Christmas quotes from literature about the festive spirit

Christmas quotes from literature about the festive spirit

Christmas 2019: Christmas quotes from literature that beautifully capture the festive spirit

Christmas, the most awaited time of the year, has finally arrived. As the winter chill sets in, the preparation for the festival begins. The jingling of the bells and the lovely decorations and the whiff of baking cakes fill the air with excitement. This blissful festival is a state of mind too. To help you get in the spirit, we have picked a few quotes by popular authors who have beautifully captured the essence of the festival. While you're wrapping gifts for family and friends and sending them your best wishes, you can also choose these quotes to make your gifts and wishes stand out from the rest. It's a little something extra that will make them feel loved.

George Eliot in 'The Mill on the Floss'

"Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow."
– George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss

G.K. Chesterton in 'Brave New Family'

"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
– G.K. Chesterton, Brave New Family

Bess Streeter Aldrich in 'Song of Years'

“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 melody that would last forever.”
― Bess Streeter Aldrich, Song of Years

William Shakespeare in 'Love’s Labour’s Lost'

"At Christmas I no more desire a rose / Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled shows."
– William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost


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