1Pope Francis
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2Pope Paul VI
Country Living "We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice."
3Isaiah 9:6-7
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4Amy Grant
Country Living "Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child."
5John 1:14
Country Living "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
6Bill Crowder
Country Living "The great challenge left to us is to cut through all the glitz and glam of the season that has grown increasingly secular and commercial, and be reminded of the beauty of the One who is Christmas."
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7Hamilton Wright Mabie
Country Living "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
8Charles Dickens
Country Living "For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself."
9Luke 2:14
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10Gilbert K. Chesterton
Country Living "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"
11'A Charlie Brown Christmas'
"Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"
12C.S. Lewis
Westend61 "Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world."
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13Pope Francis
CSA Images "Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace."
14Robert Flatt
YelenaYemchuk "The giving of gifts is not something man invented. God started the giving spree when He gave a gift beyond words, the unspeakable gift of His Son."
15Max Lucado
Merethe Svarstad Eeg / EyeEm "Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination."
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16Norman Vincent Peale
ilbusca "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
17Corrie Ten Boom
Westend61 "Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life."
18Robbie Robertson
CSA Images "In a dream I heard a voice saying 'fear not, come rejoice. It's the end of the beginning, praise the newborn King.'"
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19Handel H. Brown
YelenaYemchuk "To prepare our hearts for Christmas, we must cultivate the spirit of expectancy."
20Rick Warren
Merethe Svarstad Eeg / EyeEm "Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart."
Julia Ludlam is the Associate Art Director at _Country Living.
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