Chapter Ninety Nine: Advent

Points to consider in preparation

for what is coming, sovereign and true,

a Season of greetings,

and the holiday to cherish:

I love snow for the same reason I love

Christmas. It brings people together

while time stands still.

Rachel Cohn

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For us a child is born,

to us a son is given.

Isaiah 9:6

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Remember, if Christmas isn't found

in your heart, you won't find it

under the tree.

Charlotte Carpenter

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We are better throughout the year

for having, in spirit, become

a child again at Christmastime.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I wish we could put up some of the

Christmas spirit in jars and open

a jar of it every month.

Harlan Miller

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Never worry about the size of your

Christmas tree. In the eyes of children,

they are all 30 feet tall.

Larry Wilde

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Christmas enters,

streaming lights of joy,

ringing bells of hope

and singing carols

of forgiveness

high up

in the bright air.

Maya Angelou, Amazing Peace

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It was the beginning of the

greatest Christmas ever.

Little food. No presents.

But there was a snowman

in their basement.

Marcus Zusak,

The Book Thief

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When we give each other Christmas

gifts in His name, let us remember that

He has given us the sun and the moon

and the stars, and the earth with its

forests and mountains and oceans --

and all that lives and move upon them.

Sigrid Undset

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A lovely thing about Christmas is that

it's compulsary, like a thunderstorm,

and we all go through it together.

Garrison Keillar,

Leaving Home

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'Yes,' said Queen Lucy.

'In our world too, a stable once had

something inside it that was bigger

than our whole world.'

C.S. Lewis,

The Chronicles of Narnia

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Seeing is believing,

but sometimes the most real

things in the world are

the things we cannot see.

The Polar Express

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The perfect Christmas tree?

All Christmas trees are perfect!

Charles N. Barnard

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The rooms were very still while

the pages were softly turned

and the winter sunshine crept in

to touch the bright heads

and serious faces

with a Christmas greeting.

Louisa May Alcott,

Little Women

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Christmas is built upon a beautiful

and intentional paradox;

that the birth of the homeless

should be celebrated in every home.

G.K. Chesterton

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