Christmas in quotations

1. ‘A lovely thing about Christmas...

Garrison Keillor

...is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.’

2. ‘The idea that there's a force...

Bono

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...to start with, if you believe it. Actually, maybe even far-fetched to start with, but the idea that that same love and logic would choose to describe itself as a baby born in straw and poverty is genius, and brings me to my knees, literally.’

3. ‘I stopped believing in Santa Claus...

Shirley Temple

...when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.’

4. ‘On this day, a million years ago...

Homer Simpson

...a dude was born who most of us think was magic, but others don’t and that’s cool. But we’re probably right. Amen.’

5. ‘What I don’t like about...

Phyllis Diller

...office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.’

6. ‘Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.’

Mary Ellen Chase

7. ‘My idea of Christmas whether...

Bob Hope

8. ‘You know you’re getting old when Santa starts looking younger.’

Robert Paul

9. ‘The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.‘

Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) in Elf

10. ‘One of the most glorious messes...

Andy Rooney

...in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.’