Quote #17221
Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.
Edna Ferber
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The line reframes Christmas from a fixed point on the calendar into an inner disposition—warmth, generosity, belonging, and heightened attentiveness to others. By opposing “season” (an external, commercialized, time-bound event) with “feeling” (an enduring, personal state), it suggests that the holiday’s value lies less in ritual or consumption than in the emotional and ethical posture it can inspire. Read this way, the quote functions as a quiet critique of reducing Christmas to décor and schedules, and as an invitation to carry its spirit—kindness, gratitude, reconciliation—beyond December.




