William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) novelist
The Mahogany Tree, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Heap on more wood!-the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.”
Canto VI, introduction, st. 1.
Marmion (1808)
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But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still." by Walter Scott?
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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Christmas in India, Stanza 5.
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)
“Let me go warm and merry still;
And let the world laugh, an' it will.”
Luis de Góngora (1561–1627) Spanish Baroque lyric poet
Andeme yo caliente
y ríase la gente.
Letrillas, "Andeme yo caliente", line 1, cited from Robert Jammes (ed.) Letrillas (Madrid: Castalia, 1980) p. 115. Translation from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Poets and Poetry of Europe (New York: C. S. Francis, 1855) p. 695
“For everyone out there listening, thank you and Merry Christmas.”
Edward Snowden (1983) American whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor
2013
David Silverman (1957) American animator and director
interviewed regarding American Atheists' Jersey City, New Jersey "You Know It's a Myth" billboard.
“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”
Peg Bracken (1918–2007) American writer
Femina, cosa mobil per natura,
Più che fraschetta al vento, e più che cima
Di pieghevole spica.
Act I, scene ii. Compare: "Varium et mutabile semper femina", Virgil, Aeneid, 4.569.
Aminta (1573)