‘Tis the season of joy, adorned trees, and carefully wrapped gifts—a time when capturing the enchantment of Christmas in words becomes a delightful endeavor. Delve into this compilation of 97 best Christmas quotes, drawn from cherished holiday movies, esteemed authors, spiritual leaders, and beloved celebrities. Spanning the spectrum from inspirational to nostalgic to humorous, these succinct sayings serve as perfect additions to your Christmas cards or Instagram captions, ensuring your holiday messages are both heartfelt and memorable.
For those seeking a specific flavor, explore our curated collections of funny Christmas quotes, guaranteed to elicit holiday chuckles, or peruse religious Christmas quotes that center on the true meaning of the season.
Embark on a journey through the wisdom of Mother Teresa and Benjamin Franklin, the enchantment of The Polar Express and Dr. Seuss, the merriment of Elf, and the timeless charm of Miracle on 34th Street. Immerse yourself in these Christmas quotes, allowing them to set the tone for your festive celebrations this year. As aptly expressed by Helen Steiner Rice, “Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” May these quotes infuse your holiday season with warmth, love, and the spirit of Christmas.
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still.” – Rachel Cohn
1. “I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas. It brings people together while time stands still.” – Rachel Cohn
2. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given.” – Isaiah 9:6
3. “Remember, if Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree.” – Charlotte Carpenter
4. “It’s fruitcake weather!” – Truman Capote, A Christmas Memory
5. “Just remember, the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart.” – The Polar Express
6. “We are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
7. “A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!” – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
8. “Best of all are the decorations the grandchildren have made — fat little stars and rather crooked Santas, shaped out of dough and baked in the oven.” – Gladys Bagg Taber
9. “I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.” – Harlan Miller
10. “Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John J. Geddes
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin—inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” – John J. Geddes
11. “Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.” – Rosie Thomas, Iris & Ruby
12. “For me growing up, Christmas was always just comforting. We always had the same stockings and the same tree and the same decorations, and we would always decorate the weekend right after Thanksgiving. You know, flip the Christmas switch.” – Carrie Underwood
13. “Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” – Larry Wilde
14. “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!” – Clement Clarke Moore, “The Night Before Christmas”
15. “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day; it’s a frame of mind.” – Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street
16. “The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you.” – Sherryl Woods, An O’Brien Family Christmas
17. “Christmas enters, streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope and singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.” – Maya Angelou, “Amazing Peace”
18. “It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.” – Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
19. “When we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans–and all that lives and move upon them.” – Sigrid Undset
20. “The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box
“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood.” – Richard Paul Evans, The Christmas Box
21. “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” – Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home
22. “ ‘Yes,’ said Queen Lucy. ‘In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.’ ” – C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
23. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
24. “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” – The Polar Express
25. “The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!” – Charles N. Barnard
26. “The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
27. “Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.” – G.K. Chesterton
28. “Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” – Dr. Seuss
29. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” – Alexander Smith
30. “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” – Nora Roberts
“Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” – Ruth Carter Stapleton
31. “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.” – Nora Roberts
32. “Some Christmas tree ornaments do more than glitter and glow, they represent a gift of love given a long time ago.” – Tom Baker
33. “Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed in every gift that he bestows.” – Edwin Osgood Grover
34. “Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don’t quite know how to put our love into words.” – Harlan Miller
35. “I love the Christmas-tide, and yet,
I notice this, each year I live;
I always like the gifts I get,
But how I love the gifts I give!” – Carolyn Wells
36. “Let us have music for Christmas…
Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth;
Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts,
To bring peace to men on earth.” – Mildred L. Jarrell
37. “As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.” – David Grayson
38. “Mankind is a great, an immense family. This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.” – Pope John XXIII
39. “For Christmas is tradition time—
Traditions that recall
The precious memories down the years,
The sameness of them all.” – Helen Lowrie Marshall
40. “A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin
41. “God goes to those who have time to hear him—and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds.” – Max Lucado
42. “God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.” – Pope Francis
43. “And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent…” – Taylor Caldwell
44. “Christmas gives us an opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us.” – David Cameron
45. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
46. “City sidewalks
Busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air
There’s a feeling
Of Christmas…” – ‘Silver Bells’
47. “Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling reckless extravagance.” – Tove Jansson
48. “May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve.” – Anonymous
49. “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” – ‘The Polar Express’
50. “Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – ‘Let it Snow’
“Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we’ve no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.” – ‘Let it Snow’
51. “T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” – Clement Clarke Moore
52. “Let us keep Christmas beautiful without a thought of greed.” – Ann Garnett Schultz
53. “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr. Seuss
54. “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” – Edward Pola and George Wyle
55. “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.” – Winston Churchill
56. “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, ‘Elf’
57. “Christmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.” – Shirley Sallay
58. “Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice
59. “Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” – Zuzu Bailey, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
60. “Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.” – Janice Maeditere
61. “Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
62. “Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away.” – Norman Wesley Brooks
63. “The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.” – James Cash Penney
64. “Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it white.” – Bing Crosby
65. “The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young.” – Phillips Brooks
66. “Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart.” – Freya Stark
67. “Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold.” – Josephine Daskam Bacon
68. “Christmas is the season of joy, of gift-giving, and of families united.” – Norman Vincent Peale
69. “Peace on earth will come to stay when we live Christmas every day.” – Helen Steiner Rice
70. “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” – Roy L. Smith
71. “Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance—each beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” – Deborah Whipp
