December 25

December 25 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. ~ Yeshua (Jesus Christ)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? ~ Bob Hope
 * proposed by Mister Six


 * 2006
 * 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
 * proposed by Mister Six


 * 2007
 * He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love. ~ Isaac Watts ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. ~ Helen Keller
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * How many observe Christ's Birth-day! how few his Precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments. ~ Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack (in relation to Christmas)
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King. Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heav'n and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. ~ Isaac Watts ~ (traditional Christmas carol)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear. War is over, If you want it — War is over now. ~ John Lennon & Yoko Ono ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Nvvchar


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki — last year's Christmas greetings by Trudeau, for what is also his own first birthday after becoming Prime Minister of Canada.


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Ningauble (in slightly shorter form, beginning with "It came without ribbons!")


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Christmas is an awfulness that compares favorably with the great London plague and fire of 1665-66. No one escapes the feelings of mortal dejection, inadequacy, frustration, loneliness, guilt and pity. No one escapes feeling used by society, by religion, by friends and relatives, by the utterly artifical responsiblities of extending false greetings, sending banal cards, reciprocating unsolicated gifts, going to dull parties, putting up with acquaintances and family one avoids all the rest of the year... in short, of being brutalized by a 'holiday' that has lost virtually all of its original meanings and has become a merchandising ploy for color tv set manufacturers and ravagers of the woodlands. ~ Harlan Ellison
 * 4 - --Mister Six 11:10, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 Kalki 14:51, 22 December 2007 (UTC) I might give this a 1 or even a 2 some other date of the Christmas season, but I feel it ranks as a zero for Christmas day itself. 1 ~ Kalki 22:35, 23 December 2005 (UTC) (Ellison is an interesting writer and personality, but on this I am inclined to quote an old cartoon: "Bah, Humbug to you too, you old fart!")
 * 1 Zarbon 20:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man. ~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 * 3 Zarbon 03:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:23, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting. ~ Carlos Castaneda
 * 2 Zarbon 03:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:23, 13 December 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ~ Erma Bombeck (in relation to Christmas)
 * 2 Zarbon 03:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 20:23, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

This is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heav'n's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, That He our deadly forfeit should release, And with His Father work us a perpetual peace. ~ John Milton
 * 3 --Tryst (talk) 18:22, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

India is an ancient nation and not nation in the making. We are not to build a new nation but to make this ancient nation virile to face the challenge of modern times. With the banner of Nationalism in our hearts to build up a Mighty India, let us march forward on the path of Duty. This is no time for rest; this is no occasion for faltering. Let us go onwards and onwards, till we reach the Goal. -Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 * 3 tending to 4 --Nvvchar (talk) 10:06, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 01:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)

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 ~ Portal:Christmas/Selected_quote/7
 * 3 bystander (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 0 — I was actually inclined to perhaps rank this a 4, and use this, this year, as I had nothing clearly better in mind, but what searches I have done leaves me concluding that it is probably not John Greenleaf Whittier, and its origin remains obscure. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:35, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir. — A Christmas Carol ~ Charles Dickens Portal:Christmas/Selected_quote/15
 * 3 bystander (talk) 04:21, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:11, 25 December 2017 (UTC), but I would prefer this be extended somewhat.

I'm dedicating my little story to you; doubtless you will be among the very few who will ever read it. It seems war stories aren't very well received at this point. I'm told they're out-dated, untimely and as might be expected - make some unpleasant reading. And, as you have no doubt already perceived, human beings don't like to remember unpleasant things. They gird themselves with the armor of wishful thinking, protect themselves with a shield of impenetrable optimism, and, with a few exceptions, seem to accomplish their "forgetting" quite admirably. But you, my children, I don't want you to be among those who choose to forget. I want you to read my stories and a lot of others like them. I want you to fill your heads with Remarque and Tolstoy and Ernie Pyle. I want you to know what shrapnel, and "88's" and mortar shells and mustard gas mean. I want you to feel, no matter how vicariously, a semblance of the feeling of a torn limb, a burnt patch of flesh, the crippling, numbing sensation of fear, the hopeless emptiness of fatigue. All these things are complimentary to the province of war and they should be taught and demonstrated in classrooms along with the more heroic aspects of uniforms, and flags, and honor and patriotism. I have no idea what your generation will be like. In mine we were to enjoy "Peace in our time". A very well meaning gentleman waved his umbrella and shouted those very words...less than a year before the whole world went to war. But this gentleman was suffering the worldly disease of insufferable optimism. He and his fellow humans kept polishing the rose colored glasses when actually they should have taken them off. They were sacrificing reason and reality for a brief and temporal peace of mind, the same peace of mind that many of my contemporaries derive by steadfastly refraining from remembering the war that came before. ~ Rod Serling
 * 4 Optimistically, this quote is more suitable now than it will be next year; I would have ranked this at maybe a 2 last year, being as it's from a dedication to an unpublished short story. CensoredScribe (talk) 18:46, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC); I perceive this to be far too long and meandering to be a good QOTD, and frankly far too dreary and pessimistc to be a good Christmas quote. It clearly was written in a dark mood, for which Serling can surely be pardoned, but I much prefer what hopefulness could endure in him, despite such dark spells. I have added a few quotes showing signs of such hope below, and though I believe Serlings page needs some work, major page editing here is something I am currently avoiding until I return home in a few weeks.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC), with a slight lean towards 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 December 2022 (UTC)


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:02, 25 December 2023 (UTC)