The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Savior, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic

Comment (22 Mar 1767)
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In James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)