{"id":1798,"date":"2019-11-13T12:27:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2023-05-24T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:34:39","slug":"christmas-mood-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/christmas-mood-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Of The Best Literary Quotes To Get You In The Christmas Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"

12\u00a0<\/span>of the best<\/span>\u00a0literary quotes\u00a0<\/span>to get you in the<\/span>\u00a0Christmas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0mood<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The festive period<\/span>\u00a0is the time of year to gather your loved ones, eat<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>drink\u00a0<\/span>and fully relax your worries away<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Why not\u00a0<\/span>shut out the world for a few hours, get cosied up by the fire, and delve into a classic book<\/span>?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Writers have been captivated with the idea of Christmas over the centuries, and the festive season offers a glittering backdrop to many of our all-time favourite\u00a0<\/span>perfect<\/span>\u00a0bound books<\/span><\/a>. Let\u2019s take inspiration from some of our favourite literary characters and learn what Christmas means\u00a0<\/span>to them.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\u00a0By Dr. Seuss<\/h2>\n

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. A Christmas Carol\u00a0by Charles Dickens<\/h2>\n

\u00a0I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. <\/span>Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone\u00a0by J.K Rowling<\/h2>\n

One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and\u00a0gone,\u00a0and I didn\u2019t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a04. Leaving Home\u00a0by Garrison Keillor<\/h2>\n

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it\u2019s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5. About a Boy\u00a0by Nick Hornby<\/h2>\n

It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a06. <\/span>The Mill on the Floss\u00a0by George Eliot<\/h2>\n

Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and\u00a0color\u00a0with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a07. The Polar Express\u00a0by Chris Van\u00a0Allsburg<\/h2>\n

At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

8. <\/span>Little Women\u00a0by Louisa May Alcott<\/h2>\n

The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned, and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

9. The Pickwick Papers\u00a0by Charles Dickens<\/h2>\n

There are very few moments in a man’s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

10. <\/span>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u00a0by Washington Irving<\/h2>\n

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

11. <\/span>On the Banks of Plum Creek\u00a0by\u00a0Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/h2>\n

Whenever anyone was unselfish, that was Santa Claus. Christmas Eve was the time when everybody was unselfish. On that one night, Santa Claus was everywhere, because everybody, all together, stopped being selfish and wanted other people to be happy. And in the\u00a0morning,\u00a0you saw what that had done.<\/p>\n

 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

12. <\/span>How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\u00a0By\u00a0Dr Seuss\u00a0(because one quote from this Christmas classic simply isn\u2019t enough!)<\/h2>\n

Christmas Day will always be just as long as we\u00a0<\/span><\/i>have,<\/span><\/i> we. Welcome Christmas while we stand, heart to heart, and hand in hand.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

I hope all of these classic quotes have got you in the Christmas spirit! Until the big day is upon us, get your self a warm cup of wine<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>bar of chocolate<\/span>, and curl up with some of your favourite festive fiction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sources<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2014\/dec\/19\/the-10-best-christmases-in-literature<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/books\/authors\/30-great-christmas-quotes\/30-great-christmas-quotes23\/<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

12\u00a0of the best\u00a0literary quotes\u00a0to get you in the\u00a0Christmas\u00a0mood\u00a0 The festive period\u00a0is the time of year to gather your loved ones, eat,\u00a0drink\u00a0and fully relax your worries away.\u00a0Why not\u00a0shut out the world for a few hours, get cosied up by the fire, and delve into a classic book?\u00a0\u00a0 Writers have been captivated with the idea of Christmas…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational","reaction-wow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gifsboom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}