{"quotes":[{"text":"We experience new culture with every journey.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["cultural-diversity","culture","diversity","experience","holidays","journey","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","landscapes","life","mankind","people","places","vacation"],"id":1181,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"And Siobhan says people go on holidays to see new things and relax, but it wouldn’t make me relaxed and you can see new things by looking at earth under a microscope or drawing the shape of the solid made when 3 circular rods of equal thickness intersect at right angles. And I think that there are so many things just in one house that it would take years to think about all of them properly. And also, a thing is interesting because of thinking about it and not because of it being new.","author":"Mark Haddon","tags":["holidays","interesting","new","thinking","vacation"],"id":1923,"author_id":"Mark+Haddon"},{"text":"I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.","author":"Stephanie Beacham","tags":["time","holidays","working "],"id":2040,"author_id":"Stephanie+Beacham"},{"text":"Twas the night before Christmas And the moon was sitting high The kids were in bed,  Kissed and snuggled in tight The gifts were all wrapped There was love in the air It only came once  So it was handled with careThe curtains were drawn The cookies were bit It was time to blow out All those candles we’d litThe kids would soon wake With laughter in their hearts We had a big day ahead And early it would startLaughter’s and squeals  Jumps on the bed  Screaming, “Get up”! “Get up!” as they fledWrappings and ribbons  Thrown everywhere“Oh, I love you Mom and Dad!”Neither did spareFamily arrives, Carolers sing Stories were told  Of childhood memories This was true loveTrue love was in the air And it only came once  So it was handled with careNow the gifts have been opened And the food is all gone The songs were all sung And the guests have gone homeIt was time to get back  To life’s normal things It was time to put away  All that the holidays bringYou'll go to your office She'll go to her room He'll reach for his game I guess I'll grab the broom Christmas had come  And Christmas had went It only comes once a year But it is time well spent.","author":"N'Zuri Za Austin","tags":["christmas","christmas-gifts","christmas-love","christmas-spirit","family","holiday-gifts","holiday-greetings","holiday-season","holidays","love","time"],"id":7327,"author_id":"N%27Zuri+Za+Austin"},{"text":"The spirit of Christmas is found when we lift the load of others.","author":"Toni Sorenson","tags":["christ","christmas","christmas-spirit","holidays"],"id":13675,"author_id":"Toni+Sorenson"},{"text":"I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.","author":"James Nesbitt","tags":["holidays","me","eating "],"id":16555,"author_id":"James+Nesbitt"},{"text":"Christmas is such a time of struggle anyway, crammed with busy and hurry and the expectation that you will be joyful, no matter what. Then, if you’re like me, when you just sit quietly, just be, and let yourself feel what you feel, the guilt creeps in. Because you’re alive and the world is big, and you should be feeling some freakin’ Christmas spirit.","author":"Anna White","tags":["bereavement","christmas","christmas-humor","christmas-spirit","guilt","holidays","loss","memoir","shame","struggle"],"id":17383,"author_id":"Anna+White"},{"text":"Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.","author":"Alan Bradley","tags":["christmas","holidays","humor","poison"],"id":25733,"author_id":"Alan+Bradley"},{"text":"Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays... We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more?","author":"Ryan Giggs","tags":["money","football","holidays "],"id":26584,"author_id":"Ryan+Giggs"},{"text":"I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful.","author":"Alison Owen","tags":["holidays","reputation","proud "],"id":28764,"author_id":"Alison+Owen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":145,"pages":15,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}