Who said “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all…”?

“Call a truce, then, to our labors -- let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste; for if ''faint and forced the laughter,'' and if sadness follow after, we are richer by one mocking Christmas past.”

“God walked down the stairs of heaven with a Baby in His arms.”

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”

“Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!”

“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”

“The funniest line in English is ''Get it?'' When you say that, everyone chortles.”

“Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.”

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.”

“Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.”

“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.”

“One day Donald Trump will discover that he is owned by Lutheran Brotherhood and must re negotiate his debt load with a committee of silent Norwegians who don't understand why anyone would pay more than $120.00 for a suit.”