Free For All Friday: Author Quotes About Christmas

Can you name the author for each quote about Christmas? (Answers follow, below.)

1. There's nothing sadder in this world than to wake Christmas morning and not be a child.
2. This is the message of Christmas: we are never alone.
3. I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.
4. At Christmas, all roads lead to home.
5. The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!
6. Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
7. Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
8. One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don't clean it up too quickly.
9. At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.
10. Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.

Answers

1. Erma Bombeck
2. Taylor Caldwell
3. Charles Dickens (from A Christmas Carol)
4. Marjorie Holmes
5. Charles N. Barnard
6. Hamilton Wright Mabie
7. Norman Vincent Peale
8. Andy Rooney
9. Thomas Tusser
10. Larry Wilde

Merry Christmas, Everyone!