Old Christmas Quotes by Washington Irving

Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven. ~ Old Christmas by Washington Irving
The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom. ~ Old Christmas by Washington Irving It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feeling--the season for kindling, not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charity in the heart. ~ Old Christmas by Washington Irving