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The day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year, the veritable starting gun for the Christmas shopping season. If you go to the mall on that day, you are more or less agreeing to participate in various forms of arm to arm combat.

Christmas can be stressful and people tend to take things to seriously during the holiday season. To lighten your mood, you might consider some of the odd and humorous quotes by the following famous people.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph. - Shirley Temple

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.

Why is Christmas just like a day at the office? You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. - Erma Bombeck

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn’t for any religious reasons. They couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin. - Jay Leno

Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. - Kin Hubbard

Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet.

From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. - Emily Matthews

Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. - Francis C. Farley

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. - Larry Wilde

As the year comes to a close, take the time to look around you and be happy about what you have. Yes, there are people better off then you, but there are also people worse off. Have a good laugh and appreciate what you have.

Tags: Humor