I was wandering by a dry cleaners the other day. They were in the process of closing down and a sign was on the wall:

'Please Note: Our last day of business will be the 17th December. Any clothes not collected by then will be given to charity. Thank You'

It raised a chuckle with me. I can't imagine why they are having problems with such sterling customer service values as those? But it did raise a thought in my mind. Namely that words can have a power way beyond the simple and short phrases in which they sometimes find themselves. That in a few words you can encapsulate a whole lotta meaning. So in the true spirit of Christmas giving, I thought I would display, for your delectation and mince pie munching enjoyment, a collection of quotes about Christmas.

'Please note: I have tried to keep the ones that might make you want to projectile vomit to a minimum - 'Christmas is love..' etc... (Er yer right. Mine's a Playstation.) A few may have crept in though. On that uplifting note...Here are the quotations...Thank You'

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.
- Shirley Temple - Actress - (1928-)

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. - Phyllis Diller

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
- Jay Leno

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
- Mary Ellen Chase

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, American film actor and comedian.

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 (1872-1933) 30th US President, Republican

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

"Keeping Christmas is good, but sharing it is better."
- Arnold Glasow

That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me"
- Jerry Seinfeld, Actor and comedian, b.1954)