Poor Richard’s Almanac – Family Council

Words From Our Founders: Benjamin Franklin on Christmas

Today we continue our Words From Our Founders series examining our Founding Fathers’ own words on religion, religious liberty, and morality.

Below is an excerpt from Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin relating to the celebration of Christmas.

“How many observe Christ’s Birth-day! How few, his Precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.”

Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1743

The following excerpt is taken from Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1773, by Benjamin Franklin:

“He that lives carnally, won’t live eternally”

The following excerpt is taken from Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1773, by Benjamin Franklin:

“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”