

Although some discounting may have slowed the early pace of sales, the industry can expect to see much healthier sales patterns as we move into December and closer to both Christmas and the annually strong Saturday before Christmas retail boom. (Quote by - Michael Niemira)

I went from having a terrible Christmas ? going through a divorce ? to having a really nice Christmas. I really had the guts to do something I've never done. (Quote by - Susan Peele)

Anything my sister cooked was good. On Christmas morning, she always served ham and fried apples, with the most delicious seasoning. (Quote by - Charles Cousins)

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song. (Quote by - Clint Black)

For four of our six decades, we've played Christmas Day. I remember as a kid going to Madison Square Garden with my dad in the snow on Christmas Day in the '70s. It was exciting. It was special. (Quote by - Gregg Winik)

Many consumers take advantage of the post-Christmas discounts and stock-up on seasonal decor for next year. Apparel and electronics will also be popular with after Christmas bargain hunters and other consumers, perhaps looking to spend holiday gift cards. (Quote by - Garry Butcher)

With nothing hot to buy in decorations this Christmas, many stores started selling two weeks earlier than ever before, beginning in mid-September. Many stores skipped Thanksgiving altogether and went from Halloween to Christmas. (Quote by - Britt Beemer)

Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy. (Quote by - Alistair Cooke)

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!. (Quote by - Charles Dickens)

Besides the crew being here, the movie will be shown at Christmas time on Hallmark Channel, and at the end of the movie there will be credits for Nevada City. It's a nice family oriented movie that will be played year after year. (Quote by - Cathy Whittlesey)

Roses are reddish/ Violets are bluish/ If it weren't for Christmas/ We'd all be Jewish. (Quote by - Benny Hill)

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. (Quote by - Jimmy Cannon)

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness." ~. (Quote by - Contributed by: Randi)