QUOTES from the Sandbox ~ Christmas Eve, 2019

Hi Everyone!  Just back from watching YouTube coverage live of the Christmas
Midnight Mass at the Vatican in Rome.   You and the Sandbox are on my
mind and in my prayers.  Stopping to drop off some quotes.               Jane 
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"Blessed is the season, which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
                                                                                            ~Hamilton Wright Mabi 

"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;  the spirit of
Christmas which is peace;  the heart of Christmas which is love."
                                                                                                       ~Ada V. Hendricks

"Remember if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under
a tree."                                                                                       ~Charlotte Carpenter

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of  a happy
family all wrapped up in each other."                                           ~Bill Vaughan

"A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near,  A little gift
from one held dear,  Best wishes for the coming year.  These make a merry
Christmas."                                                                       ~John Greenleaf Whittier

" Christmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive
those who failed you and to forget past mistakes."                          ~Unknown

"  Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, 
     not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."             
                                                                                           ~Clement Clark Moore

" I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
                                                                                                 ~Charles Dickens

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


"Christmas Eve ought to be a very joyful evening to us in all its associations, in
all the truths which it naturally brings to the soul... A man's soul is to be as the
heavens were on the night when the shepherds looked up and saw them full
of angels as well as stars."                                                 ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Christmas Magic is silent.  You don't hear it -- you feel it.  You know it.  You
believe it."                                                                               ~Kevin Alan Milne

"Peace on Earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."
                                                                                             ~Helen Steiner Rice
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