Christmas Flowers

Christmas Flowers

Christmas flowers…the eternal symbol of love, joy, peace,…is not just a festival, it is the way of life. Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. Being the most celebrated holiday in the world, our modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe.

Some legends claim that the Christian “Christmas” celebration was invented to compete against the pagan celebrations of December. The 25th was not only sacred to the Romans but also the Persians whose religion Mithraism was one of Christianity’s main rivals at that time. The Church eventually was successful in taking the merriment, lights, and gifts from the Saturanilia festival and bringing them to the celebration of Christmas.

Most Recommended Christmas Quotations

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect – Oren Arnold

When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow, We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago, And etched on vacant places Are half-forgotten faces Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart -George Mathhew Adams

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 – Augusta E. Rundel

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love – Hamilton Wright Mabi

Let Christmas not become a thing Merely of merchant’s trafficking, Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath And surface pleasure, but beneath The childish glamour, let us find Nourishment for heart and mind. Let us follow kinder ways Through our teeming human maze, And help the age of peace to come – Madeline Morse

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas – Calvin Coolidge

Your friendship is a glowing ember Through the year; and each December From its warm and living spark We kindle flame against the dark And with its shining radiance light Our tree of faith on Christmas night – Thelma J. Lund

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month – Harlan Miller

Love came down at Christmas; Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, Stars and angels gave the sign – Christina Rossetti

Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again – Grace Noll Crowell

Christmas, my child, is love in action. … Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas – Dale Evans Rogers

From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other – Emily Matthews

Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, managers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of gaiety, greenery and gifts; it is a season of wonder, worship and wisemen. – William Arthur Ward

Christmas is more than a time of tinsel, trees and toys; it is a season of preparation, prayers and peace. Christmas is more than a time of festivities, family and friends; it is a season of generosity, gladness and gratitude. – William Arthur Ward

Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication, direction and decision. Christmas is more than Santa, stockings and surprises; it is Christ, care and concern. – William Arthur Ward

Best of all, Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God – George F. McDougall

Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, left nothing out for us to miss or seek; bound together all our home enjoyments, affections, and hopes; grouped everything and everyone round the Christmas fire, and make the little picture shining in our bright young eyes, complete – Charles Dickens

This is Christmas: not the tinsel, not the giving and receiving, not even the carols, but the humble heart that receives anew the wondrous gift, the Christ – Frank McKibben

If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away – Anonymous

Other Popular Christmas Quotations

Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind – Mary Ellen Chase

A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! – Charles Dickens

The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ – D. James Kennedy (“Following the Star” in Christmas Stories for the Heart)

Call a truce, then, to our labors — let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ”faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past – Rudyard Kipling

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most – Ruth Carter Stapleton

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself – Peter Abelard

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart… filled it, too, with a melody that would last forever -Bess Streeter Aldrich

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 -Phillips Brooks

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year – Charles Dickens, Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first. The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history, because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years… Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart – George Mathhew Adams

Christmas … is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart – Freya Stark (“The Wise Men” Time and Tide)

Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year – and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority – W.J. Cameron

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It’s lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It’s higher thought and a greater plan. It’s glorious dream in the soul of man– Wilfred A. Peterson (The Art of Living)

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! – Charles Dickens

Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words – Harlan Miller

The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it – Frederick Buechner,”Listening to Your Life,” Christianity Today, Vol. 37, no. 15

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart – Washington Irving

Christ was born in the first century, yet he belongs to all centuries. He was born a Jew, yet He belongs to all races. He was born in Bethlehem, yet He belongs to all countries – George W. Truett

Let us keep Christmas beautiful Without a thought of greed, That it might live forevermore To fill our every need, That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you– Garnett Ann Schultz

What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace-Agnes M. Pharo

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most – Ruth Carter Stapleton

And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, Which shall be to all people. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David A Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, Lying in a manger– St. Luke ii. 10-12

There is no name so sweet on earth, no name so sweet in heaven, The name, before His wondrous birth, to Christ the Savior given – George W. Bethune

At Christmas A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime… – Edgar Guest

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small – Eva K. Logue

Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day – Phyllis Diller

Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world – stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death – and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas-Henry Van Dyke

Christmas is not just a day, an event to be observed and speedily forgotten. It is a spirit which should permeate every part of our lives – William Parks (Missions)

Peace on earth will come to stay, When we live Christmas every day – Helen Steiner Rice

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air – W. T. Ellis

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other -Burton Hillis

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas – W. C. Jones

Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind -Helen Steiner Rice

I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the word seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses-Taylor Caldwell

Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given–when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes-Joan Winmill Brown