"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together"
- Garrison Keillor
About this Quote
In this quote by Garrison Keillor, the author highlights the concept that Christmas is a mandatory event and compares it to a thunderstorm. This contrast recommends that simply as a thunderstorm is something that happens naturally and unavoidably, so too is Christmas a holiday that is commemorated by most people all over the world. The author keeps in mind that this vacation brings people together, and that they all experience it in a similar way. This might refer to the universal cultural traditions that people follow during the Christmas season, such as gift-giving, decorating trees, and hanging out with enjoyed ones. Overall, the quote suggests that despite the commercialization of the holiday, there is still something special about the method people come together throughout Christmas.
This quote is written / told by Garrison Keillor somewhere between August 7, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 23 other quotes.
"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?"
"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!"
"It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas"
