1. The document is a collection of quotes and messages related to Christmas shared between friends in a computer course in Italy. 2. Many of the quotes discuss keeping the spirit and meaning of Christmas throughout the year by spreading love, charity, forgiveness and goodwill daily. 3. The collection aims to remind readers of the true meaning and experience of Christmas beyond outward displays and observances.

1. My Friends Computer Course I miei compagni di corso Realizzazione di Elvira Gonzalez, contributi degli amici corsisti http://scarabeus-associazione.blogspot.com Livorno, Italia, Natale 2009

2. The happiness and love on this one day Bring thoughts which warm and cheer. May we keep Christmas in our hearts Through every day of all the year. Gertrude B. Holman in "The Little Things at Christmas"

3. Cristina Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. Oren Arnold

4. Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself. Norman W. Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas"

5. Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. Phillips Brooks

6. Francesca e Fulvio. Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance. We must prepare for an experience. Handel H. Brown

7. Silvia Remember, if Christmas isn't found in your heart, you won't find it under the tree. Charlotte Carpenter

8. Letizia There has been only one Christmas — the rest are anniversaries. W.J. Cameron

9. Mariabel When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? G. K. Chesterton

10. Lina A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small. Eva K. Logue

11. Maria Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man. Wilfred A. Peterson in The Art of Living

12. Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day. Helen Steiner Rice

13. Rossana The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist Alfred, Lord Tennyson

14. Sergio Wouldn't life be worth the living Wouldn't dreams be coming true If we kept the Christmas spirit All the whole year through?

15. Carla Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles Schulz

16. Arrivederci … See You Soon! Elvira I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. Harlan Miller in Better Homes and Gardens

17. Let the beauty of the story take away all narrowness, all thought of formal creeds. Let it be remembered as a story that has happened again and again, to men of many different races, that has been expressed through many religions, that has been called by many different names. Time and space and language lay no limitations upon human brotherhood. Quotations selected by: Rosanna Lari

18. Buone feste!!! Merry Christmas! Scarabeus, Italy, 2009 http://scarabeus-associazione.blogspot.com