“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!”

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American poet 1807–1882

Helen Steiner Rice (1900–1981) American poet

“And the last words I heard him say were
I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day…”

Dido (1971) English singer-songwriter

Christmas Day
Song lyrics, No Angel (1999)

“I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished
No more durable than old customs, family rituals,
Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

"1945" (1985), trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
New Poems (1985-1987)

“Those evening bells! those evening bells!
How many a tale their music tells
Of youth and home, and that sweet time
When last I heard their soothing chime!”

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter

Those evening Bells.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.”

Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist

2011-12-24
Christopher Hitchens on The True Spirit of Christmas
The Wall Street Jorunal
0099-9660
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204791104577110880355067656.html
2010s, 2011

“At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.”

Thomas Tusser (1524–1580) English poet

"The Farmer's Daily Diet".
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)