Linus's speech about the true meaning of Christmas is actually Luke 2:8-14 from the King James translation of the Bible.

In Little Women, she writes: "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

Eddie has been unemployed for 7 years.

In Travels with My Aunt, Greene wrote: "Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consoling.

In the opening scene, Clarence is playfully chided by God for reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer instead of something more appropriate for an aspiring angel, like, say, the Bible.

In A Happy Trails Christmas, Evans wrote: "Much of the beauty of Christmas lies in its challenge to look further, deeper, until we find its secret in the heart of God. But we never find that unless we look beyond the presents under the tree.

During their courtship, George says: "What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary."

Dr. Seuss wrote this line in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Capra later revealed that, of all the films he directed, this was his favorite, and he screened it for his family every Christmas.

In his 1927 Christmas address, Coolidge said: "Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."