“The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends”

“The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest of gifts are family and friends” is a Christmas saying that has been printed on many images. “The Magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends” was printed in The Richland Beacon-News (Rayville, LA) in 1987. “The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest of gifts are love, family and friends” was printed in the Longview (TX) News-Journal in 1993. Authorship is unknown.
 
         
15 December 1987, The Richland Beacon-News (Rayville, LA), “Golden Glimpse of Colonial Manor” by Faye Roberts P.A.C., pg. 5, col. 1:
The Magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends.
 
18 December 1993, Longview (TX) News-Journal, “Mary H. Jennings: Jesus is reason for holiday,” pg. 1C, col. 4:
“The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest of gifts are love, family and friends,” Jennings said.
 
30 December 1994, Gettysburg (PA) Times, “Around Upper Adams” by Ruth Bretzman, pg. A10, col. 6:
Thought of the Week: The magic of Christmas never ends with its greatest gifts of Jesus, good health, family and friends.
     
3 December 1998, Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), advertising suppl.:
JUDY HRUBE’S HAIR ENCORE
The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends.
 
23 December 2001, Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), pg. 12E, col. 1 ad:
The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends!
(RF/MAX.—ed.)
 
25 December 2003, Boston (MA) Globe, “Christmas, by the kilowatt from suburb to suburb, residences are converted to yuletide showplaces” by Matt McDonald, pg. GW1:
Perhaps the centerpiece of the display is a huge wooden book that opens to two “pages,” reading, “The magic of Christmas never ends - and its greatest of gifts are love - family - and friends. Season’s Greetings, The Woods.”
   
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“The magic of Christmas never ends and its greatest of gifts are family and friends.”  — Unknown