“Lei had recently discovered how to change the display, like the Times Square JumboTron, so now the banner read: Merry Christmas! All your presents belong to Leo!”

“"Christmas is Jesus Christ's birthday! / That's what it is all about in the mix!" - Merry Christmas”

Wesley Willis (1963–2003) American singer-songwriter

“She mailed me a Merry Christmas-I'm-Breaking-Up-with-You card. I'll read it to you," he said. He cleared his throat. "Dear Marcus. Merry Christmas. I'm breaking up with you. Mia.”

Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist

“Now out upon you, Christmas!
Is this the merry time
When the red hearth blazed, the harper sung,
And the bells rung their glorious chime?...”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.”

Peg Bracken (1918–2007) American writer

“Merry Christmas! the man threatened.”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

“Since it's Christmas, let's be glad
Even if your life's been bad,
There are presents to be had.”

Sufjan Stevens (1975) American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

“For everyone out there listening, thank you and Merry Christmas.”

Edward Snowden (1983) American whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor

“You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading… and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“Past is dead
Future is uncertain;
Present is all you have,
So eat, drink and live merry.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity