Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren’t for Christmas
We’d all be Jewish.
— Benny Hill
Bagram Santa
A US soldier dressed up as Santa Claus distributes gifts to other soldiers during Christmas celebrations at Bagram air base, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec 25, 2010 (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
— Bernard Manning
In this Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 picture, Josiah Waikiki, 2, cries as he sits with a man dressed as Santa Claus in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff)
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
— Garrison Keillor

pdl2h:kidskidskids:proust73:ichasinaga: Merry Christmas!

1,004 South Korean volunteers wearing Santa Claus costumes pose in a campaign to raise money for a charity donation in Seoul, South Korea. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea where over half of the population of 48 million are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)