Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

And of course there's so much music in and around our family. I had a piano during Christmas because it's obviously useful through the season. There are so many people songwriters who are around.

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols the decorations that don't know when to come down.

Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.

I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.

I love Christmas not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Whatever you do do it with all your might. Work at it early and late in season and out of season not leaving a stone unturned and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom and better than any speech.