Season’s Greetings! To celebrate the most wonderful time of the year, here are 10 of the best literary quotes about the holiday season.

1. “Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine’s Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.”―Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals

2. “Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”―Erma Bombeck

3. “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.”―Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

4. “Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”—Dave Barry

5. “’What’s going on here?’” Miles demanded, pushing his way past the last of the stampeding throng. “’And why is Santa worshiping that elf?’” —Laura Resnick, Polterheist

6. “We light candles in testament that faith makes miracles possible.”—Nachum Braverman

7. “Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”—Dr. Seuss, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

8. “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.”—Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

9. “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”—Maya Angelou

10. “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!”—Hamilton Wright Mabie

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