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“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” — Benjamin Franklin
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” — Burton Hills
“If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” — Bob Hope
“To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” — Calvin Coolidge
“We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
“My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it’s funny because we had no idea.” — Johnny Mathis
“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness.” — Bob Hope
“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” — C.S. Lewis
“There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” — Corrie Ten Boom
“Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is to life.” — Johnathon Edwards