Top 27 Quotes About Christmas And Hanukkah
#1. He had no intention of actually kissing her. Knowing Jenny, she probably put on arsenic tainted lipstick every morning. But she'd been the one making up reprobate stories about him for weeks and throwing herself at him all evening.
Anne Garboczi Evans
#2. Santa Claus has nothing to do with it," the latke said. "Christmas and Hanukah are completely different things."
"But different things can often blend together," said the pine tree. "Let me tell you a funny story about pagan rituals.
Lemony Snicket
#3. Not being able to enter a quote of my own stinks worse than a skunk on date night!
Me
#4. Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter] solstice, occur near it: Ramadan, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
John Silber
#5. So it may be that going to the hospital slightly increases your odds of surviving if you've got a serious problem but increases your odds of dying if you don't. Such are the vagaries of life.
Steven D. Levitt
#6. The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews have always produced a lot of holiday music, just not Hanukkah music.
Matisyahu
#7. When you compare Christmas to Hanukkah, there's no comparison. Christmas is great. Hanukkah sucks! First night you get socks. Second night, an eraser, a notebook. It's a Back-to-School holiday!
Lewis Black
#8. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
Jim Elliot
#9. My urge at Christmas time or Hanukkah-time or Kwanzaa-time is that people go to bookstores: that they walk around bookstores and look at the shelves. Go to look for authors that they've loved in the past and see what else those authors have written.
Michael Dirda
#10. The real reason Jews don't have more Hanukkah music is that, historically, American Jewish singer-songwriters were too busy making Christmas music. 'White Christmas,' 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' 'Silver Bells' and 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)' were all written by Jews.
Matisyahu
#11. I say 'Merry Christmas' to people I don't know, or to people I know are Christians. I say 'Happy Hanukkah' to people I know to be or suspect to be Jewish. And I don't say 'Happy Kwanzaa,' because I think African Americans get enough insults all year round.
Christopher Hitchens
#12. Why are we fated to love those we cannot have ...?
Anne Rouen
#13. Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of love or of regret.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
#14. Jeff- "A Hanukkah tradition is making potato pancakes. For something a little different, use a sweet potato. Anything you'd like to add, Walter?"
Walter- "Accept Jesus as your Savior or you'll burn in Hell for all eternity.
Jeff Dunham
#15. Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.
Fred Melamed
#16. And I can't cry, I don't even want to cry. My tears would never do justice to this loss.
Kate Atkinson
#17. Look back on your wedding
And be filled with joy and pride
Deservedly so, for the many years
You've flourished, side by side
John Walter Bratton
#18. There is nothing else to say, so I just murmur, "I know. Thank you for the chance." And I add, "Merry Christmas, Missus Stein."
"We call it Hanukkah, but thank you, Miss Phelan.
Kathryn Stockett
#20. Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end.
Carlo Callodi
#21. Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy. You can be fascinated instead of happy.
Augusten Burroughs
#22. Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day henceforth. Just do what you do. Live out your life and your traditions on your own terms.
If it offends others, so be it. That's their problem.
Chris Rose
#23. Faith grows when it is lived and shaped by Love.
Pope Francis
#24. Treasure the journey, BE the destination.
Anna Silver
#25. Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense.
Matisyahu
#26. He wanted his brother to be happy, but he also didn't want Lauren to have to lose her family in the process, because he couldn't imagine losing his so he understood how she felt.
K.C. Mills
#27. I've written a book entitled Islam: the Challenges of Democracy, because it is a challenge. It requires careful interpretation of the Islamic tradition and Islamic theology, and there's a lot in there that would support democratic ideals.
Khaled Abou El Fadl
