'Tis the season of lights and love, to shop 'til you drop, to call family and old friends, and to jump on that one last chance before the year ends to get the house in order and reconnect with clients. And while most of the world is already in holiday mode, taking time off to enjoy it with their families, there's still time to send out festive cards or gifts to your clients, and even prospects.
If you're one of those people who loves to buy blank holiday cards to write your own messages, or if you're looking to send out some magical holiday quotes or funny jokes on your email marketing or social media, we hope that you can pick from these that we rounded up from the Internet.
The magical…
"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same." — Donald E. Westlake, American writer of crime fiction and comic capers
"To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness – these are the gifts which money cannot buy." — Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, author of Treasure Island and the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
"Three phrases that sum up Christmas are: Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men, and batteries not included." – English Proverb
"Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection." — Pindar, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes
"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly." - Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer
"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie, American essayist, critic
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." – Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old boy answering the question "What is love?"
"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness." — Richard Bach, American writer and author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull
"What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever." — Axel Munthe, Swedish physician and psychiatrist
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." — Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister
"For it is in giving that we receive…" — Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian Catholic friar and preacher
"One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it." — Maya Angelou, American author and actress
"A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great" — Proverbs 18:16
"Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect."
— Oren Arnold, American novelist
The funny…
"Remember that the important thing is not what you give, or how you wrap it. The important thing, during this very special time of year, is that you save the receipt." — Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize winner American author and humorist
"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." — Shirley Temple, American actress and singer
