Christmas Traditions Quotes

“In better times, we're celebrate Christmas Eve by attending the nativity play at the Catholic church down the road, watching Joseph and Mary and Baby Jesus try to escape from Herod's soldiers and their wooden swords and AK-47s (it wasn't the most accurate version, but it was funny.)”
― William Kamkwamba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

“I followed the footprints until they stopped in front of a very old mysterious tree - a grandfather tree”
― James Barbato, The Magic Christmas Ornament

“In Romania, there is only one reason to own a pig: Christmas meat. In June, small pink loaves nuzzle up to nurse from fat sows. In August, the piglets frisk about on green grass, root for hidden treasures, and bask their plump sides in the sun. In October, they lumber up to feed troughs, grunting and shoving, their cuteness mostly a memory. In December, they die.”
― Vila Gingerich, White Horse to Bucharest: Lessons Romania Taught Us

“You said your mom got rid of your grandma’s holiday decorations, so I just thought . . .” Elle shrugged. “I guess I didn’t do much actual thinking. You could’ve already had a tree and ornaments, or Brendon might’ve, but I wanted to make sure you had something. I know the tree is kind of ugly, and none of the ornaments match but if—”
“It’s perfect,” Darcy whispered.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Written in the Stars

“Christmas is a spontaneous prayer of the common folks, a prayer, a hymn. All the while Raphael was paintng the Sistine Madonna, Frenchman building the cathedral of Chartres, English bishops composing The Book of Common Prayer, Handel his Messiah, Bach his B Minor Mass, the common people, out of whom these geniuses sprang, were busy composing Christmas.”
― Earl W. Count, 4000 Years of Christmas: A Gift from the Ages

“As the parlour clock began to strike twelve, I opened the kitchen door to let the Old Year out. Then I hurried along the passage to the parsonage hall, and on the stroke of twelve, threw wide the front door to let the New Year in.”
― Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas

“Homemade cookies are one of the best parts of Christmas. It's an absolute fundamental.”
― Dean Koontz, Strangers