By DiAnn Mills
Have you ever read what other writers have said about Christmas? Curiosity, like a writerly-child (I made that up), propelled me to explore several quotes. These are so special that I wanted to share twelve of them with you.
- “Do give books—religious or otherwise—for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.” ~Lenore Hershey
- “Christmas! ‘Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” ~Washington Irving
- “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” ~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- “Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveler, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!” ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- “I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.” ~Norman Vincent Peale
- “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
- “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
- “Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.” ~Bess Streeter Aldrich, Song of Years
- “What kind of Christmas present would Jesus ask Santa for?” ~Salman Rushdie
- “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” ~Charles Dickens
- “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” ~Roy L. Smith
- “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” ~Eric Severeid
- This is for you – a bit of magical fun.
Novelist’s Christmas
By
DiAnn Mills
Up on a bookshelf
A reader’s list
Filled with Christmas
Novels as gifts.
Down through the aisles
With lots of books,
Up on a bookshelf
A reader’s list
Filled with Christmas
Novels as gifts.
Down through the aisles
With lots of books,
All with metaphors and crazy hooks.
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Oh, up on a bookshelf
Click Click Click
Down through the aisles
Comes a bestseller’s pick.
Grab me a Kindle
Writers heed.
Download multi-books to read.
Some with bad guys
Some with romance
A reader’s adventure
In a marvelous trance.
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Oh, up on a bookshelf
Click Click Click
Down through the aisles
Comes a bestseller’s pick.
Writer note Pinterest,
Google too,
Goodreads, Facebook, X’s stew.
BookBub, You Tube,
Instagram, Blog
How can I keep up
With social media fog?
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Ho Ho Ho
A writer would know.
Oh, up on a bookshelf
Click Click Click
Down through the aisles
Comes a bestseller’s pick.
Now it’s your turn! Create a writerly poem or quote for Christmas and post it in the comments. This could be the start of an ACFW Christmas tradition!
DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists, won two Christy Awards, Golden Scroll, Inspirational Reader’s Choice, and Selah awards. DiAnn teaches writing all over the country. Connect here: diannmills.com.
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Wonderful quotes, and I loved your poem, DiAnn. Here’s a short acrostic poem:
Do
Everyone
Confess
Emmanuel’s
Mighty
Birth
Everlasting
Righteousness
That was very nice, thank you for posting this.
Thank you for sharing the quotes and your poem! Here’s mine…..
It’s not in presents under the tree,
Nor in the tinsel hung so free.
The greatest gift, both pure and true,
Is found in Jesus, born for you.
A humble manger, a star so bright,
He came to lead us out of night.
In Him, God’s love was fully shown—
The greatest gift we’ve ever known.