19、Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts weget, And keep the ones we giveaway, How happy were our Christmasday!——Carolyn Wells

　　20、We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, thehistorical encounter, thedecisive encounter, between God andmankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let himrejoice。——Pope Paul VI

　　21、When we were children we were grateful to those who filled ourstockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God forfilling our stockings with legs?——Gilbert K. Chesterton

　　22、According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those whoare born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but arepreserved until the end of time。——Grazia Deledda

　　23、A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like athunderstorm, and we all gothrough it together。——Garrison Keillor