Melanie Jackson
@mjjaxn.bsky.social
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... and look at cats. Author of Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones and Miss Henry mysteries, artist and animal lover. Not a fan of DM. No Crypto.
A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.~EGuest
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime.~EGuest
It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful... - Pierre Loti
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful... - Pierre Loti
"Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope." ~ Ralph Marston
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope." ~ Ralph Marston
"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." ~ Dale Evans
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." ~ Dale Evans
Humor isn't for everyone...
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Humor isn't for everyone...
I've decided that the stuff falling through the cracks is confetti and I'm having a party! ~Betsy Cañas Garmon
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I've decided that the stuff falling through the cracks is confetti and I'm having a party! ~Betsy Cañas Garmon
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Herm Albright
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you have nothing to be grateful for, check your pulse. ~Author unknown
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you have nothing to be grateful for, check your pulse. ~Author unknown
It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood&just have fun. Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people thirst for its refreshment as thedesert traveller for theoasis.~DMonroe
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood&just have fun. Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people thirst for its refreshment as thedesert traveller for theoasis.~DMonroe
"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows." ~ Robert Frost
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows." ~ Robert Frost
"Grace grows best in winter." ~ Samuel Rutherford
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Grace grows best in winter." ~ Samuel Rutherford
Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the4earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. That’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.-LKleypas
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Aristotle taught that stars are made of a different matter than the4earthly elements— a quintessence— that also happens to be what the human psyche is made of. That’s not a very scientific view, but I do like the idea that there’s a little starlight in each of us.-LKleypas
Christmas comes! He comes, he comes,
Ushered with a rain of plums;
Hollies in the windows greet him;
Schools come driving post to meet him;
Gifts precede him, bells proclaim him,
Every mouth delights to name him...
-Leigh Hunt
Ushered with a rain of plums;
Hollies in the windows greet him;
Schools come driving post to meet him;
Gifts precede him, bells proclaim him,
Every mouth delights to name him...
-Leigh Hunt
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Christmas comes! He comes, he comes,
Ushered with a rain of plums;
Hollies in the windows greet him;
Schools come driving post to meet him;
Gifts precede him, bells proclaim him,
Every mouth delights to name him...
-Leigh Hunt
Ushered with a rain of plums;
Hollies in the windows greet him;
Schools come driving post to meet him;
Gifts precede him, bells proclaim him,
Every mouth delights to name him...
-Leigh Hunt
"Teeth are always in style." ~ Dr. Seuss
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Teeth are always in style." ~ Dr. Seuss
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." ~ Edith Sitwell
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." ~ Edith Sitwell
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick. Even when you're home."
-Carol Nelson
-Carol Nelson
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick. Even when you're home."
-Carol Nelson
-Carol Nelson
So let the gate swing open
However poor the yard,
Lest weary People visit you
And find their Passage barred.
Unlatch the door at midnight
And let your lantern's glow
Shine out to guide the traveler's feet
To you across the snow.
-Joyce Kilmer
However poor the yard,
Lest weary People visit you
And find their Passage barred.
Unlatch the door at midnight
And let your lantern's glow
Shine out to guide the traveler's feet
To you across the snow.
-Joyce Kilmer
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
So let the gate swing open
However poor the yard,
Lest weary People visit you
And find their Passage barred.
Unlatch the door at midnight
And let your lantern's glow
Shine out to guide the traveler's feet
To you across the snow.
-Joyce Kilmer
However poor the yard,
Lest weary People visit you
And find their Passage barred.
Unlatch the door at midnight
And let your lantern's glow
Shine out to guide the traveler's feet
To you across the snow.
-Joyce Kilmer
Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
And so, with changeful gear,
With smile or frown or song,
The months, in strange variation,
Are ever gliding along.
~Edgar Fawcett
With smile or frown or song,
The months, in strange variation,
Are ever gliding along.
~Edgar Fawcett
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And so, with changeful gear,
With smile or frown or song,
The months, in strange variation,
Are ever gliding along.
~Edgar Fawcett
With smile or frown or song,
The months, in strange variation,
Are ever gliding along.
~Edgar Fawcett
A sleepy man's eyes generally go to bed some time before he does. ~James Lendall Basford
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A sleepy man's eyes generally go to bed some time before he does. ~James Lendall Basford
"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up!"
-Charles Dickens
-Charles Dickens
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up!"
-Charles Dickens
-Charles Dickens
This is a variegated, pluralistic world where no two stars are the same and every snowflake has its own distinctive pattern. God apparently did not want a regimented world of sameness.
-Joshua L. Liebman
-Joshua L. Liebman
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is a variegated, pluralistic world where no two stars are the same and every snowflake has its own distinctive pattern. God apparently did not want a regimented world of sameness.
-Joshua L. Liebman
-Joshua L. Liebman
SantaClaus is anyone wholoves another&seeks tomakethemhappy; who giveshimselfbythought orwordordeed ineverygiftthathebestows; whoshareshisjoy withthosewho aresad; whosehand isneverclosedagainsttheneedy; whose armisoutstretched toaidtheweak; wholiveshislifetheentireyear intheChristmasspirit.-EGrover
December 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
SantaClaus is anyone wholoves another&seeks tomakethemhappy; who giveshimselfbythought orwordordeed ineverygiftthathebestows; whoshareshisjoy withthosewho aresad; whosehand isneverclosedagainsttheneedy; whose armisoutstretched toaidtheweak; wholiveshislifetheentireyear intheChristmasspirit.-EGrover
“God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.”
― Bill Keane
― Bill Keane
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.”
― Bill Keane
― Bill Keane