{"id":5134,"date":"2013-04-10T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5134"},"modified":"2013-04-10T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T16:03:40","slug":"celebrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=5134","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\n\n\n\n<p>\n\t&quot;What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Agnes M. Pharo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211;&nbsp;Charles Dickens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;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.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Calvin Coolidge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I heard the bells on Christmas Day <br \/>\n\tTheir old, familiar carols play, <br \/>\n\tAnd wild and sweet the words repeat <br \/>\n\tOf peace on earth, good-will to men!&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&#8211; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;He who has no Christmas in his heart will never find Christmas under a tree.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Sunshine Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t&quot;Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house <br \/>\n\tNot a creature was stirring&mdash;not even a mouse: <br \/>\n\tThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care, <br \/>\n\tIn hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.&quot;<br \/>\n\t&#8211; Clement C. Moore<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Kahlil Gibran<br \/>\n\tmystic, poet and artist <br \/>\n\t(1883-1931)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;To believe in making wishes and have faith they can come true,<br \/>\n\tTo believe that you can find some joy in everything you do,<br \/>\n\tTo believe in giving gladly for no reason, just because,<br \/>\n\tTo believe in love&#8230; that&#39;s what it means to believe in Santa Claus.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>from greeting card<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be coming into my neighborhood after dark.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Dick Gregory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Helen Steiner Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>Hamilton Wright Mabie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;May the Leprechauns be near you<br \/>\n\tTo spread Luck along your way.<br \/>\n\tAnd may all the Irish Angels,<br \/>\n\tSmile on you St. Patrick&#39;s Day.&quot;<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<strong>&#8211; unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;St. Patrick was a gentleman<br \/>\n\tWho through strategy and stealth<br \/>\n\tDrove all the snakes from Ireland<br \/>\n\tHere&#39;s a toasting to his health.<br \/>\n\tBut not too many toastings<br \/>\n\tLest you lose yourself and then<br \/>\n\tForget the good St. Patrick<br \/>\n\tAnd see all those snakes again.&quot;<br \/>\n\t<strong>&nbsp;&#8211; unknown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< &quot;What is Christmas? 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