There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
Erma Bombeck

A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;
He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here.
Then he's thinking more of others than
he's thought the months before,
And the laughter of his children is a joy
worth toiling for.
He is less a selfish creature than at any
other time;
When the Christmas spirit rules him, he
comes close to the sublime.
Edgar Guest

It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless Us, Every One!
Charles Dickens

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
Charles Schulz

At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Thomas Tusser, 16th century
   
And is it true? And is it true,
This most tremendous tale of all,
Seen in a stained-glass window's hue,
A Baby in an in ox's stall?
The Maker of the stars and sea
Became a Child on earth for me?
Sir John Betjeman, 1954

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on Earth, good will to men!
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Heap on the wood!-the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep our Christmas merry still.
- Sir Walter Scott

The feet of the humblest may walk
    in the field
Where the feet of the Holiest trod,
This, then, is the marvel
    to mortals revealed.
- Phillips Brooks

Good news from heaven the angels
    bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven.
- Martin Luther

The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap,
His hair was like a light.
(O weary, weary was the world,
But here is all aright.)

The Christ-child stood at Mary's knee,
His hair was like a crown,
And all the flowers looked up at Him
And all the stars looked down.
- G. K. Chesterton