“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.”
Source: The Book Thief
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“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents”
Louisa May Alcott book Little Women
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.
“I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped.”
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
On being born Christmas day, in The Rod Serling bio page on the Internet Movie DataBase.
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“Snowman sittin' in the sun doesn't have time to waste.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Beautiful
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
“I am not my childhood,' Snowman says out loud.”
Margaret Atwood book Oryx and Crake
Source: Oryx and Crake
“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
"It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad" (2006)
Lyrics, Others
Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Variant: "Maybe Christmas...", he thought, "... Doesn't come from a store."
"Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!"
Source: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
Torvalds, Linus, 2021-12-19, <nowiki>Linux 5.16-rc6</nowiki>, 2022-01-06 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgWuZPhK6dgXsS42iMz4o610Uw4QXeUsTSOQheNo1tf5A@mail.gmail.com/T/#u, <br class="br">2010s, 2021