Source: 88 Poems
“I'll paint you moments of gold, I'll spin you Valentine evenings…”
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents”
Source: Little Women (1868), Ch. 1 : Playing Pilgrims, First lines
Context: "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.
"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.
The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, thinking of Father far away, where the fighting was.
“You have more balls than a Christmas tree.”
“Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.”
Source: I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”
Variant: Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall
